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dobbslc
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Good job. Looking at the hole I can't see why that was such a bastid to drill
Toolstation? Did they have blue packaging with white lettering?
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Good job. Looking at the hole I can't see why that was such a bastid to drill
Toolstation? Did they have blue packaging with white lettering?
Good old Silverline you mean? Can't remember, don't think so. To be fair they're OK drills these...unless you get them stuck...
Bet it's 750mm+ I've just drilled through with my ad hoc extension made from M16 studding; slab, footing bricks, footings. I'll measure it exactly when the trench is dug.
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Hope tomorrow doesnt see you go through the gas pipe......
Haven't got gas, or main drainage here. Leccy and phone are overhead. Oil feed is underground but miles from where the trench will be. Unexploded ordnance is a distinct possibility though...
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Where was it in Kent they buried the plutonium............
Glad you are sorted, you certainly had a couple of problems there!
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Mole grips to locate a bit of bolt in the grove on the SDS drill bit , clean out the hammer head , put hammer head on the drill , clip the bolt bit & moles on the drill use hammer head as a gentle slide hammer . A bit of water running in the hole as you use the slide hammer might also help to get it moving
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Do you mean the Cold War Blue Peacock program when they tested the nuclear landmine casings in the gravel pits near Sevenoaks? (Near me... )
Or all the radioactive cr@p buried near Asda in Gillingham?
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In a long hole where it's already damp/wet it's worth washing out the muck and dust with water even to the extent of trickling water into the hole to keep the dust as a watery slurry , keep bringing the drill out the hole with slurry on it and wash it off before putting it back in the hole .
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UXB would have solved all your problems. You could have built a new garage with conduits for cabling, save any drilling
Glad it’s all sorted
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Are you serious, I hope not, I was joking..... I know nothing, as someone from Barcelona said
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I had a similar job putting in a new entry for a new domestic water supply in our self modernised bungalow & a heavy below the ground STWA cable into the garage ( but no stuck SDS drill games ).
Next time use a tape measure and add any wall thicknesses to find where to drill horizontally through the wall . Drill through a mortar joint to see where you need to dig your outside trench hole . Dig the trench hole first so yo can blow the block work through rather than drill right through as it's supported by clay /soil . 45 % is a harsh angle , use a shallower angle and a disc cutter to take out block work below ground on the outside till the holes match up .
When you want to fill the hole paint the top foot or so concrete in the hole with several coats of sealer compound , fill the hole to a few inches below the floor level and once it's dry enough in a weeks time coat the concrete again with sealing compound , when it dry then fill the hole properly .. That way you'll have kept the integrity of any damp course there might be.
Next time use a tape measure and add any wall thicknesses to find where to drill horizontally through the wall . Drill through a mortar joint to see where you need to dig your outside trench hole . Dig the trench hole first so yo can blow the block work through rather than drill right through as it's supported by clay /soil . 45 % is a harsh angle , use a shallower angle and a disc cutter to take out block work below ground on the outside till the holes match up .
When you want to fill the hole paint the top foot or so concrete in the hole with several coats of sealer compound , fill the hole to a few inches below the floor level and once it's dry enough in a weeks time coat the concrete again with sealing compound , when it dry then fill the hole properly .. That way you'll have kept the integrity of any damp course there might be.
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Yep, in both cases.
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You know what they say. "If at first you don't succeed, parachuting's probably not for you"
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I did mine. Luckily only thin strip foundations where I had to go through. That was hard though. I even did a drawing:
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Nothing better , than, when drilling a hole becomes a two day struggle.
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If anyone wants some cheap black cable ducting around Southampton, there's some on Gumtree. Too far for me to travel:
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-building-materials/50mm-twinwalled-black-cable-ducting-/1380491845
Sods Law I've only got blue or green here for my cable run.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-building-materials/50mm-twinwalled-black-cable-ducting-/1380491845
Sods Law I've only got blue or green here for my cable run.
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If you haven't already fixed the pipe . bring it inside another 150 mm or so ..... done so that in the future if you have to change the stop valve ....you can if needs be cut the old pipe . I've lost count of the number of leaking at the bottom joint incoming water I've had to deal with . My stupid brother being the first some 40 years ago . He got too technical with a pair of big spanners & wrecked the incoming pipes end one Sunday afternoon trying to cure the" little drops of water " ( aka condensation ) that made under the cabinets smell .
