Alex Buscemi
Some folks call a professional when something breaks.
Others grab duct tape, a fistful of zip-ties, and sheer confidence.
This gallery is dedicated to the second group—the inventive, the thrifty, the “how hard can it be?” crowd.
Whether it’s a broken door, a missing car part, or a household hack that technically gets the job done, these examples of redneck engineering are all about making it work… kind of.
The results range from impressively resourceful to completely unhinged, and that’s exactly why they’re worth a scroll.
These are the kind of ridiculously dumb fixes born not out of expertise, but out of necessity and a refusal to spend $200 on a fix when you’ve got an old Bungee cord and a dream.
So if you’ve ever jerry-rigged something and called it “good enough,” these funny DIY repairs are for you.
1. The Best Dent Repair I’ve Ever Seen
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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
4. Fixed The Campsite Shower So It Stays On For More Than 5 Seconds
5. Friends Mom Ran Over Their Mailbox And This Was The Replacement Until They Get It Fixed
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10. A Woman On My Timeline Has A “Remote Stick”, Because Her Family Loses The TV Remote So Often
11. Had A Hole In The Wall, Here’s My 2-Year-Old Nephews Attempt At “Fixing It”
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13. My Fix To Make My Broken Screen Look Better
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15. How To Fix An Exhaust Rattle For $0.25
16. Because Palm Trees Don’t Grow In Indiana
17. I Was Tired Of My Cord Falling Down All The Time So I Put It Through A Nerf Dart And Taped It Down
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19. That Janky Projector Mount
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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… Only To Install The Toilet And Forgetting About The Door
23. Tried To Hang The Curtain Rod Above My Front Door Yesterday… Didn’t Realize What I Had Done Til I Stepped Back
24. Who Fixes A Clock Like This?
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26. I Didn’t Have A Lampshade So I Made One Myself
27. My Parents: We Don’t Need A Paint Roller
28. Needed Some Blinds For Our Dark Room At Work The Guy Came To Measure The Window And Assured Us It Would Be ‘Completely Dark’ This Is What They Installed
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30. My Dad’s Razor
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32. I’m Basically A Mechanic. Glovebox Won’t Work? $5 And Some Superglue For A Fix
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34. Cat Knocked The Fan Over, And It’s Over 28°C Inside… I Had No Choice
35. Coworker Said He Couldn’t Get The Breakers To Stop Tripping So He Fixed Them
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37. Our Landlord Hired A Plumber To Fix Our Toilet. He Said He’d Put Some Sealant Behind It To Stop It From Moving. Can You Tell Me What’s Wrong With This Picture?
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