Anyone seen this?

[mcclary's electrical]

I was chasing wires in a wall today. Plaster on metal lathe. Drilled hole from under neath unfinished basement into bottom of wall. Reached my finger into the hole and I was feeling something I couldn't tell what it was. Pulled my finger out and it has slices on the end of it. I drilled a bigger hole for investigation. Out came a bunch of razor blades! So I walk back upstairs and opened up the wall to investigate. The BAY WAS FULL 14 1/2" wide, 24" deep, with the old thin razor blades. The medicine cabinet had a factory made "drop hole" for razor blades that merely dumps the blades into the bay below. That was a new one on me.:roll:

 

[JFletcher]

Both of our medicine cabinents have those flattish oval holes for razor blades. One appears to still have the factory knockout intact. Home was built in the mid 1950s.

 

[480sparky]

Very common back in the 50s.

 

[ItsHot]

I have run into this a few times. As others have said, it was a 1950's thing. Seems strange that you would want to discard nasty razor blades in your wall !

 

[TOOL_5150]

Ya better go get tested, make sure you didnt pick up some sort of nasty virus.

~Matt

 

[480sparky]

Ya better go get tested, make sure you didnt pick up some sort of nasty virus.

~Matt

Yea, he might suddenly develop the urge to do the Jitterbug.

 

[LarryFine]

My dad shaved with those double-edge blades, and our cabinets had the slots.

The blue blades are great for making a "crystal" radio without using a crystal or diode.

 

[S'mise]

safety razors

safety razors

No, but thanks for the warning. Ha ha.

Thats a lot of blades. Just think, If your hole was drilled 1/4" wider you might have got a deluge of blades in your face.

 

[cruzJD]

Some liked shaving with a safety razor.

There are 4 different types of blades you’ll run across but tiring to find pics can be a bit tuff for some one that’s addicted to wet shaving and dose not want to go back to those forums.

 

[quogueelectric]

I was chasing wires in a wall today. Plaster on metal lathe. Drilled hole from under neath unfinished basement into bottom of wall. Reached my finger into the hole and I was feeling something I couldn't tell what it was. Pulled my finger out and it has slices on the end of it. I drilled a bigger hole for investigation. Out came a bunch of razor blades! So I walk back upstairs and opened up the wall to investigate. The BAY WAS FULL 14 1/2" wide, 24" deep, with the old thin razor blades. The medicine cabinet had a factory made "drop hole" for razor blades that merely dumps the blades into the bay below. That was a new one on me.:roll:

I have found the old walls filled with sand.. I started cutting a hole for a receptical and ended up with a half a yard of sand in front of me.

 

[readydave8]

I haven't found them with my finger but have had them come out through the hole I was fishing to.

Also was having trouble fishing a wall and found it to be full of beer cans, evidently got there during plaster repairs.

 

[mivey]

I have found the old walls filled with sand.. I started cutting a hole for a receptical and ended up with a half a yard of sand in front of me.

That's a new one for me. What was the purpose?

 

[cruzJD]

A wall filled with sand? I?ll take a stab at it bit it will be a bit of a stretch. Some times sand is put in between 2 sheets MDF when there building speaker boxes. It?s also been used in the past in recoding studios.

A wall filled with beer cans? Well the price of plastic trash bags coasted more then what they could have recycled them for.

This is getting fun what?s next?

 

[mcclary's electrical]

I have found the old walls filled with sand.. I started cutting a hole for a receptical and ended up with a half a yard of sand in front of me.

I made the mistake of opening up a block wall in order to penetrate through it with a 2" conduit. It was filled with a granular fill for insulation. The wall was 16' tall, and our penetration was 6' off the floor, and it emptied it all the way down to that level. That was a disaster.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Wow! That is a heck of a way to find those blades.
It never ceases to amaze me what people find.

 

[petey_c]

cruzJD, If people are drinking on the job they'll put the empties where they hope no one will find 'em. I found a (empty) half gallon of Smirnoff vodka in between floors of a VA hospital. I've also found scrap lumber and trash in between walls. I guess the less trash you have to remove from a job the better for profits....

 

[quinn77]

I was having trouble fishing down a wall. Figured it was fireblocking but once opened up found a book published in late 20's titled "How to wire a house for electric light"...go figure. It was in perfect shape, however the GC demanded I hand it over. Wonder how much he got for it on eBay.

 

[480sparky]

I was having trouble fishing down a wall. Figured it was fireblocking but once opened up found a book published in late 20's titled "How to wire a house for electric light"...go figure. It was in perfect shape, however the GC demanded I hand it over. Wonder how much he got for it on eBay.

I would turn it over to the HO, not the GC.

 

[cruzJD]

cruzJD, If people are drinking on the job they'll put the empties where they hope no one will find 'em. I found a (empty) half gallon of Smirnoff vodka in between floors of a VA hospital. I've also found scrap lumber and trash in between walls. I guess the less trash you have to remove from a job the better for profits....

I was being a smart asz in my post with the cans. You never know what you?re going to find when your cut open a wall; but have a even better chance of finding something when popping acoustic tiles.

 

[480sparky]

......... but have a even better chance of finding something when popping acoustic tiles.

Usually cigarette butts.