alcazar

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So, here I am out in France, working on the house.
Today's job: connect hot water from the barn conversion though into the kitchen, using PER tubing.

OK, that was the easy bit: the first part of the job entailed piercing a 30mm hole through a stone wall around 1100mm thick

Long drill went in so far and then stuck. On the other side is a large, very hard, stone.

So, muggins decides to remove it from the other side, and re-cement bits around the hole once it's through.

Again, that's the easy bit. FOUR hours, count them, FOUR, smashing bits off and trying to clear mortar from round the stone. They are random, so I have NO idea how thick it is, but I'm already in 30cm and no sign of the back

I've given up for today, after it turned 6pm here, so as to get some tea at a reasonable time, but will have to try again tomorrow

Whoever told me that owning a property out here was hard work was dead right!

Oh, and my back and right arm are now singing a very unhappy luittle tune

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I had to core a 4" hole through a wall for a fan yesterday, 7 1/2 hours. Stone and concrete lintel with 3/8 rebar through it, think yourself lucky

alcazar

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That's what my lad said as soon as I mentioned it: "Did you hit a rebar?"

Nope, just a VERY thick, VERY hard stone