Dave wrote:
Rod wrote:
Peter smith wrote:
Peter smith wrote:
I thought I'd grab partners drill and have a go at putting my pan
rack thingy up. OK its a normal drill, and I put in a masonary bit,
drilled in and it went ok for about 1.5 inches then it was like
mutant rock!!! It would not budge!! .. SO I put it on hammer action
and it chipped away a little more but not no where near enough to
put a raw plug in as per instructions saying. PArtner is too busy
laughing at my attemtp to get a straight answer out of him, I think
he passed oput from laughter for some reason lol... I did ask him
for months ot put it up but hes has not.

Any ideas what I''m doing wrong ?

... be gentle am a bit wet behind the ears with DIY I usually
just do the painting lol.

(this is hubbys computer so my names Laura)

Laura,

I was making no assumptions... :-)

1 Is the drill going clockwise? (I.e. not in reverse.)

Looking from behind the drill.

2 Are you pushing the drill against the wall, firmly?

It isn't usual to have bricks that are so hard as to not be able to
drill them on the inside of a house, but it is not unknown.

3 Are you sure you are not trying to drill into something like metal
conduit, or a gas or water pipe?

If that was the case, the drill bit would tend to wander unless you hit
the pipe dead center. Even then, the drill bit would wander, unless you
hit something flat, such as the old cable covers.

Are you drilling within a horizontal, or vertical direction of an
existing socket, light switch, power switch, or anything else that might
give you a clue as to the position of some cabling?

Try drilling another exploratory hole within an angle of 45 degrees and
2 inches (5 cm) from the first one.

Hole o
o hole b

4 Has Peter got an SDS drill somewhere?

With a gas pipe in the way?

Dave

Indeed, a drill will wander if you are trying to bore into a pipe or
other convex metal object. But, with only a little bit of 'push'
available from Laura, it probably won't move much.

I sort of assumed that if Laura asked Peter for his SDS, he might just
think of the gas pipe possibility one before passing the machine over to
Laura. I'd guess most SDS owners have some experience.

--
Rod

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