Spray foam doesn’t belong in the cracks of a brick wall. Credit: Reddit

3. That Doesn’t Go There

This next DIY fail has me doing a face palm. Someone thought it would be a good idea to put spray foam into the cracks of their brick wall. Sure, this might be a temporary solution to their draft problem. But it’s not going to be structurally sound. It also looks really unattractive to have all of that spray foam oozing out of the wall. At the bottom of the wall, it’s hard to tell if there is a foundation issue causing the crack, or if that just came from a messy job of someone trying to slather concrete all over the wall.

Hire a professional to fix your brick walls. Credit: Shutterstock

Fixing brick and stone walls are more involved than you might think. It’s not exactly difficult, and anyone can learn. But it’s something you need to be taught how to do by someone with experience, or at least watch a few YouTube videos, first. Depending on the age and the color, you will need to use a mortar that matches the existing wall. Since that can get a bit involved, it may be best to hire someone with the experience to get the job done correctly.

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Less than 24 hours after they built a new wall, a car smashed through it. Credit: KEPR Action News

2. Smashing Through the Mistakes

Imagine working hard to install a brick wall in front of your house to help you feel protected from the highway right outside your door. Then, just a few hours later, a car comes crashing through your cinder block wall to destroy all of your work. Then, they get out of their car and run for the hills, because they’re afraid of getting arrested for drunk driving. Now you’ve got a car on your front lawn. Maybe this homeowner somehow predicted this would happen. It’s a good thing that something was there to stop the car from going into this person’s house!

Hopefully those home owners can use their insurance to pay someone to build a new wall. Credit: Shutterstock

This image was posted on a sub-Reddit all about people who have committed a DIY fail. It’s funny, because instead of talking about how crazy it was that a random person crashed through the wall, everyone is commenting on the poor craftsmanship. “It wasn’t going to last very long anyway”. And, “Best thing to ever happen to these folks. Now they can hire someone to do it right.” From the looks of it, the wall seems like they didn’t actually put anything in-between to help the block stick together.

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Something doesn’t look right about this mirror. Credit: MLS and Reddit

1. An Unfortunate Arrangement

Someone who posted this on Reddit left the comment, “Good if you only want to see half of yourself.” The photo was originally found on the real estate MLS system. This is going to make the house difficult to sell, because no one will want to deal with this on a daily basis. People like symmetry, and they like being able to look at themselves in their mirror when they brush their teeth or wash their face. Moving side to side is going to get old fast. Clearly, this is a DIY fail, because no professional home builder would ever design a bathroom this way.

Smaller vanities can hold plenty of space. Credit: Shutterstock

Sometimes, a room can be an awkward shape that seems difficult to work with. The solution to this problem would be that the home owner should have installed a smaller bathroom vanity that would fit in-between the two windows. Then, they could have purchased an extra piece of furniture to use for the storage they needed. Or, they could use the corner of the room for a basket of towels, plants, and so many other things that would make the room look more appealing.

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