FEATURE UK’s TOP 40 MOST SATISFYING DIY JOBS
1. Planting seeds / bulbs / plants 2. Mowing the lawn 3. When flatpack furniture slots perfectly into place 4. Weeding 5. Jet washing the patio 6. Painting with a roller 7. Hanging up a picture perfectly 8. Painting a fence 9. Painting the final layer of paint 10. Oiling a noisy hinge 11. Stripping wallpaper 12. Filling in holes with polyfilla 13. Polishing surfaces until they shine 14. Fixing something with glue 15. 'Cutting in'-perfect lines when painting 16. Getting wallpaper perfectly lined up 17. Trimming a hedge perfectly 18. Getting a shelf perfectly lined up 19. Hammering nails into wood 20. Smashing down walls 21. Using a drill
22. Organising tools 23. Successfully removing a screw which has lost its thread
24. Using power tools 25. Sorting through a massive pile of screws/nails and finding the one you need
26. Using a tape measure 27. Sanding wood 28. Sawing wood 29. Varnishing furniture 30. Cleaning paint off a paint brush 31. Fixing a crooked shelf 32. Laying grass seed 33. Using sealant 34. Cutting a tile so it fits perfectly 35. Plastering to a smooth finish 36. Laying grass turf 37. Planing wood 38. Fixing a wonky floorboard 39. Perfectly laying a patio 40. Watching paint dry
Research commissioned by Draper Tools and conducted by OnePoll, March 2020. Sample size 2,000 UK adults.
Kev Smith added: “The good thing about DIY is that whatever the size or scale of the project, it can feel incredibly rewarding. While not all DIY tasks are satisfying while you’re doing them, there is always satisfaction to be had at the end of a project. No matter how stressful our lives are, or whatever’s going on in the world – finding that perfect screw out of the hundreds in the box, or hanging a sheet of wallpaper perfectly straight is always going to feel great.”
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