Re: The first time in over 20 years.

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday, July 13, 2012 2:01:48 PM UTC-4, tourman wrote:
> On Jul 11, 11:43=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:35:43 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> > > "Jim" <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote=
 in message
> > >news:aceecea4-8f9e-43be-882f-dea990b54cb0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Well, I did something the other day that I haven&#=
39;t done in over 20 - 30
> > > > years.
> > > >
> > > > I was drilling a window up to the attic and drilled th=
rough the roof.
> > > >
> > > > DAMN!!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Fortunately it was an older ranch that someone was ren=
ovating so after
> > > > everyone had left, I was able to go back and tar the h=
ole. Embarrassing!!
> >
> > > I admit I drilled a roof once, but the more exciting one was th=
e time I
> > > drilled a sewer pipe.
> >
> > > Was standing in the basement looking for what I hit when somebo=
dy flushed a
> > > toilet. =A0Made a pretty little fountain by the illumination of=
 my mini Mag
> > > Light.
> >
> > > Fortunately ABS pipe is easy to fix.
> >
> > I drilled through a coppe hot water heating pipe once.
> >
> > The customer had one sliding glass door and had added another one ab=
out 10 inches away with a small wall space inbetween. The first door alread=
y had a wire to it and I figured, rather than running a new wire, I'd j=
ust drill through the short distance between the two doors and put them bot=
h on the same z0ne. As I was drilling through, I felt some resistance and n=
ot following my instinct ( because ..."who would EVER put a pipe THERE=
?) I just thought I'd hit a nail.
> >
> > My helper, doing something else in the basement yells up ..... Hey t=
here's water running down the wall where you're drilling!!!!
> >
> > I was able to open the wall, cut the pipe and sweat a sleeve over it=
. The biggest concern was that the walls had just been wallpapered and the =
customer only had one piece left. It was just long and wide enough to fit i=
n the narrow section between the doors. WHEW!
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> RHC; My son did much the same thing early on when he was still
> learning the installation side of our business. He drilled through a
> toilet drain while drilling down to locate for a keypad install. The
> client flushed the toilet and he got a facefull !!!!!!
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> Luckily, the stack was exposed in the basement and I was able to fix
> the plastic easily with a special plastic repair bond. But after I
> stopped laughing at him, I told him..."hey, this gives new meaning t=
o
> the expression when shit hits the fan"
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> Needless to say, he's been super paranoid about drilling ever
> since.....:))

That's what they call "experience" ...... Isn't it?