Millions of millennials say they fail to stick at DIY… because they keep gluing their fingers together. Research found one in five Brits aged 20 to 37 has come unstuck while using adhesive.
Almost as many say they cannot build flat-pack furniture. Some 16 per cent have hit their fingers with a hammer, 14 per cent have broken items they were repairing and 12 per cent have had an electric shock.
An unlucky 11 per cent admit they have injured themselves or someone else while doing jobs. Five per cent say they have smashed a window and three per cent have hung a door the wrong way round.
But that’s a minor inconvenience compared to the two per cent of hamfisted handymen – or women – who managed to start a house fire.
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