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I thought it was a joist originally, and the joist detector picked it up as such as well. I didn't have a pipe detector at the time and assumed I was safe. I was surprised to find myself drilling into what appeared to be a solid lump of plaster - wondered what was going on there. Could there...

Yes, I've also attempted to drill into metal joist strapping (I believe) in the bedroom :oops: . I guess I was curious as to what the plaster was doing at that point behind the plasterboard, if it was covering a pipe or something - would it be used for such a purpose?

The pipes (where visible) supplying the radiators come up out of the floor and are metal (gloss painted). The house is 26 years old, so not a new build.

Hi, I decided to hang a large picture above a radiator in my living room (the wall being a partition between living room and kitchen). The walls are plasterboard. I (stupidly) assumed that there would not be a pipe in the wall directly above the radiator (from the middle). I drilled into...