Pro tip: always bring extra fish tape to old apartment buildings

Got a line stuck in a plaster wall chase in a 1920s place yesterday, took me 3 hours to finally pull it through. Anyone have a better method for those really crumbly old walls?

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hannah_west7mo ago

Crumbly old walls" is my personal nightmare.

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emmas197mo ago

My uncle's 1920s bungalow has plaster walls that shed like a cat. The real horror, hannah_west, is finding out the dust is mostly old horse hair. You stop worrying about the walls and start wondering about the air.

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clark.robin6mo ago

Personal nightmare" seems a bit strong. It's just some old dust and plaster. Honestly, most houses from that era are still standing just fine.

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