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Taking a Cat 6 cable up to our bedroom (over the garage), I drilled a hole using a 25mm spade bit and extension piece.
The cable was to come up underneath a worktop with a rad below. Either side of the rad pipe was a joist, so I drilled a hole a few inches in front of the rad pipe so I would miss the pipe where it exited the garage ceiling below (I had to drill at a slight angle because the drill and bit were taller than the worktop).
After all this time drilling holes, you would think I would know better, but the board was thinner than I thought and as the spade bit plunged through the underfloor cavity and plaster board, still spinning wildly, I heard a dreadful clatter and felt vibration in the rad in front of me.
With huge trepidation, I hurtled down to the garage expecting to see water and Fernox spraying everywhere.
To my utter relief, the pipe must have had enough movement in it to be pushed out of the way by the drill bit and looked relatively unscathed by its experience!
Think I'll leave the drill alone for a while...
The cable was to come up underneath a worktop with a rad below. Either side of the rad pipe was a joist, so I drilled a hole a few inches in front of the rad pipe so I would miss the pipe where it exited the garage ceiling below (I had to drill at a slight angle because the drill and bit were taller than the worktop).
After all this time drilling holes, you would think I would know better, but the board was thinner than I thought and as the spade bit plunged through the underfloor cavity and plaster board, still spinning wildly, I heard a dreadful clatter and felt vibration in the rad in front of me.
With huge trepidation, I hurtled down to the garage expecting to see water and Fernox spraying everywhere.
To my utter relief, the pipe must have had enough movement in it to be pushed out of the way by the drill bit and looked relatively unscathed by its experience!
Think I'll leave the drill alone for a while...
