On 20 Aug 2003 13:45:01 -0700, (Mark Duncan)
wrote:

I'm a rewbie to all this. I need to drill a hole in a brieze block
wall from my kitchen through to my garage, but when I get about 4cm
into the brick, I hit something that I can't get any further through.
I know that I'm nowhere near any piping or cabling (I've tried several
different locations on the wall too), and I can't think what might be
stopping me.

What I'd be tempted to do in this case would be to drill a small hole
(maybe a couple of small holes - the other can flash some torchlight
in there whilst you are peeking thru the other) in the side of the
window or door frame on that wall, so that you can take a peek at what
is between the cavities at the point where you are drilling.

It is possible that you are trying to drill thru something rather
substantial that won't be easily recognisable from the outside, and
you might seriously regret trying to force the drill through after the
event.

Your 500w drill with masonry bit isn't ideal for the job BTW. As I
recently remarked on this forum, I bought myself an SDS drill recently
and suddenly realised what I'd been missing all these years. I had
been trying to use a 650w drill beforehand, and it just couldn't cut
the mustard as far as hard brick was concerned - SDS just pushed its
way thru no problem.

Andrew

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