A good tradie should never blame his tools—unless he’s committed one of the following job-site sins, in which case we advise him to.

Welcome back to another instalment of Build-it’s “biggest building blunders”, where we show you some of the industry’s very worst work last month at worksites across Australia.

This month, we saw plenty of plumbing problems and more carpentry chaos as Build-it readers submitted Australia’s worst handy work to our nosey newsdesk.

So sit back and get ready to giggle as we review the worst of Aussie tradies in March 2024.

Pipework Problems

Air conditioning installation can be a tricky job at times, as it proved here:

Sometimes, you can run pipes inconspicuously around the edge of a room without having to rip out the walls. This isn’t one of those times:

Meanwhile, there was a lot to take in with these pipework problems:

Carpentry Chaos

This chippie realised his joinery mistakes, but instead of starting again, just went over the top of his work with extra brackets:

This jamming door was saved by a carpenter’s quick thinking, but we’re guessing the owner did eventually notice:

And this job could of probably used one of the spare brackets from the work above:

And it’s safe to say this tradie didn’t quite nail the task at hand:

Electrical Errors

Meanwhile some sparkies found an interesting way to add in some last-minute wiring:

Roofing Wrecks

These major messes were spotted on the roof of a pair of Aussie homes just last week.

If you have a photo or video of a DIY disaster or some tradie trouble, please submit them to paul.eyers@brandx.live