Anyone come across a wall filled with sand?

[Dave Jenkins]

Took a socket off an old house and sand poured out!

 

[dmxtothemax]

would make a good fire barrier !
good sound proofing
good insulation

 

[static zap]

Does sound a bit like one of those hidden camera shows .
( Get your share of the money ! )
Was thinking of that fine ash
... from the attic as Ruston mentioned ...

 

[M-Ty]

It needs a loudspeaker or two or more mounting in it, if it hasn't already got one! G.A.Briggs of Wharfedale reported excellent results with sand-filled enclosures about 60 years ago.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Sounds a bit like indiana jones...
Should have ket the sand flow... Might have revealed a hudden secret within the building

 

[willy fixit]

Seen it when old sand/cement plaster has degraded and fallen down into boxes and when plaster falls off the back of laths.

 

[Wilko]

Ex sound sand studio?

Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[static zap]

Was most bizarre... poured out the wall like an egg timer.....

I prefer "Time sensitive job" ..clocks in-built..

 

[The Ghost]

I always remember that time it happened to me and two large 20 ton rock balls came at me from above, of course I handled it with due aplomb.

 

[Toneyz]

I think we are all waiting for the day when we go to cut out a socket in a wall and we find a stash of money hidden away.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I think we are all waiting for the day when we go to cut out a socket in a wall and we find a stash of money hidden away.

Best things I have come across have been a box full of ww2 surplus stuff inclusive of grenades! posted about that before.
most awkward has to have been the teenager who when lifting up loose floor boards to conceal his stuff damaged a cable,causing loss of sockets on the upstairs radial. called out by the mum to investigate and whilst she is stood there looking we come face to face with a pile of ---- mags! only thing is they were gay ---- mags and gaytimes. she had no idea her son was gay and gather she was going to have a chat with him! that would have been awkward.
The creepiest was when called to a house to find out why sockets had stopped working upstairs.and one of the double sockets was a bug, it had a sim card in so it could be listened in on remotely. turns out the ladies now ex husband had installed it but when putting it back on wall, the live had come loose stopping subsequent sockets on the radial from working. He got community service for that and it did him no favours with the divorce and custody case either.
There are some right weird people out in the countryside around my way!

 

[Toneyz]

Best things I have come across have been a box full of ww2 surplus stuff inclusive of grenades! posted about that before.
most awkward has to have been the teenager who when lifting up loose floor boards to conceal his stuff damaged a cable,causing loss of sockets on the upstairs radial. called out by the mum to investigate and whilst she is stood there looking we come face to face with a pile of ---- mags! only thing is they were gay ---- mags and gaytimes. she had no idea her son was gay and gather she was going to have a chat with him! that would have been awkward.
The creepiest was when called to a house to find out why sockets had stopped working upstairs.and one of the double sockets was a bug, it had a sim card in so it could be listened in on remotely. turns out the ladies now ex husband had installed it but when putting it back on wall, the live had come loose stopping subsequent sockets on the radial from working. He got community service for that and it did him no favours with the divorce and custody case either.
There are some right weird people out in the countryside around my way!

Make a note "don't do work for people in Somerset".

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Make a note "don't do work for people in Somerset".

Ah but you could use a somerset apprentice or mate, we has 6 fingers on our hands and webbing on our feet so good for when doing electrics in ponds and stuff.

 

[Pete999]

Make a note "don't do work for people in Somerset".

Nothing wrong with Somerset Matey

 

[Toneyz]

Nothing wrong with Somerset Matey

Sory that's where Baaaaarrrrrrth is.

 

[Toneyz]

sorry Baaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrth

 

[buzzlightyear]

did you pull up a deck chair and watch the sun going down ,when the sand fell out ,I would !

 

[buzzlightyear]

when the sand fell out ,did you pull up a deck chair, and watch the sun go down , I would .

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

sorry Baaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrth

No its BaaFF.

 

[Marvo]

I've seen a spec from an architect that required an internal cavity wall to be sand filled to increase its thermal mass. The wall ran full height of the 3 storey building and was basically an inner skin to the external wall. The cavity between it and the external wall along with the heat retention was designed to create a large amount of natural ventilation.

This was in a fairly new building though that was designed to have high energy efficiency.

 

[Resu]

Never seen sand but have seen hay a few years ago.

And just the other week found egg boxes throughout the stud walls on a renovation. 28p for 6 large eggs!