Bought one of the Aldi SDS 1500watt drills last year "because you never
know when it will come in useful".

Well, today it did. Instead of spending hours with a bolster and hammer
trying to break it free of where it was cemented to the floor and the
soil pipe, I was able to remove an old outside toilet bowl, cut back the
soil pipe, cap it, cement it in, in less than 30mins.

Fantastic. I now have the start of some shed space. Just need to remove
the back wall from the toilet, through into the coal hole, and brick up
old coal hole door space using the old bricks.

I guess the SDS is going to come in useful again.

The outhouse roof is beams/slates, there is just the dividing wall
between the two parts.
Is there any reason why I can't go floor to roof opened up, or am I
going to need to leave some of the bricks up there and put in a wooden
beam?




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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Elder
saying something like:

Bought one of the Aldi SDS 1500watt drills last year "because you never
know when it will come in useful".

Well, today it did.

And then you wonder why you put it off for so long.

On 28 June, 18:50, Elder wrote:
Bought one of the Aldi SDS 1500watt drills last year "because you never
know when it will come in useful".

Well, today it did. Instead of spending hours with a bolster and hammer
trying to break it free of where it was cemented to the floor and the
soil pipe, I was able to remove an old outside toilet bowl, cut back the
soil pipe, cap it, cement it in, in less than 30mins.

Fantastic. I now have the start of some shed space. Just need to remove
the back wall from the toilet, through into the coal hole, and brick up
old coal hole door space using the old bricks.

I guess the SDS is going to come in useful again.

The outhouse roof is beams/slates, there is just the dividing wall
between the two parts.
Is there any reason why I can't go floor to roof opened up, or am I
going to need to leave some of the bricks up there and put in a wooden
beam?

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Would I be right in thinking this is effectively a lean-too structure
with roof timbers running from a wall head to a wall plate on the main
building? If so then the dividing wall you're talking about is just
that and non-structural.

Otherwise you're going to have to give us some more info. Either way
you really need to look at the top of the dividing wall and see if it
does anything - that is, is anything resting on it ?
Rob

In article ,
says...

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Elder
saying something like:

Bought one of the Aldi SDS 1500watt drills last year "because you never
know when it will come in useful".

Well, today it did.

And then you wonder why you put it off for so long.

Yup. I figured it would be a dirty long smelly messy job.
Moved in, in February, lost job beginning of this month.

Figured it was time to tackle it as things couldn't get much more
****ty.

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In article e75f0d1f-2a3d-4062-acb3-a2477ca44576
@d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com, says...
Would I be right in thinking this is effectively a lean-too structure
with roof timbers running from a wall head to a wall plate on the main
building? If so then the dividing wall you're talking about is just
that and non-structural.

Otherwise you're going to have to give us some more info. Either way
you really need to look at the top of the dividing wall and see if it
does anything - that is, is anything resting on it ?


OK, "Shed" is at the bottom of garden, originally every house would have
had one, some people have already either converted or remove theirs.

Roof is pent, Tallest wall is the back wall of the yard.
Shorter wall is inside garden/yard and forms the front.

One side wall is the divider between properties, the other has the door
in it.

Inside the structure is a full height single thickness brick wall tieing
the front and back wall together.

Roof beams run from the higher to the lower wall and are slated on the
outside.


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On Jun 28, 10:40*pm, Elder wrote:
In article e75f0d1f-2a3d-4062-acb3-a2477ca44576
@d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com, says...

Would I be right in thinking this is effectively a lean-too structure
with roof timbers running from a wall head to a wall plate on the main
building? *If so then the dividing wall you're talking about is just
that and non-structural.

Otherwise you're going to have to give us some more info. *Either way
you really need to look at the top of the dividing wall and see if it
does anything - that is, is anything resting on it ?

OK, "Shed" is at the bottom of garden, originally every house would have
had one, some people have already either converted or remove theirs.

Roof is pent, Tallest wall is the back wall of the yard.
Shorter wall is inside garden/yard and forms the front.

One side wall is the divider between properties, the other has the door
in it.

Inside the structure is a full height single thickness brick wall tieing
the front and back wall together.

Roof beams run from the higher to the lower wall and are slated on the
outside.

piccies please


NT

"Elder" wrote in message
t...
Bought one of the Aldi SDS 1500watt drills last year "because you never
know when it will come in useful".

Well, today it did. Instead of spending hours with a bolster and hammer
trying to break it free of where it was cemented to the floor and the
soil pipe, I was able to remove an old outside toilet bowl, cut back the
soil pipe, cap it, cement it in, in less than 30mins.

Fantastic. I now have the start of some shed space. Just need to remove
the back wall from the toilet, through into the coal hole, and brick up
old coal hole door space using the old bricks.

I guess the SDS is going to come in useful again.

The outhouse roof is beams/slates, there is just the dividing wall
between the two parts.
Is there any reason why I can't go floor to roof opened up, or am I
going to need to leave some of the bricks up there and put in a wooden
beam?

Until it burns out. Don't abuse or used it for sustained heavy work.
Quality does matter with SDS'.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Elder
saying something like:

Bought one of the Aldi SDS 1500watt drills last year "because you never
know when it will come in useful".

Well, today it did.

And then you wonder why you put it off for so long.

....and then the cheap'n nasty one breaks down, and having sampled the
wonders of SDS you buy yourself a decent one [BTBTGTTS] ;-)

David

In article ,
lid says...
Until it burns out. Don't abuse or used it for sustained heavy work.
Quality does matter with SDS'.


Oh yeah I know, but with a 3 year warranty I plan to make use when
needed. Only had it 6 months, so plenty of opportunity to make use
before it is throw away time.

Came amazingly equipped for I think the £50 I paid for it, even with a
little pot of grease, and instructions for when to grease/oil the
bearings and a good selection of carbide tipped bits/chisels and for an
extra £10 another box of bits and chisels in different sizes.

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In article uCgWn.102988$k15.75375@hurricane, davidlobsterpot601
@hotmail.com says...
...and then the cheap'n nasty one breaks down, and having sampled the
wonders of SDS you buy yourself a decent one [BTBTGTTS] ;-)


For the amount of stuff I do, Aldi stuff isn't that cheap and nasty.
Generally their corded power tools are a step or two above really nasty
stuff and decent for a DIYer.

If I was trade, it would be Ryobi, Makita, Bosch, DeWalt all the way,
but I'm not making profit from my tool investment so they will have to
until I'm a but more wealthy.

My last investments were at Argos for their Challenge brand hammer drill
and angle grinder, and a cheap Skil corded jigsaw. All three are still
going strong after 10 years of occasional (but fairly heavy when used)
use.

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In article 26ba8069-26d1-4409-a6c9-7fbef2312835
@w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, says...

On Jun 28, 10:40*pm, Elder wrote:
In article e75f0d1f-2a3d-4062-acb3-a2477ca44576
@d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com, says...

Would I be right in thinking this is effectively a lean-too structure
with roof timbers running from a wall head to a wall plate on the main
building? *If so then the dividing wall you're talking about is just
that and non-structural.

Otherwise you're going to have to give us some more info. *Either way
you really need to look at the top of the dividing wall and see if it
does anything - that is, is anything resting on it ?

OK, "Shed" is at the bottom of garden, originally every house would have
had one, some people have already either converted or remove theirs.

Roof is pent, Tallest wall is the back wall of the yard.
Shorter wall is inside garden/yard and forms the front.

One side wall is the divider between properties, the other has the door
in it.

Inside the structure is a full height single thickness brick wall tieing
the front and back wall together.

Roof beams run from the higher to the lower wall and are slated on the
outside.

piccies please


NT

Not much good with Flickr but can you see this set of images?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46942727@N04/sets/

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In article ,
says...
snipped sensible content which I agree with
My last investments were at Argos for their Challenge brand hammer drill
and angle grinder, and a cheap Skil corded jigsaw. All three are still
going strong after 10 years of occasional (but fairly heavy when used)
use.

Indeed, and you may get the same from your SDS - just the range of tasks
for which you can use it will often be smaller than with a machine with
a little more finesse.


Oh sure, I fully understand that. At the moment it does what I want, and
like I said before it was a "I'm sure it will come in useful" purchase
like so many tools are for a DIYer. Quite rare to think "Oh I'm doing
job x so I will need Y" apart from maybe odd sized bits or screws and
plugs once you have a basic stock of hand and power tools.

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On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:34:21 +0100, Elder
wrote:

Not much good with Flickr but can you see this set of images?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46942727@N04/sets/

The picture taken showing the short door frame shows what might be a later
addition (grey bricks and white mortar) inside - which does not seem to be tied
in.
Is that the dividing wall?

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On 28 June, 18:50, Elder wrote:
Bought one of the Aldi SDS 1500watt drills last year "because you never
know when it will come in useful".

Well, today it did. Instead of spending hours with a bolster and hammer
trying to break it free of where it was cemented to the floor and the
soil pipe, I was able to remove an old outside toilet bowl, cut back the
soil pipe, cap it, cement it in, in less than 30mins.

Fantastic. I now have the start of some shed space. Just need to remove
the back wall from the toilet, through into the coal hole, and brick up
old coal hole door space using the old bricks.

I guess the SDS is going to come in useful again.

The outhouse roof is beams/slates, there is just the dividing wall
between the two parts.
Is there any reason why I can't go floor to roof opened up, or am I
going to need to leave some of the bricks up there and put in a wooden
beam?

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These cheapy SDS drills are not intended for continuous use. Use for
ten minutes and then give it a rest. Also the chucks tend to fall
apart after some serious use. (I'm on my fourth or fifth, lost
count.) Got two replaced under guarantee, so keep the reciept..

In article , hw9j-
says...
The picture taken showing the short door frame shows what might be a later
addition (grey bricks and white mortar) inside - which does not seem to be tied
in.
Is that the dividing wall?


Yes, back of the main section is the dividing wall that separated the
toilet area from the coal hole area. Cistern and flush pipe were
fastened to the dividing wall.

Goes straight up to the roof section, all brick to the roof and there
are no roof timbers crossing horizontally across the space.

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In article cfb41072-829f-454f-b97b-
, says...
These cheapy SDS drills are not intended for continuous use. Use for
ten minutes and then give it a rest. Also the chucks tend to fall
apart after some serious use. (I'm on my fourth or fifth, lost
count.) Got two replaced under guarantee, so keep the reciept..


Don't worry, stored safely for when I have to call the support number.

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Elder wrote:
In article uCgWn.102988$k15.75375@hurricane, davidlobsterpot601
@hotmail.com says...
...and then the cheap'n nasty one breaks down, and having sampled the
wonders of SDS you buy yourself a decent one [BTBTGTTS] ;-)


For the amount of stuff I do, Aldi stuff isn't that cheap and nasty.
Generally their corded power tools are a step or two above really
nasty stuff and decent for a DIYer.

If I was trade, it would be Ryobi, Makita, Bosch, DeWalt all the way,
but I'm not making profit from my tool investment so they will have to
until I'm a but more wealthy.

My last investments were at Argos for their Challenge brand hammer
drill and angle grinder, and a cheap Skil corded jigsaw. All three
are still going strong after 10 years of occasional (but fairly heavy
when used) use.

I think thats a very fair accessment for DIY use. Similar to the view I had
before I turned 'pro'.

Having 'any' SDS drill was a bonus!

The luxury of doing this stuff for a living means I now have the kit I
always wanted. I could never justify it for DIY use, but I can for business
use.


--
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In article EeuWn.59820$NW.55949@hurricane, davidlang@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk says...
The luxury of doing this stuff for a living means I now have the kit I
always wanted. I could never justify it for DIY use, but I can for business
use.


Yeah, my brother does property maintenance for several companies for a
living. His tool cases are stuffed full of DeWalt, Hitachi and Makita.

But even he has the odd bit Aldi stuff at the back of the box for those
just in case moments.

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On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:12:35 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Elder wrote:
In article uCgWn.102988$k15.75375@hurricane, davidlobsterpot601
@hotmail.com says...
...and then the cheap'n nasty one breaks down, and having sampled the
wonders of SDS you buy yourself a decent one [BTBTGTTS] ;-)


For the amount of stuff I do, Aldi stuff isn't that cheap and nasty.
Generally their corded power tools are a step or two above really
nasty stuff and decent for a DIYer.

If I was trade, it would be Ryobi, Makita, Bosch, DeWalt all the way,
but I'm not making profit from my tool investment so they will have to
until I'm a but more wealthy.

My last investments were at Argos for their Challenge brand hammer
drill and angle grinder, and a cheap Skil corded jigsaw. All three
are still going strong after 10 years of occasional (but fairly heavy
when used) use.

I think thats a very fair accessment for DIY use. Similar to the view I had
before I turned 'pro'.

Having 'any' SDS drill was a bonus!

The luxury of doing this stuff for a living means I now have the kit I
always wanted. I could never justify it for DIY use, but I can for business
use.

Same philosophy for me: the SDS from Lidl is 2 years old, has been used
about 4 or 5 times and has done the job. It's just useable in 1 hand for
small holes and goes into a concrete lintel that a combi or mains drill
won't touch.
If it packs up, I might get a good one as the 3-year guarantee involves
sending it back - that'd cost more than the thing's worth!
--
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