DIY Thread: Drilling

[Sockpuppet]

A.K.A. an engineering brick.

They tend to be bluer than yer common or garden house brick.

I recall chasing out an engineering brick for a double socket.

It took years.

Or felt as if it did.

When I started my first real job on a building site I was given a hand drill and asked by the foreman to drill through an engineering brick the long way. Now that took fooking hours.

[DaveB]

When I started my first real job on a building site I was given a hand drill and asked by the foreman to drill through an engineering brick the long way. Now that took fooking hours.

Had similar when I was labouring on a site back in my student days. It was a house renovation down in Cornwall, big old stone built place with huge chunks of granit in the walls. Spent days chasing out the stonework for plumbing and electrical fittings. Even with a power chisel it was bloody hard work.

[conned tractor]

Hiring a decent drill from a hire shop shouldn't cost too much....make sure it is the right sort of drive, SDS, ect.

Edit: If you can get a 7mm SDS bit with a decent drill you should eat through it in no time at all.
Now, if you had 4 feet stone walls, like my old mans old place (which he renevated) then you'd be after a different sort of tool altogether.

Or of course, as someone has said already, and if its a good suface, get a strip of wood slighly loger than the distance betwwen the curtain thingys by about 6"(?) by about 1/2=>1" and no nails this to the wall. Then use woodscrews to fix the curtain rail. Warning, may require extra work getting the wooden batten to your desired finish. Or if you live in an ultra modern place look totally out of place.

[d000hg]

It's been a while since we had a DIY thread so here goes.

Whilst trying to install a curtain rail, when I drilled the holes with a (hammer) drill all went well until I hit, I presume, solid brick which the masonry drill bit I was using failed to penetrate.

Is there another stronger type of drill bit I should use?

I have some titanium coated hss drill bits - would they do the trick?

No, it's well known by all tradesmen that brick is impossible to drill through.

Brick isn't even hard, you want to try drilling granite... that really does need a professional tool.

Have you tried turning the hammer part on?