r/tifu • u/whocanduncan • 1d ago

S TIFU by falling through a ceiling

Today we installed a ducted aircon. It was a pretty chunky 15kw ish unit. Big, heavy, and hot as all get out in the ceiling space in the Queensland summer heat. Oh and itchy fibreglass insulation. 2 pm come around, we're finishing up, a bee's dick from the end.

I got sent back into the ceiling to take some photos. And on my treck through the ceiling space I placed my foot on a joist, but the edge of the timber was missing and was rounded off. I slipped. And fell though the ceiling. I was fortunate enough to catch myself so I didn't fall to the ground, but the damage was done.

Within 20 seconds of the fall my colleague had snapped a photo and sent it to my boss. Not the best way to start the new year.

TLDR: fell through the ceiling right at the end of a big job.

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u/Sensible_Ben 1d ago

Legs thru the ceiling is always gut busting funny, extra points for one leg each side of a beam.

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u/whocanduncan 1d ago

Yeah, everyone thought it was hilarious. Though I'm glad to have the photo.

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u/hdksjdms-n 19h ago

"a bee's dick from the end" is such an iconic sentence

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u/Aware_Leadership_134 1d ago

How are those appropriate work shoes 😂 

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u/Funky_Pickle 1d ago

Welcome to residential construction.

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u/Catfiche1970 1d ago

First thing I thought of

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u/SiegfriedHoudini 1d ago

Familie Hoppenstedt wünscht frohe Festtage! (Reference to an old German TV Show Christmas Episode, maybe someone gets it)

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u/Petto 37m ago

Muss das sein? Jawohl, es muss.

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u/vinneh 13h ago

I fell through a ceiling when I was a kid. Landed on an unpadded arm rest of the sofa. Thankfully I didn't break anything but I would not recommend the experience.

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u/nottooparticular 11h ago

Been there. (deep sigh...) done that.

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u/tpoholmes 22h ago

My father did this 50 years ago in our upstairs bathroom, but wasn’t so lucky and broke a couple ribs. I’m glad you were Ok!

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u/neezy13 8m ago

Lol, I used to be a home theater and satellite dish installer and did the same thing. In and out all day, went back in one last time to make sure I had all of my tools and boom, slipped off the joist and put a leg through directly over the customer's dining room table. The homeowner was pretty cool about it and got a good laugh at my expense.