The attic crawlspace that ate my drill last Tuesday

I was running a new zone wire for a customer in a 1920s house over in Oak Park, and the attic was so tight I could barely turn around. I set my Milwaukee drill down for one second on a rafter, and it slid right through a gap and fell two floors down into a closed-off closet. The homeowner heard the crash and just yelled up, 'Was that you or the ghost?' I spent 20 minutes finding the closet door behind a dresser. Anyone else lose a tool in a weird spot that took forever to track down?

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claire8721mo ago

Man, I dropped a screwdriver in a wall once and it still haunts me.

blake7921mo ago

Nah, losing a tool in the wall just makes it part of the house now.

gray8751mo agoTop Commenter

Three screws and a drywall saw later, I found a level I lost in 2019. Check the stud bay right below where you were working, they usually drop straight down.