"Peter smith" wrote in message
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BigWallop wrote:
"Peter smith" wrote in message
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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.


Hey Laura, you need to push against the drill to make holes in stone or
brickwork. You can't just hold the drill pistol and let it bang against
the
wall.

lol .. I was but it wasn't getting me far maybe I'm too weak lol.

You might also have hit a steel pillar hidden inside the plaster lining.
That wouldn't be easy to make a hole through with a masonry drill bit.

Ahhh

Not being there to see what or where you were drilling, I can't make
judgement on what it actually was. But the pointers above might give
you
some idea.


I'm drilling above the sink about 30 inches I think to put one of those
rack for hanging pans off.


I still don't know what is 30 inches above you sink, but I suspect you are
hitting metal of some sort. It could be a protective covering over live
cables to stop anyone drilling through them, or a lintel or sill around the
window. It might even be a gas or water pipe.

Have you checked that the drill is turning in the correct direction? The
bit should be turning clockwise when it's going into the wall.