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Default Screw holes in reinforced concrete


GB wrote:
My garage used to be an air raid shelter, built during the last war out of
reinforced concrete.

I now want to put up shelving screwed to the walls. I have a reasonably
powerful 'ordinary' hammer drill, mains powered. Black and Decker, but
fairly sturdy. This is fine for brickwork, but I'm not so sure about
concrete. Is this going to be man enough for the job, or should I buy/hire
something more powerful?

Also, do I need a special drill bit or will an ordinary masonry drill bit do
the job?

Thanks very much for any help/advice you can give.

G


Hello GB
I'm no diy expert, but I did put up some stuff to enable me to hang up
my tools
in the Garage, so the same technique may apply here.

If you can manage to fasten strips of wood to your walls with a couple
of screws or whatever, you only need to screw into the strip rather
than into the wall afterwards.

Ok this wasn't reinforced concrete so GOOD LUCK

James (UkJay)

http://www.ukjay.co.uk