Refitting my bathroom at the moment and so I'm working under the floorboards. I have also coincidently just had the lower hallway ceiling replastered (beneath the bathroom), looked beautiful.
Needing a special drill bit I rushed out of the house, closing the bathroom door to stop the spread of dust, bought the bit I needed and headed home.
Rushing upstairs to finish the evening's DIY I opened the bathroom door and stupidly forgotten that I had left the floorboard up, put my foot straight through the gap and onto ceiling below fortunately the laths supported my weight a bit and I balanced myself with my other foot BUT the lower ceiling's newly plastered ceiling has been cracked quite badly - guess I'll have to strip the new plaster off, bond and replaster it now
Moral of the story, doesn't matter how much time it might save, put floorboards back in place once you've finished working underneath them, especially when upstairs!
Needing a special drill bit I rushed out of the house, closing the bathroom door to stop the spread of dust, bought the bit I needed and headed home.
Rushing upstairs to finish the evening's DIY I opened the bathroom door and stupidly forgotten that I had left the floorboard up, put my foot straight through the gap and onto ceiling below fortunately the laths supported my weight a bit and I balanced myself with my other foot BUT the lower ceiling's newly plastered ceiling has been cracked quite badly - guess I'll have to strip the new plaster off, bond and replaster it now
Moral of the story, doesn't matter how much time it might save, put floorboards back in place once you've finished working underneath them, especially when upstairs!