Recent content by Andy_L

Now we've got a better view. I lucked into hitting the edge of the board with my hole. It is 22mm thick chipboard, and looks to have some sort of white paper or plastic covering on the far face. Must surely be "pattressing" as @freddiemercurystwin said. This edge of it is roughly in line...

A very good question! I did have a prod at it with a sharp implement, and it didn't feel like a piece of timber. (And I had tested with a magnet that it wasn't more metal studding.) But I tried an HSS drill bit on it and now I see... ...chipboard maybe? So why would that be behind the...

Some interesting thoughts there, thanks. Asbestos - I certainly hope not! Apparently the complete ban was in November 1999 so a house from the mid-2000's should be safe from that. Blockwork for fixing the cistern to - that's a possibility, is that something builders do in stud walls? The...

I'm replacing a cracked toilet cistern. Clearly this wall was tiled around the old cistern, but let's try not to get too upset about that! The house is 15-20 years old and has internal walls of plasterboard over metal studding. The wall we're looking at is an internal wall between two...