Last week I core drilled a hole for an extractor fan in the gf's bathroom.
Bloody hard bricks and it took me over an hour and half to drill it.
There was a bit of dust for her to clean up (and a lot of dust in the air as seen on the photo)
She is still complaining about having to do a spot of cleaning a week later.
Impressed. Your skills are awesome, being able to get at least a week's worth of cleaning in one hit.
She's lucky if that's all it is. I cleaned up once too:
NT
I lent her my Henry from the van.
All I am getting ATM is "When are you going to fit the fan?"
Hope you wore hob-nailed boots in the bath to protect your feet.
Acrylic bath ??
Cheap tiling. ? Social housing ??, so shouldn't the HA be doing this ?.
Did she wash it all down the plug hole, followed by some Qtips and wet wipes too ?.
Are you able to get in a bit more brick dust with that?
When doing that sort of job I have the Henry running just under where I'm drilling and most of the 'mess' cleans itself up. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
DeWalt Challenger boots, a council house, enamel bath with dust sheets in it - not that they did much apart from collect rubble[1], one tile is upside down (you cannot see that because of the dust), the dust was picked up by Henry and not flushed down plug hole.
It may be the LA's job to do the work (if needed). The bathroom is not damp or mouldy however the recent addition of two kittens means the window cannot now be left open. It is her choice to have the kittens not the LA's choice so I decided to fit a fan and make sure the bathroom stays mould free.
She "probably" should have asked for permission for the work doing but she will just apply for retrospective permission when/if they notice the work has been carried out[2].
[1] The cavity wall is full of rubble. [2] I also fitted spot lights and I will soon fit an electric shower without prior permission.
Core holes are 360 degrees the mess goes in all directions and it needs two arms to hold the core drill.
She has gone to work. I might do the chase up the wall for the cable whilst she is at work.
That's Irish cavity wall insulation.
Great! Don't forget to post pics. A video of the reaction would be a bonus.
I know, I have a set and have used them quite a bit.
It can, yes, but much of it would go less distance away if it was being removed at source.
Yup, but there are ways of making a Henry nozzle stay in place under the work, not just by using an assistant ('she' wanted the work doing, what would stop 'her' helping)?
So, when I have used the likes of a Henry to do such jobs, one of the 'problems' is having to stop every so often to empty the Henry ... stuff that would otherwise gone elsewhere?
Even if I'm only drilling a few holes in an internal wall, if I don't use an envelope taped to the wall under where I'm drilling I'll get the Mrs to hold the Henry nozzle up under it and rarely does any stuff escape. We do that not because it's the only way of working but we have found it the easiest way of working (not having to pull everything out to lean up afterwards).
I used to help my mate do those sorts of jobs in his shop but one day 'someone else' help him and he was finding brick-dust in and on stuff months later. ;-(
Cheers, T i m
My core drill set includes a hollow mandrel with a collector that connects to a Henry hose. Not perfect but the vast majority of the dust is sucked aw ay from the cutting edge to the inside of the cutter. Keeps the cutter from clogging as long as the wall is dry. Absolutely useless with a wet wall as the dust turns to mud.
Possibly if you had used a dust sheet ............
I'm a +1 on that.
And a girlfriend to hold the vac. :)
And lose the surprise?
Bathroom's got to be completely clean before fitting the fan as otherwise it will suck the dust into its motor.
Probably about six months should do.
Owain
Heh. I got in an electrician in to drill a hole for an extractor fan when I realised that the top third of the hole went through the edge of the lintel above the window. Fortunately he had a spare diamond core drill with him, as the first one gave up half-way through after tacking a rebar.
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