Worst Plumbing Mistakes of 2016

2016 was a big year. All that aside, it was a big year for plumbers too. There is never a shortage of dodgy plumbing DIY disaster pictures floating around to share. So let’s look at the funny, the bad and the outright worst plumbing mistakes of 2016.

#10

Who needs 90-degree bends when you can just put a trap on its side? Nice work.

#8

Must have been a Friday and this plumber had a hot date, because this is next-level laziness.

#7

This is actually impressive — not the cut-out job, but the dedication to not moving that pan forward even one centimetre.

#6

This belongs in a gallery. Some artistic work here — not actual plumbing, right?

#5

Who needs a flexi tool or even a wet vac when you can just send someone in on the job?

#4

Must have taken this plumber ages to find the problem here. What the?

#2

Not sure what convinced this person to put so many cotton ear buds down the toilet instead of in the bin, but here we are.

And that’s a wrap on the plumbing fails of 2016. Plumbers — keep on keeping us all employed.