So I opened a kitchen cupboard...

[-Matt-]

And found this Its a floor level cupboard in the corner of the kitchen - it looks like its come through open section in the back of the cabinets from the wall. Lots of foam balls all stuck together until you crumble it.

Other flats in the block had cavity wall insulation done on Monday so i'm presuming its something to do with that scoop it out and leave it be, or something to worry about?
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[daemonoid]

That's an awful lot of disposable gloves...
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[Kari-On]

Do you do a lot of rectal examinations at home (wai so many gloves bro?)

I'd be onto it like white on rice, TBF.

[-Matt-]

they're for work - although not the rectal sort

Waiting on the letting company to ring back at the moment - the woman was 'on the phone' nearly an hour ago

[Llama-Farmer]

Not sure why your cupboard would open out directly into a cavity wall.

However I believe they do use expanded polystyrene beads for cavity wall insulation. They are supposed to use them with an adhesive so they stick together rather than coming out of any holes or gaps in the wall.

[-Matt-]

Was wondering if perhaps they injected too much [if thats even possible] and its burst through a weak-point in our wall upstairs, the block of flats is a good 50-60 years old I think.

[daemonoid]

[Llama-Farmer]

[-Matt-]

Just finished scraping and scooping it up with my hands and a dustpan and brush bloody things went everywhere. Left the bit thats leaked through the wall where it is so it should be 'sealed' hopefully.

Still no response from the estate agents - good to know they're there for a future emergency

Will wait for an email me informing the walls are packed with asbestos

[daemonoid]

[Tracey Suntan-King]

I'm sure this was featured in a episode of the X Files. They're alien larvae. They'll burrow into your skin and cause huge erupting boils which will explode over your nearest and dearest infecting them in turn.

Those rubber gloves won't help you now!

HTH
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[-Matt-]

[stinkwheel]

I too am cursed with polystyrene balls.

They can get through the tiniest of gaps.

Hoover them up, find the gap (which is almost certainly where your gas pipe is coming in through the wall from outside) and fill it in with frame sealant/mastic/caulk/putty/silicone/chewing gum.
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They're fucking alien eggs.

Burn them with fire before they hatch...
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I'd sort it before they start multiplying like tribbles.
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[Robster]

Thought you had a blueberry infestation for a second, or some sorta expensive caviar disaster

[shorty]

[smegballs]

+1 for the flamey petrol method of disposal.

You can't take the risk that any survive can you.

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[thx1138]

I once opened a kitchen cupboard and found some maggots where a courgette once was.

thinking quickly I took a pet rat from it's cage and put it in the cupboard for a few minutes, it ate the maggots for me, and I cleaned the shelf.

[Al]

If it's coming through where the gas pipe is something is wrong as the pipe should be sleeved through the wall and sealed. The earth bonding is also in the wrong place if that's the meter in the corner and the soldering on that tee is terrible
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[-Matt-]

Haven't been able to check exactly where its coming from yet, will have to use one of those extendable cameras to peer in through the hole.

Its not the mete but its all pretty shoddy. The kitchen was installed by the owners dad I beleve who it seems only knew half of what he was doing going by the fit and standard of everything

Gas and fire alarms are primed n ready at all times

[stinkwheel]

[Al]

The OP said it was a rented property so would need a landlords gas certificate, certain things where regs have changed over the years can be classified as 'not to currant standards' but an unsleeved gas pipe passing through a wall is classed as 'an unsafe situation' as far as I can remember whatever the regs were when the house was built.

To pass a 22mm gas pipe through a wall I'd drill a 30mm hole with an SDS drill, sleeve it with 28mm pipe and seal around it. It's to protect the pipe and in the event of a gas leak stop it filling the cavity with gas.
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