Mr. Spackle is the nickname we bestowed upon the idiot handymen and original contractors that have worked on our house prior to us moving in. Some of his memorable work that we had to re-do or remove are listed below.

	Garage lighting using vacuum cleaner cords and insulated with scotch tape. I was pulling this garbage out before we even had the keys to the house. It was in fact the first home improvement project.
	Patio lighting in much the same style as the garage except it was inside the walls. There were nails going through the cord in places.
	The patio walls were nailed into the stucco, nails don't stick into stucco. So what does Mr. Spackle do? Pound in more nails. Whenever the wind blew, the walls would go squeekie-squeekie-squeekie. We tore the walls out.
	The kitchen counter was spackled to the wall in several places.
	The kitchen floor was spackled in various places for reasons unknown.
	The bathroom floor has been re-done (incorrectly) at least twice by Mr Spackle.
	The plumbing was spackled where it protruded from the walls in the kitchen.
	The old kitchen sink was spackled to the counter.
	The old shower pan was spackled to the floor.
	Spackle underneath the carpet in the entry hall.
	One part of our backyard fence was falling apart, Mr. Spackle just kept adding more nails and screws to try and hold up the rotten wood.
	All the seams in the floor of the bathroom so far, have been spackled. I guess he was trying to hide the fact that he can't cut a straight line.
	There is absolutely no slack at all in any of the electrical boxes in the house.
	The original blocking in the bathroom is higher than the joists by an eighth of an inch.
	There are no nails in the middle of the sheets of drywall in at least one wall of the bedroom. (See below)
	There are no less than five different types of nails in the floor of the master bathroom. (Drywall nails in the floor? See above, so that's where they put 'em.)
	Clogged the bathroom sink drain with spackle.
	Made a ramp out of spackle and shingles to go from one floor level to the other.
	Patched the subfloor in the main bathroom without supporting the seams. Of course, the seams were spackled.
	Failed to properly re-connect the heating duct in the main bathroom. This had the side benefit of keeping the wood dry underneath the house since Mr. Spackle did not reconnect the bathtub drain properly and it has been leaking for years.
	Used a piece of wood sitting on the dirt to support the crappy heating duct repair.