In article , "Broadback"
says...
I had to cut through a cast iron pipe recently, masked everything, made
a polythene tent, wore a mask, cut it with a cutting disk. Ugh, the
fine black dust got everywhere, including up my nose and in my mouth,
the taste was awful, as it was a toilet pipe I'm sure I could taste the
sh1t, not that I had ever tasted it before. Worse of all the iron in my
mouth reacted with my filling, it was like chewing silver paper.
By far my most unpleasant job what's yours?
I think if I had to do it again I'd buy a reciprocating saw, whatever
the expense.

Stripping the glue from a plaster ceiling after having removed the
polystyrene tiles. I did one room, but the second is still only half
done years later :-( Every so often I think I'll finish it, then I
think maybe I'll strip the plaster and renew it as it seems like less
hassle, then I put it off some more. The plus side is that as the
dining room is a mess I use it as a workshop instead :-)