On 25 Nov, 21:22, 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.

In my kitchen, I have two gas pipes and two metal capped power cables
running under the plaster and I've managed to hit them all! The good
news is that a masonry bit doesn't make any serious progress into any
of them so, although you wind up with half a hole that you can't use,
you don't set fire to the house! I would check carefully before
trying too hard to put the shelf in exactly that place.....

I'm glad to hear you have such a supportive and sympathetic
partner ...........