Any pipes in this wall?

[Keitai]

Putting brackets up in this wall. Above rail It's plasterboard. Any pipes in it? I'm checking with detector and magnets. Above the electric board the magnets are being pushed away from wall rather than attracted in, electricity present?

 

[EddieM]

FGS, how are we supposed to know that. I'll narrow if down for you though, possibly yes, possibly no.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Any pipes in it? I'm checking with detector and magnets. Above the electric board the magnets are being pushed away from wall rather than attracted in, electricity present?

A magnet will only help you find iron and steel, cables are copper. The only things able to repel a magnet, are another magnet, or a solenoid running on dc. Your mains cables operate on ac.

A (metal ?) detector might find cables hidden behind the plasterboard, but there is no certainty. The only way to know for sure, is with the Mk I eyeball.

 

[Keitai]

Well my cheapo detector found nothing to the left of the electric board but was buzzing non stop above it. No metal detected at all. Magnets picked up nothing- was hoping to find the screws in studs. I wont put shelf above electric board just over the rest. How about duo 6mm plugs in 5mm drilled holes, will they hold brackets and small shelf? Or will have to be plasterboard fixings?

 

[HERTS P&D]

Jesus Wept!....................................again!!

Andy

 

[foxhole]

Maybe plastic water pipe?

 

[Why Not Indeed]

I am beginning to wonder if this "Keitai" character is just one of the other forum regulars posting made up stuff for everybody else's amusement...

 

[Charlie George]

I am beginning to wonder if this "Keitai" character is just one of the other forum regulars posting made up stuff for everybody else's amusement...

He does have several names on here alone,and also on screwfix,all similar posts.

 

[endecotp]

the magnets are being pushed away from wall rather than attracted in

The magnet you’re holding against the wall A is being attracted to the magnet you’re holding in your fist B, giving the impression that A is being pushed away from the wall.

 

[endecotp]

I am beginning to wonder if this "Keitai" character is just one of the other forum regulars posting made up stuff for everybody else's amusement...

One of them??? It would take a team of writers to come up with all this stuff.

 

[Keitai]

Putting it up to le

Maybe plastic water pipe?View attachment 213389

Just go gently I guess then

 

[HERTS P&D]

Putting it up to le


Just go gently I guess then

Yes, drill slowly....................that will be alright!

Andy

 

[conny]

Just go full pelt at it. If you are going to burst a pipe you may as well do it quickly and get it over with. Imagine going slowly and putting a pin hole in it that didn't show until you had left and then the customer called you back?
Get it over and done with. That way if you hit a pipe or a cable you will know about it instantly.

 

[^woody^]

Be careful. I've just scanned it with my Poirot Detector App, and it's flashed up as positive for a pipe behind the plasterboard.

 

[endecotp]

Just go full pelt at it. If you are going to burst a pipe you may as well do it quickly and get it over with.

Before you start, make absolutely sure that you have no idea where the stop tap is.