Any way round this dilemma?

nightrider1470

nightrider1470

nightrider1470

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Have just done the cutout for my in wall speaker and trust my luck have found a joist... - loft conversion.

Is there any way I can cut the wood to fit the speaker in?... Moving the speaker over isnt really an option as would be covered by lowered projector screen.



Old picture.. Far left joist is the same as above.
 
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don't want to sound harsh but surely 5 minutes of planning this would have stopped you cutting out the plasterboard where the joist is? Even tapping the walls is a rudimentary way of finding a joist!

Why continue to cut and remove the plasterboard when you found the joist??

Anyway - as above - no simple fix, move the speakers is the only option really. A bit of planning/preperation would have solved that in the first place.
 
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...and trust my luck have found a joist
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Oh FFS.. [face palm] It's plasterboard, which means basically chalk and a bit of cardboard; you cut it with a Stanley knife. Chain drilling is what you do going through something solid such as floorboards or brick. It's totally OTT for plasterboard. I mean really, did you not feel the difference between drilling in to wood compared to air or Kingspan? If you didn't then maybe it's time to get in a professional.

Come to think of it, how did that mains cable get in there? Don't tell us you found the joists and still went ahead and installed the power lead anyway.
 
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How the hell did you manage this?

You even had a photo of where it was beforehand to avoid this with zero planning!

Jesus wept
 
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This doesnt help but this is pretty funny. Genuine lol at all the drilled holes, genuine lol at them going deep into the joist like that, genuine lol at you not noticing that you were going into a joist with the drill all those times....

:p:p

No, move the speaker away from the joist and make good that bad area over it. Also, next time...use a saw to cut the plasterboard, you dont need to drill 40000 holes joined together.
 
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