Hit my first pipe in 5/6 years yesterday... - TilersForums.com

[cam_low]

Just got home at 6 and got the call! Oh great I thought. I have forgotten to tighten the tap up.

Guess again, up came a sheet of hbb, a floorboard, found a wet patch, torch, mirror, no joy. After another bb, another florboard the leak was sourced.

Worst thing about it was I hit the pipe fixing the floorboards to the joists, the guy had filled two holes where the old kitchen light fitting had been a week previously. Had he not it would have been found sooner. This pipe, also had a small leak on it which lay blame to his already wet and intermittently wet stop ****!

Oh well, a simple floor turning into a flooking nightmare! Gotta say I've had a good run tho!

 

[Bubblecraft]

Easy done mate. Don't shoot your self down. I've fired a Paslode nail into a ring main. Nice little bang that was.

At least you've found & fixed your problem & as long as the customer ain't too bothered

 

[DHTiling]

How did you manage to get the hardi up ?

 

[cam_low]

Unscrewed and tore it to shreds. Why?

 

[Qwerty]

I had to lift some hardi last year (plumbers fault) and ended up having to use a demolition saw and replacing half the ply also. Was your addy still fresh?

 

[DHTiling]

Unscrewed and tore it to shreds. Why?

Just asking as i thought the addy would stick like poo... major head ache i bet..

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[cam_low]

The first sheet was as i had only been away from the job twenty mins. the second where I found the leak wasn't I had to use a bolster and lump hammer.

luckily that sheet was only half a sheet in width.

 

[DHTiling]

Lucky it was so soon.. don't fancy trying to remove hardi was addy is fully set :lol:

 

[cam_low]

Very lucky Dave, the guy was fine with my fixings, luckily my neighbour is a heating engineer So ill be giving him a knock when he gets back tomorrow!

 

[Dougs Third Go]

touch wood,,30 + years, never hit one yet...probs hit one soon now though:yikes: