True. I'll think about this. It certainly is far easier working from above.
Moving a light fitting - tell me why I'm being stupid.
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plus then you can mark the boards you've lifted with a sharpie with something like "living room lighting JB under this board" obviously you'll likely know where it is, but if an when you move out, it could prove helpful
And I get to buy another piece of kit, which will make the boss very happy. lol.
Rule 1
You cannot have too many tools!
You cannot have too many tools!
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Rule 2
No matter how many tools you have, you will never be able to find the one you need.
No matter how many tools you have, you will never be able to find the one you need.
I'm not so sure about "No matter how many tools you have". It's usually the case that the more one has, the more difficult it is to find the one that one needs! There is also Rule 3 ... No matter how many tools you have, you will not even have (let alone be able to find) the one you really need!
A good few tradesmen have suggested to me that it tends to be amateurs who buy 'specialised' tools, whereas many professionals tend to improvise on the basis of a selection of 'basic' tools - but I don't know how true that is.
Kind Regards, John
Rule 4:
If you are doing some work somewhere using Tool A, and find that you also need Tool B, you will go to where the tools are, carrying A in your hand, put it down, pick up B and go back to the work location, where you will start casting about for A.
If you are doing some work somewhere using Tool A, and find that you also need Tool B, you will go to where the tools are, carrying A in your hand, put it down, pick up B and go back to the work location, where you will start casting about for A.
I thought it was just me.
There's a line when it comes to buying 'specialised tools', you could buy a tool for every conceivable job, and then there's knowing what you're likely to need more than once.
I won't buy a tool if I don't think it will get regular use
I won't buy a tool if I don't think it will get regular use
Indeed - and I think that's the point which the tradesmen concerned were making. Of course, in some situations (like cars!), it can be next-to-impossible to undertake some tasks (no matter how much ingenuity and improvisation) without the custom 'dedicated' service tools!
Same here, at least in terms of intent - but I sometimes over-estimate how much use a particular tool is going to get
Kind Regards, John
So my conclusion now is that I should work from above rather than struggle from below and risk potential death by asbestos and rather than buy a hole cutter, I should use the multi-tool that I currently have borrowed from a friend or my circular saw set to the correct depth.
Thanks!
Thanks!
So did I.
The advantage of using a proper access hole cutter together with the plastic inserts is that the 'lid' fits back in the hole and self-supports. If you do it any other way you will have to insert noggins under the hole to support the lid and then fill in the gap.
The great benefit of the SBC is that it cuts a lipped hole, and you buy matching inserts which just plop into place. With anything else you'll be messing about fitting battens to support the bit you put back.
If I had chipboard floors I'd buy one as a matter of course.
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