We had an extension to our kitchen a few years ago with an new bedroom above. We always planned to fit additional lights in the kitchen, so had the electrician leave a spare circuit with a cable dangling from the ceiling.
Eventually, my wife decided on the lights she wanted. Typically, the cable is in the wrong place and she wants 3 lights rather than one.
Rather than cut holes in the ceiling, i chose to lift the carpet in the bedroom above and cut holes in the floor so that i could add the wiring in the right place and insert some wood above the lights so that i have something solid to screw the lights into and not rely on plasterboard fixings. I've done this plenty of times in the past, but only in older houses with tongue and groove floorboards which typically have been up in the past for rewires or new heating.
However, the floor in the extended bedroom above is Caberdek, glued at the joints and to the joists. I therefore chose to use my new multi tool to cut through the floor and create my access holes.
It was a bugger of a job and took about 2 hours to cut 4 holes approx 8"x 8". The Caberdek was an absolute sod to cut. It blunted the multi tool blades very quickly and would start smoking from the friction of the blade.
Is this typical of CaberDek or am i doing something wrong with my multi tool? Its a Bosch tool with starlock blades, and i tried small blades and longer half moon blades at a variety of different speeds to see what worked best. I ended up using a small blade at quite a fast speed which produced the best results but was still a bugger and still blunted the blade quickly.
Eventually, my wife decided on the lights she wanted. Typically, the cable is in the wrong place and she wants 3 lights rather than one.
Rather than cut holes in the ceiling, i chose to lift the carpet in the bedroom above and cut holes in the floor so that i could add the wiring in the right place and insert some wood above the lights so that i have something solid to screw the lights into and not rely on plasterboard fixings. I've done this plenty of times in the past, but only in older houses with tongue and groove floorboards which typically have been up in the past for rewires or new heating.
However, the floor in the extended bedroom above is Caberdek, glued at the joints and to the joists. I therefore chose to use my new multi tool to cut through the floor and create my access holes.
It was a bugger of a job and took about 2 hours to cut 4 holes approx 8"x 8". The Caberdek was an absolute sod to cut. It blunted the multi tool blades very quickly and would start smoking from the friction of the blade.
Is this typical of CaberDek or am i doing something wrong with my multi tool? Its a Bosch tool with starlock blades, and i tried small blades and longer half moon blades at a variety of different speeds to see what worked best. I ended up using a small blade at quite a fast speed which produced the best results but was still a bugger and still blunted the blade quickly.
