The list can be endless.

Gotcha.. over here that would be called an attic renovation Well, at least up north where they actually have attics. Down here in the south, we got 'crawl spaces' which sometimes aren't even big enough to crawl through.

crawling round a Victorian property through a 2'0" square access into 100+ year old dust.

Be thankful that it's just dust! As part of my HVAC work, I sometimes had to get up into the crawl spaces to see where to route the duct work, refrigerant lines, etc.. This was down in South Florida, where them crawl spaces could get upwards of 180 degrees (F) and were filled with a couple feet of fiberglass insulation.. nothing like getting hot and sweaty and rolling around in fiberglass which then sticks to every inch of your body. Don't know how many times I came home with my eyes all swollen shut from that stuff. That was definately the one part of the job that I didn't enjoy!

Cheers,
Brad


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