{"id":10427,"date":"2026-01-24T14:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=10427"},"modified":"2026-01-24T14:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:01:33","slug":"40-funny-janky-and-creative-repairs-from-people-who-decided-to-fix-it-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=10427","title":{"rendered":"40 Funny, Janky, And Creative Repairs From People Who Decided To Fix It Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

40 Funny, Janky, And Creative Repairs From People Who Decided To Fix It Themselves<\/p>\n

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Some folks call a professional when something breaks.<\/p>\n

Others grab duct tape, a fistful of zip-ties, and sheer confidence.<\/p>\n

This gallery is dedicated to the second group\u2014the inventive, the thrifty, the \u201chow hard can it be?\u201d crowd.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s a broken door, a missing car part, or a household hack that technically gets the job done, these examples of\u00a0redneck engineering\u00a0are all about making it work\u2026 kind of.<\/p>\n

The results range from impressively resourceful to completely unhinged, and that\u2019s exactly why they\u2019re worth a scroll.<\/p>\n

These are the kind of\u00a0ridiculously dumb fixes\u00a0born not out of expertise, but out of necessity and a refusal to spend $200 on a fix when you\u2019ve got an old Bungee cord and a dream.<\/p>\n

So if you\u2019ve ever jerry-rigged something and called it \u201cgood enough,\u201d these funny\u00a0DIY\u00a0repairs are for you.<\/p>\n

1. The Best Dent Repair I\u2019ve Ever Seen<\/h2>\n
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3. Too Broke And Lazy To Buy Shower Curtain Rings When I Moved Into My Apartment, So I Present To You My Solution. Zip Ties<\/h2>\n
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4. Fixed The Campsite Shower So It Stays On For More Than 5 Seconds<\/h2>\n
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5. Friends Mom Ran Over Their Mailbox And This Was The Replacement Until They Get It Fixed<\/h2>\n
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10. A Woman On My Timeline Has A \u201cRemote Stick\u201d, Because Her Family Loses The TV Remote So Often<\/h2>\n
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11. Had A Hole In The Wall, Here\u2019s My 2-Year-Old Nephews Attempt At \u201cFixing It\u201d<\/h2>\n
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13. My Fix To Make My Broken Screen Look Better<\/h2>\n
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15. How To Fix An Exhaust Rattle For $0.25<\/h2>\n
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16. Because Palm Trees Don\u2019t Grow In Indiana<\/h2>\n
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17. I Was Tired Of My Cord Falling Down All The Time So I Put It Through A Nerf Dart And Taped It Down<\/h2>\n
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19. That Janky Projector Mount<\/h2>\n
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22. Fixing A Toilet Leak. I Took 2 Trips To Home Depot, Worked With A Hernia, Had A Tough Time Putting The Wax Ring And Screws On\u2026 Only To Install The Toilet And Forgetting About The Door<\/h2>\n
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23. Tried To Hang The Curtain Rod Above My Front Door Yesterday\u2026 Didn\u2019t Realize What I Had Done Til I Stepped Back<\/h2>\n
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24. Who Fixes A Clock Like This?<\/h2>\n
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26. I Didn\u2019t Have A Lampshade So I Made One Myself<\/h2>\n
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27. My Parents: We Don\u2019t Need A Paint Roller<\/h2>\n
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28. Needed Some Blinds For Our Dark Room At Work The Guy Came To Measure The Window And Assured Us It Would Be \u2018Completely Dark\u2019 This Is What They Installed<\/h2>\n
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30. My Dad\u2019s Razor<\/h2>\n
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32. I\u2019m Basically A Mechanic. Glovebox Won\u2019t Work? $5 And Some Superglue For A Fix<\/h2>\n
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34. Cat Knocked The Fan Over, And It\u2019s Over 28\u00b0C Inside\u2026 I Had No Choice<\/h2>\n
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35. Coworker Said He Couldn\u2019t Get The Breakers To Stop Tripping So He Fixed Them<\/h2>\n
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37. Our Landlord Hired A Plumber To Fix Our Toilet. He Said He\u2019d Put Some Sealant Behind It To Stop It From Moving. Can You Tell Me What\u2019s Wrong With This Picture?<\/h2>\n
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