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Yesterday I attempted to fit a new radiator for an old one which was corroded.
Please bear with me...
I fixed the new brackets on the wall and hung the new double rad and because the new rad was thicker than the old double rad the fittings were about 20mm out of line, I was advised to drill a hole in front of the existing pipes coming out of the floor and chisel out a the woodwork to allow the pipes to come forward to line up with the new rad.
First hole went well, second hole went ding and water began to spray out.
Little did I know the second pipe came away from the wall and ran directly underneath where I was drilling.
In a panic I plugged the leak with blutac to stop the flow and then decided to cut the floorboard 18inches further back from the pipe underneath the rad to gain access to the leak and to my horror I hit another pipe with my jigsaw and then the #### really hit the fan.
I ran outside to turn the stopcock off and the water was still p1ssing out for want of a better word.
Luckily the rad was downstairs in the extension and there was no serious water damage and my plumber saviour turned up later to rescue me
Sorry this is not a question but I just had to get it off my chest!
Mickey taking welcome!
Please bear with me...
I fixed the new brackets on the wall and hung the new double rad and because the new rad was thicker than the old double rad the fittings were about 20mm out of line, I was advised to drill a hole in front of the existing pipes coming out of the floor and chisel out a the woodwork to allow the pipes to come forward to line up with the new rad.
First hole went well, second hole went ding and water began to spray out.
Little did I know the second pipe came away from the wall and ran directly underneath where I was drilling.
In a panic I plugged the leak with blutac to stop the flow and then decided to cut the floorboard 18inches further back from the pipe underneath the rad to gain access to the leak and to my horror I hit another pipe with my jigsaw and then the #### really hit the fan.
I ran outside to turn the stopcock off and the water was still p1ssing out for want of a better word.
Luckily the rad was downstairs in the extension and there was no serious water damage and my plumber saviour turned up later to rescue me
Sorry this is not a question but I just had to get it off my chest!
Mickey taking welcome!
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