Jay
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..getting sky fitted as I type and as he drilled into the outisde wall all the plaster cracked inside the house on that wall, little hairline cracks but theres loads, never seen it happen before the plaster is about 6 months old, i mentioned it and he said he'l file a damage report and sky may repair it, is there much that can be done though or will it just paint out? Fumin 
[Edited on 10-04-2008 by JayM]
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RichR
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if its hairline cracks then Polyfilla do a Thixotropic paint which is used as a very thin layer of plaster; then just paint over it again.
With plaster repairs, I wold personally always look at repainting the whole wall, not just the affected aread
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RichR
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the Polyfilla paint is about £25 a tub, but thats enough to do a room
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Baskey
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depends, get some pics up, its not his fault if it was shit plaster
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Jay
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My uncle done the plastering, and hes been doing it for 20 years, hes spot on at it, so doubt the plasters shit
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Baskey
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^^ should be fine then, if it was a brand new house they knocked up on the cheap the plaster will prob be thin and shit, however im sure your uncle would of done a good job. Dont start any repares until sky have come back to you though as they may want to see the damage
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Mein Herr
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Who cares. Just think of all the porn you can watch after today.
You're focusing on the wrong kind of cracks.
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_Allan_
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There's not really much you can do wrong through drilling, unless he was swinging it around his head. If it cracked, it cracked no matter who would be drilling it. Don't forget they do that job all day too so imagine it must happen often. Just fill and paint  . Still put a claim in or get a free Television X subs 
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RichR
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http://www.polycell.co.uk/products/polycell_smoothover_your_damaged_walls.html
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Huwsi
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quote:
Originally posted by Mein Herr
Who cares. Just think of all the porn you can watch after today.
You're focusing on the wrong kind of cracks.
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by Mein Herr
Who cares. Just think of all the porn you can watch after today.
You're focusing on the wrong kind of cracks.
Got the internet for that
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
There's not really much you can do wrong through drilling, unless he was swinging it around his head. If it cracked, it cracked no matter who would be drilling it. Don't forget they do that job all day too so imagine it must happen often. Just fill and paint . Still put a claim in or get a free Television X subs
Thats what I was thinking, the thing is ive drilled into the wall before and its been fine no cracks at all, soon as he drilled I noticed it all appear down the wall. Hes noted it to his manager and on his computer and said for me to ring up. Gonna give them a ring later and see what they say.
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chris_uk
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good luck getting sky to repair it..
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MikeE
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shit plaster always cracks on hammer action when you dril through brick work
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baza31
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did he drill through the wall from the outsides and straight through into the room?
a few occasions i have done this with the drill on hammer but carried on and its all blown out the other side.
normally can tell when its almost through the brickwork so you dont need to push on hard.
i cant see it cracking all over though. Only way it could do is if its dot and dabbed and they have been skimpy upon doing it and the board has flexed?
tbh i think id just forget about it.
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Robin
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Think yourself lucky he didn't drill through the gas main like he did in my sister's house, then decided to drill through a 130 year old window frame as it was safer 
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BigSte
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paint will cover hairline cracks no problem
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mattk
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I always use core bits for drilling through walls at work, no busting bricks
its one of those things, I personally wouldnt be arsed claiming
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ed
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They have some kind of disclaimer warning for stuff like this. They also don't do cavity work and leave cables hanging out all over the place.
P.S. mattk, your car is sexual.
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loo_goblin
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when we had our second room installed the sky bloke drilled through a load of wires and the house kept shorting for a bout 2 months.
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