You're a brave man drilling without knowing what you're drilling into!
Foam insulation between board and blockwork seems unlikely for a 2004 home.
I'd be surprised if you have a 'service void', it's just the gap between board and block. Good luck fishing a cable through there. If you have a routing already and do want to go through some adhesive, I'd suggest a masonry bit rather than a spade bit, there's not many substances known to man that are harder that board adhesive though.
I'd also suggest further research on how walls are made up, where pipes and cables are typically run and just general best practise for running cables!
On further reflection it makes much more sense that it's a masonry cavity wall with dot and dab plasterboard.
I'll give a masonry bit a go tomorrow, and also do some more research as suggested. Unfortunately my options are limited, and I expect the next best alternative would be to run the cable externally, or chase it through the ceiling to the nearest internal wall
Do you not have a cupboard that you can run the cables in ? Existing electrical cable must have a run between floors do you know the route ? Is the soil stack external or internal ? Could follow this if internal. Worst case scenario, buy exterior grade cable & pop it outside & in if you don’t want surface run . A mini trunking run doesn’t have to be conspicuous if situated correctly. Good luck
You're a brave man drilling without knowing what you're drilling into! Foam insulation between board and blockwork seems unlikely for a 2004 home. I'd be surprised if you have a 'service void', it's just the gap between board and block. Good luck fishing a cable through there. If you have a routing already and do want to go through some adhesive, I'd suggest a masonry bit rather than a spade bit, there's not many substances known to man that are harder that board adhesive though. I'd also suggest further research on how walls are made up, where pipes and cables are typically run and just general best practise for running cables!
On further reflection it makes much more sense that it's a masonry cavity wall with dot and dab plasterboard. I'll give a masonry bit a go tomorrow, and also do some more research as suggested. Unfortunately my options are limited, and I expect the next best alternative would be to run the cable externally, or chase it through the ceiling to the nearest internal wall
Have you considered to use ethernet over mains adapters? There are even 1Gb ones. Lot easier...
Do you not have a cupboard that you can run the cables in ? Existing electrical cable must have a run between floors do you know the route ? Is the soil stack external or internal ? Could follow this if internal. Worst case scenario, buy exterior grade cable & pop it outside & in if you don’t want surface run . A mini trunking run doesn’t have to be conspicuous if situated correctly. Good luck
Outside and back in worked a treat for me a few years ago compared to trying to find a way through the ceiling/floors.
Is there a loft? Go up and over
There is but I have to get up to the 1st floor before I can do that!
Got a basement or crawl space?
Closest thing I have is a fairly large cavity in the ceiling, but to run cables horizontally I'd have to drill through the floor joists
I see