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Default Little boxes made of ticky tacky

sm_jamieson wrote:
On 21 Mar, 17:37, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
Working in a local new build today, houses are springing up all over
the place round here.

Fixed a clock to a wall, single screw, clock had one of those upside
down keyhole slots. Downstairs cloakroom was on the other side of
the wall. Fixed a towel rail to the wall. Tapped the plugs into the
holes with the handle of a screwdriver and the wall shook so badly
the bloody clock fell off! Landed on a settee luckily and was
undamaged.

Still in the downstairs cloak, fitting a toilet roll holder.
Dropped a screw, rested my forearm on the lid of the WC to reach
down & get it & the piggin lid cracked in half! As thick as a fag
paper. Replaced it like for like from B&Q for £8.



Any clues as to the wobbly wall's construction ?

About 3" thick, plasterboard either side, insulation in the middle. Found
the occassionaly wooden stud. All the internal walls were the same.


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