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[Webby the Bear]

Well, put up a floating shelf for the mrs today.

the bracket has 4 holes on the left and 4 holes on the right. and two in the middle. so anyways i mark 'em up and drill all the top row of holes.

im drilling in to brick wall and ive obviously hit the cement join as all were drilled piss easy.

tried to drill the top row. OMG her walls must be made of 9" steel. even my powerful hammer drill with brand new black and decker 'piranha' masonry bit wont go through 

anyone come across this? as said the hammer drill normally destroys anything in its wake but this just werent going to do it 

[MaxV6]

may well have hit the end of a lintel, or a steel reinforcing beam....    always a good idea to run a pipe tester over a proposed drilling position first... 

the worst walls i ever drilled were in a building on greenham common industrial park (ex air base,  with nuclear cruise missiles on site...   )  the walls are a specially hard concrete with metal  lumps/balls in it (maybe lead i suppose, but felt harder,  like steel)  destroyed several specialist SDS drill bits doing it....      was later told the site crew use a thermal lance to put holes in the stuff....   

last damn time i build a studio for someone on an old air base..... 

[Webby the Bear]

may well have hit the end of a lintel, or a steel reinforcing beam....    always a good idea to run a pipe tester over a proposed drilling position first... 

the worst walls i ever drilled were in a building on greenham common industrial park (ex air base,  with nuclear cruise missiles on site...   )  the walls are a specially hard concrete with metal  lumps/balls in it (maybe lead i suppose, but felt harder,  like steel)  destroyed several specialist SDS drill bits doing it....      was later told the site crew use a thermal lance to put holes in the stuff....   

last damn time i build a studio for someone on an old air base.....

they're the metal beams above windows aint they? nar, nowhere near a window.

bloody nightmare though. ive simply put the shelf up using just the bottom row of screws/plugs (just shifted the shelf down a bit to accommodate  ) so its done but really annoyed me.

i do have a metal/pipe/wire detector... just cant remember where i put it  lol

lol an old airbase... any interesting discoveries? 

[omegod]

I replaced the fascia boards and guttering front and back and the barge boards on my gable end, hard work on my own but the house being scaffolded helped. Beware of poly head nails as they dont half bounce out if you whack them too hard, as I found out when one smacked me right between the eyes!! 

[Debs.]

Well, put up a floating shelf for the mrs today.

  I must confess; my first thought upon reading that, was that you must be a truly dodgy plumber!

[Webby the Bear]

Well, put up a floating shelf for the mrs today.

  I must confess; my first thought upon reading that, was that you must be a truly dodgy plumber!

i wish. you seen the amount of ''specialist'' films you get to star in if youre a plumber?! 

[Richie London]

yesterday i hung 5 internal doors. started at 11.30 hinged latch and handles and all on by 4pm. 

[Osprey]

Kick-ass progress!  You must have a good butt marker 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Whay are bugs so attracted to wet white gloss?? 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Why!!! Why!! Why! 

[aaronjb]

Ah DIY..

I spent the day helping a friend build two enormous cupboards out of 18mm MDF and roll-front door packs from Ikea..

The number of times we measured a bit of wood, cut it with the circular saw, then found that somehow we'd cut it the wrong size just wasn't funny.. we are definitely not destined for a career in carpentry!

[jaykay]

Ah DIY..

I spent the day helping a friend build two enormous cupboards out of 18mm MDF and roll-front door packs from Ikea..

The number of times we measured a bit of wood, cut it with the circular saw, then found that somehow we'd cut it the wrong size just wasn't funny.. we are definitely not destined for a career in carpentry!

Old Saying...measure twice and cut once...I measure 3 times  it always works

[jonnycool]

Well, put up a floating shelf for the mrs today.

the bracket has 4 holes on the left and 4 holes on the right. and two in the middle. so anyways i mark 'em up and drill all the top row of holes.

im drilling in to brick wall and ive obviously hit the cement join as all were drilled piss easy.

tried to drill the top row. OMG her walls must be made of 9" steel. even my powerful hammer drill with brand new black and decker 'piranha' masonry bit wont go through 

anyone come across this? as said the hammer drill normally destroys anything in its wake but this just werent going to do it 

My house has stone walls, my God that stuff is harder than diamond, I've made a mess of a couple of shelves because once you hit the hard bits, you ain't getting through 

[tidla]

i bought a house, ground floor concrete, walls concrete, ceiling concrete, roof concrete. at the time of building they had no wood. aparently? you should see my sds drill!