Cracking weekend this one - all was well till Monday (foundations for new drive laid ok, area leared up, all going perfect.....)
Then decided to put up the final cupboard in the kitchen on the nice newly skimmed wall; got the cupboard level; my better half marked the drill holes; did a quick mental check that I wasn't drilling anywhere near any electrical cables (coz lets face it - that rubbish they sell as capping for cables ain't gonna protect a cable against a high speed drill bit is it??) and started drilling....
Drill hole 1 - ok, rawl plug in... Laughing....
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Drill hole 2 - ok, rawl plug in... Laughing.... "I'll be done in no time" Thinks I.....
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Drill hole 3 - drills in no problem..... Removes drill from hole...... Water starts pouring out, a trickle at first, then a bit more of a gush
Yep - I'd gone straight through a poly pipe for the radiator buried in the wall Water gushing down the wall, my better half running around with towels trying to protect the nice new laminate floor (thankfully undamaged), me bashing into the nice new skimmed wall trying to free up enough pipe to get a hold of it and get my finger over the hole while simultaneously directing other half to find me a fitting, olive, pipe cutter, hacksaw (when I remember that a copper pipe cutter doesn't properly cut polypipe), and pair of wrenches etc etc.
Eventually managed to fit an end cap; get to a local shed to buy a fitting to link the 2 severed bits of pipe, soaking wet and my day spoilt.
Moral of the story? Not only ask yourself "will I drill through a cable", but also "will I drill through a pipe". For though water does not kill you, it certainly sleaved you and your walls very wet.
Then decided to put up the final cupboard in the kitchen on the nice newly skimmed wall; got the cupboard level; my better half marked the drill holes; did a quick mental check that I wasn't drilling anywhere near any electrical cables (coz lets face it - that rubbish they sell as capping for cables ain't gonna protect a cable against a high speed drill bit is it??) and started drilling....
Drill hole 1 - ok, rawl plug in... Laughing....
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Drill hole 2 - ok, rawl plug in... Laughing.... "I'll be done in no time" Thinks I.....
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Drill hole 3 - drills in no problem..... Removes drill from hole...... Water starts pouring out, a trickle at first, then a bit more of a gush
Yep - I'd gone straight through a poly pipe for the radiator buried in the wall
Water gushing down the wall, my better half running around with towels trying to protect the nice new laminate floor (thankfully undamaged), me bashing into the nice new skimmed wall trying to free up enough pipe to get a hold of it and get my finger over the hole while simultaneously directing other half to find me a fitting, olive, pipe cutter, hacksaw (when I remember that a copper pipe cutter doesn't properly cut polypipe), and pair of wrenches etc etc.Eventually managed to fit an end cap; get to a local shed to buy a fitting to link the 2 severed bits of pipe, soaking wet and my day spoilt.
Moral of the story? Not only ask yourself "will I drill through a cable", but also "will I drill through a pipe". For though water does not kill you, it certainly sleaved you and your walls very wet.
