Yesterday morning I was putting down the wooden framework for a built in wardrobe.
I managed to drive a 3 inch screw right into the middle of the feed pipe of our bedroom radiator
It was me who laid the pipework for that radiator so I have no excuse
Mrs S and myself were having a nice lunch in the lounge below when we started to hear drip, drip, drip…
You can guess the rest. What should have been a relaxing afternoon was replaced by a frantic drain down of the CH system, pulling up floorboards, and cutting out and replacing a one foot section of 22mm copper pipe
My first mistake was to forget to invoke my normal practice of clearing marking the pipe runs on the floorboards with black permanent marker, otherwise this would not have happened. My second mistake was a blatant failure to stop and think!
I am normally much more careful…
My first major mistake after 20 years of DIYing, so not too bad I suppose
But why did it have to be such a fundamental one
So my lesson of the day is stop before you screw.
Do you really know what you're getting in to
I managed to drive a 3 inch screw right into the middle of the feed pipe of our bedroom radiator
It was me who laid the pipework for that radiator so I have no excuse
Mrs S and myself were having a nice lunch in the lounge below when we started to hear drip, drip, drip…
You can guess the rest. What should have been a relaxing afternoon was replaced by a frantic drain down of the CH system, pulling up floorboards, and cutting out and replacing a one foot section of 22mm copper pipe
My first mistake was to forget to invoke my normal practice of clearing marking the pipe runs on the floorboards with black permanent marker, otherwise this would not have happened. My second mistake was a blatant failure to stop and think!
I am normally much more careful…
My first major mistake after 20 years of DIYing, so not too bad I suppose
But why did it have to be such a fundamental one
So my lesson of the day is stop before you screw.
Do you really know what you're getting in to