Be honest - who has fell through a ceiling?

Slugster · Post by **Slugster** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:30 am

Lets all be honest now - I'm sure I'm not the only one who has done this.

And the acid question is, did you straddle the joist

This happened a while back. I had just put up the last of the plasterboard and was lifting the 8x2 boards in through the hatch which is just the other side of the door.

Took a step back and down we went.

But there was a tenth of a second when I thought 'Hey the plaster board is going to h.....'

I skimmed the joist with my arse and fell on the rolls of rock wool I had stacked below.

What a result

skiking · Post by **skiking** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:55 am

D'oh, its one of those moment that you can look back on and laugh as you didn't hurt yourself but it could have been a different matter

moon133 · Post by **moon133** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:23 pm

Lucky!!!!

Welcome to the rest of your life.

P.S. It's cats that have nine lives

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:23 pm

I have come close a few times, but always managed to avoid doing it so far.

I'm sure it'll happen one day :!:

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:50 pm

ive put my foot through a few ceilings. did it once when i was doing a job at my mums house. couldnt believe ide done it and was so annoyed. 30 minutes later i did it again in another part of the ceiling. i packed up my tools for the day and buggered off

stevemastic · Post by **stevemastic** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:45 pm

panlid wrote:ive put my foot through a few ceilings. did it once when i was doing a job at my mums house. couldnt believe ide done it and was so annoyed. 30 minutes later i did it again in another part of the ceiling. i packed up my tools for the day and buggered off

did you leave her with no kitchen ceiling over xmas

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:00 pm

i would never do that. i dont know anyone that mean :evil:

stevemastic · Post by **stevemastic** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:29 am

I do

Hinton Heating · Post by **Hinton Heating** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:57 am

I haven't been through a ceiling, but have lenat on a pipe which was supported by a 10mm threaded bar sat on the platerboard, which went through!

Luckily was above the garage! I was working with a colegue on a weekend job, and we had the landing boards up, he came down the loft ladder, and stood in the hole, through the ceiling, had to come back & plasterboard the ceiling, then pay for it to be artexeted again.

I did once screw down the last floorboard & put the screw through the new heating pipe I'd just layed! oops!

Slugater was lucky, it was a new ceiling, simple to repair... not so good on the old ones!

Stoday · Post by **Stoday** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:53 pm

stevemastic wrote:I do

So do I.

Didn't he also leave her without a shower too?

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:24 am

ffs, would you please try and stop making this forum as childish as TT

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:44 am

oooooooo get you

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:11 pm

handyman wrote:ffs, would you please try and stop making this forum as childish as TT

Whats wrong with injecting a bit of silliness now and then?....

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:13 pm

i suspect hankly is grumpy due to the fact that since he got his campervan he is just realising what it means to spend his full weekends with his missus

Only-Me · Post by **Only-Me** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:36 pm

I fell through a ceiling in my old house..........right above my bed

artexed ceiling and everything. Pinned a sheet of polythene up as a temp measure...........2 years later got around to fixing it