MOD & FOD #30 Comments from Yoda: A tw*t, you are

[heretoreaditall2019]

Speaking of DIY we’ve come unstuck with drilling holes does anyone know anything about this?

We’ve got a proper brick house and I think you’d call this an external wall (?) as it faces out into the garden. We’ve got skimmed plaster about a year old, amazingly we didn’t blow that out (which has happened before w our handyman in another room!) but we get to a certain point (about 80% of the wall plug length) and simply cannot drill any further? We have a reasonable drill with “hammer mode” but it’s certainly not a proper hammer drill. I think this must be some sort of concrete?

I said to cut the wall plug down and just bung it in, husband says don’t be ridiculous What would you guys do?

 

[Pastsellbydate]

He also wrote *I* have worked hard to afford it, not we. I know she worked a day a week as a midwife, but she brought in a tidy sum as an influencer and her parents cover some/all the school costs which frees up cash that they then dont spend on 4k sinks (which were gifted to his wife, not him).

But sure, take all the credit Slymon.

Don't forget "I" was actually Clemmie writing it.

 

[Tattlingpineapple]

FOD is totally not asking for freebies and not at all trying to get attention. .

And how nice that HE paid for everything. Head of the house earning all the money . What a twit.

 

[OhhBacon]

I said to cut the wall plug down and just bung it in, husband says don’t be ridiculous What would you guys do?

I‘d cut the wall plug too, working on the theory that they come in different sizes suggest that they don’t need to be the size you have so cut it town, bang in the screw. Job done.
*Disclaimer, I’m not a diy expert at all so no idea why they come in different sizes.

 

[Dogmuck]

Speaking of DIY we’ve come unstuck with drilling holes does anyone know anything about this?

We’ve got a proper brick house and I think you’d call this an external wall (?) as it faces out into the garden. We’ve got skimmed plaster about a year old, amazingly we didn’t blow that out (which has happened before w our handyman in another room!) but we get to a certain point (about 80% of the wall plug length) and simply cannot drill any further? We have a reasonable drill with “hammer mode” but it’s certainly not a proper hammer drill. I think this must be some sort of concrete?

I said to cut the wall plug down and just bung it in, husband says don’t be ridiculous What would you guys do?

As long as your screws are shorter you can cut a raw plug down. No point having a short raw plug and then having a screw that wont fit

I had this problem in my last house even on the bastard interior walls but My brother recommended I got an SDS drill and never had that problem again. Sad or what

 

[Titfer]

He also wrote *I* have worked hard to afford it, not we. I know she worked a day a week as a midwife, but she brought in a tidy sum as an influencer and her parents cover some/all the school costs which frees up cash that they then dont spend on 4k sinks (which were gifted to his wife, not him).

But sure, take all the credit Slymon.

That's Clemmie talking though.....

 

[rainbowlemon]

Speaking of DIY we’ve come unstuck with drilling holes does anyone know anything about this?

We’ve got a proper brick house and I think you’d call this an external wall (?) as it faces out into the garden. We’ve got skimmed plaster about a year old, amazingly we didn’t blow that out (which has happened before w our handyman in another room!) but we get to a certain point (about 80% of the wall plug length) and simply cannot drill any further? We have a reasonable drill with “hammer mode” but it’s certainly not a proper hammer drill. I think this must be some sort of concrete?

I said to cut the wall plug down and just bung it in, husband says don’t be ridiculous What would you guys do?

Omg you guys are so smart for real.This reads as Klingon to me.

 

[Smellyoulater]

Omg you guys are so smart for real.This reads as Klingon to me.

Ditto I try and try to hang stuff and the walls (lathe and plaster) crumble before my eyes.
I’m tempted to start bunging up stuff with gorilla glue

 

[Axatogrind]

I put those responses from Clemmie Simon into an "English to Influencer" auto translator, and it came up with this:

 

[Brian Butterfield]

Speaking of DIY we’ve come unstuck with drilling holes does anyone know anything about this?

We’ve got a proper brick house and I think you’d call this an external wall (?) as it faces out into the garden. We’ve got skimmed plaster about a year old, amazingly we didn’t blow that out (which has happened before w our handyman in another room!) but we get to a certain point (about 80% of the wall plug length) and simply cannot drill any further? We have a reasonable drill with “hammer mode” but it’s certainly not a proper hammer drill. I think this must be some sort of concrete?

I said to cut the wall plug down and just bung it in, husband says don’t be ridiculous What would you guys do?

This is one of the reasons we sold our Victorian and moved into a new build (blasphemy I know). Those bastard solid brick walls were the death of many a drill bit and caused many ugly holes!

I have no advice apart from to buy a new drill as this helped our drilling mishaps.

 

[Pocahontas]

Speaking of DIY we’ve come unstuck with drilling holes does anyone know anything about this?

We’ve got a proper brick house and I think you’d call this an external wall (?) as it faces out into the garden. We’ve got skimmed plaster about a year old, amazingly we didn’t blow that out (which has happened before w our handyman in another room!) but we get to a certain point (about 80% of the wall plug length) and simply cannot drill any further? We have a reasonable drill with “hammer mode” but it’s certainly not a proper hammer drill. I think this must be some sort of concrete?

I said to cut the wall plug down and just bung it in, husband says don’t be ridiculous What would you guys do?

Depends how old your house is - some old bricks are just really really hard.
You may be hitting an iron lintel - check what is happening to your drill bit - is it getting hot / can you ‘smell’ metal?
if you’re just hanging pics, I’d wager you could just cut the rawl plug - no problem!

Omg you guys are so smart for real.This reads as Klingon to me.

Says the future doctor!!

 

[Spoke]

I hope Roger Oates reports them for spam.

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

I‘d cut the wall plug too, working on the theory that they come in different sizes suggest that they don’t need to be the size you have so cut it town, bang in the screw. Job done.
*Disclaimer, I’m not a diy expert at all so no idea why they come in different sizes.

As long as your screws are shorter you can cut a raw plug down. No point having a short raw plug and then having a screw that wont fit

I had this problem in my last house even on the bastard interior walls but My brother recommended I got an SDS drill and never had that problem again. Sad or what

Omg thank you guys! The wall plug is really bleeping long compared to the screw which is why I thought it’d be fine cutting it anyway, the blind isn’t posh (we’re waiting for Ikea to come out with wider smart blinds, which covid has delayed, not that Ikea is posh) so the fittings it came with aren’t exactly top notch? I wanted to use our own white wall plugs & nicer screws actually but he said not to risk it!

Now to convince him that my “tittle tattlers” as he calls this site know what they’re talking about

Depends how old your house is - some old bricks are just really really hard.
You may be hitting an iron lintel - check what is happening to your drill bit - is it getting hot / can you ‘smell’ metal?
if you’re just hanging pics, I’d wager you could just cut the rawl plug - no problem!


Says the future doctor!!

thank you!! our house is 1950s (no Georgian reno 4 us) - obviously I know absolutely nothing about buildings but we’re drilling above a window on an external wall so I bet it’s something weird like that, like a load bearing mega material that’s hard to penetrate? I’m gonna convince him tonight for us to keep going tomorrow

 

[caitlinbullen]

Dulux Endurance all the way for me!

I read that as Durex Endurance on first reading. I was like “Saucy cow. Bit of a leap from paint talk though “.

 

[Cheeseandbiscuits]

For anyone who hasn't seen it, bountymargate's post talks about the job of rebuilding the staircase by hand. They mention it took them ages to find someone capable, and the work was actually done by the resident carpenter of Canterbury Cathedral! But hey, why not just rip all the spindles out

have you seen the comments on the post. People are slating SODs for how they’ve changed everything and the previous owner is liking all the comments!

 

[Dogmuck]

Depends how old your house is - some old bricks are just really really hard.
You may be hitting an iron lintel - check what is happening to your drill bit - is it getting hot / can you ‘smell’ metal?
if you’re just hanging pics, I’d wager you could just cut the rawl plug - no problem!

Or a concrete lintel - either way a hammer drill will just make the hole wider
If you’re cutting the raw plug down remember to do the end bottom end. Just do it with a Stanley knife - just do it and don’t tell the hubby

 

[Pocahontas]

Or a concrete lintel - either way a hammer drill will just make the hole wider

More sauce!

 

[Dogmuck]

More sauce!

Hate that when my hole gets wider! Thank fod for pelvic floor exercises

 

[Pocahontas]

Hate that when my hole gets wider! Thank fod for pelvic floor exercises

It’s those hammer drills ... they’re notorious.

 

[Dogmuck]

It’s those hammer drills ... they’re notorious.

Honestly, real bastards!