Hiya,
made the cardinal mistake of not checking out what my soffit was made of before drilling into it to make a 150mm hole for a vent. Did it from outside at least...and i wasn't directly under it but i did get some debris on my clothes.
I've not been able to find a corresponding picture of anything like what i drilled through, but the age of the last big refurb on the house was late 70s so doesn't bode well.
Stuff was as hard as nails to punch through. Really can't pin down what it is, should have stopped when i realised it wasn't wood but can't change what's happened.
Would like to know what people think thanks. Seem to be a central spine of something in the center onto which the top and the bottom are stuck/compressed, forming the pattern on the top/bottom.
Cheers
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Picture quality not great on this site so i've included links to the same photos on photobucket here:-
made the cardinal mistake of not checking out what my soffit was made of before drilling into it to make a 150mm hole for a vent. Did it from outside at least...and i wasn't directly under it but i did get some debris on my clothes.
I've not been able to find a corresponding picture of anything like what i drilled through, but the age of the last big refurb on the house was late 70s so doesn't bode well.
Stuff was as hard as nails to punch through. Really can't pin down what it is, should have stopped when i realised it wasn't wood but can't change what's happened.
Would like to know what people think thanks. Seem to be a central spine of something in the center onto which the top and the bottom are stuck/compressed, forming the pattern on the top/bottom.
Cheers
//media.diynot.com/219000_218172_77158_66434634_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/219000_218172_77159_43111472_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/219000_218172_77160_81462926_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/219000_218172_77161_83632214_thumb.jpg
Picture quality not great on this site so i've included links to the same photos on photobucket here:-