WFB asked followers on Facebook and Instagram to share the klutziest thing they’ve ever done on a job site. Here’s what they said:
hardwoodman_
My finish-pouring container was cracked at the bottom seal and it leaked from my van on the driveway up the front door stairs into the living room down the hallway and into the back room before I noticed it slowly pouring out of the bottom. 🙄😂
traditional_floors
Released an insane fart because I thought I was clear but turns out the lady was on the other side of the plastic.
eternity_floors
Cleared my throat and nose and spat in my mask. 🤢
danny_sandhouse
I have a thing about dropping stain buckets in the middle of the room, it’s like it’s my signature. A stain bomb. At that point I wish I was an octopus. 🐙
johnnyrodriguez1976
Courtesy dark walnut stain/seal on a brand new driveway. 😵💫🤷🏾♂️
sceniccityflooringllc
I told a person working for me to hammer some nails flush close to an island copper water line. He thought I meant the line too because it was flatter than a penny within seconds.
hardwoodbuilderguy
Starting to stain the steps and accidentally kicking the can of stain down the steps, 😩 and then not having the stain to do the floor. Not sure I can get much worse.
loujr1977
My first time buffing a floor, I not only buffed the floor, but I was also kind enough to buff the fireplace hearth and the inside of the wall, too. The bottom plate of that wall frame was definitely smooth after that!
irbflooring
After I told my coworker to watch out for the glue, I turned around and stepped right into the glue. 🤣🤦♂️
iansquirefuller
Final coating the floor with sealer. 🤷♂️
Mikie White
I was about to stain a staircase and realized I missed a spot on the wall I needed to tape off where the handrail meets. Tore off a piece of tape and dropped the roll. It bounced off the nosing and hit my stain cup and splashed a jaco ebony mix down the freshly painted wall of the staircase. The homeowner walked in 30 seconds later. Fun times. 🤦♂️🤷♂️🤣
Glenn Harris
Shook up a can of jacobean stain right next to a brand new kitchen that was all white, and the stain can top was not secured … Stain went all over the cabinets and countertop, luckily I was quick with the paint thinner and nobody knew anything after I cleaned it up. 😳😳😳
Angel Olalde
On my third job ever I was doing stain samples and I put the lids back on cans and smacked it closed with my hand and splattered stain all over their freshly painted wall. It didn’t help that they happened to be the Karen and Kyle of that town so it cost me $100. 🙃
Troy Stanfield
Just a few weeks ago, I was bringing a heavy wheelie bin of offcuts downstairs, taking it easy one step at a time. My worker thought he’d help me on the last handful of steps. He lifted the bottom of the bin but the sheer weight brought me crashing down fast. Only my back foot stayed anchored where it was so it looked like I was doing the splits on the stairs. I didn’t realize, but I broke my big toe in the process. The sheer force on the one that was anchored!
Josh Swenson
We were coating a floor with oil. My partner was rolling and I was cutting in the edges. I stepped back, didn't see it rolled out. Slipped on the oil and the whole can of oil I was using spilled all over me.
Bill Bagley
I tripped going UP the stairs carrying two jugs of polyurethane. I spilled both and tore my rotator cuff as well. It's funny 20 years later. 👍
Jim Dalton
I’ve spilled stain on a newly installed 7-inch engineered hand-scraped floor that I had just installed. Thankfully whatever finish it had on it let me just wipe it right off.
Robbie Allen
Shot myself with a finish nailer … in the knee. 🤪🫣
Paul Alexander
While installing a face-nailed parquet floor I shot about 30 or so nail holes in a water line. I was on the second floor and when I went downstairs about three hours later the entire ceiling in the kitchen had collapsed and about 2 inches of water was on the floor. Luckily for me it was the plumber who ran the water line against the subfloor with no pipe guard over it.
Justin Steiner
Slipped while cutting on the table saw and had my thumb go through the blade. Missed the bone. Still have it.
Daniel Antes
Lost a buffer off an upstairs balcony.
Mike Hoy
Nathan Kelly
Final coating stair treads … Knocked a gallon of 2k finish down the stairs onto a prefinished floor. 😆🥶
David Runyon
2-inch staple in the palm … Always disconnect the air supply prior to clearing a jam! Lesson learned and luckily no serious damage done.
Angus Hardwood Flooring
My wife came to drop off some material at a side job in the middle of the storm and hit the customer's truck with our truck while parking. 🅿️
