Rob wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
Rob wrote:
How's this done, when a corded or cordless drill won't fit? I tried
an angle drill, but the lack of hammer action made it pretty useless.

Could you give us a bit more info on the circumstances?


It's to fix some battens to the sides of this opening:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/airbrick

Brick and stone - an old mains hammer drill goes through it with ease.

I had intended to fill with a metal airbrick, but after a fruitless
search I fixed some wire mesh secured (for now) by battens at each side.
This was after trying 4 clay traditional air bricks - nice fit but no
light and seemingly poor air flow, coupled with my laughable cementing
skills in a confined space.

Ah, ok. BTW the screwfix plastic ones let through a decent amount of air.

I've since bought an impact driver - that seems to have masonry
pretensions, packed as it was with several masonry bits. I'll give it a
go later.

Unless its one of the posh four function[1] cordless drills, then it
won't have a hammer action - and will do not much better than an angle
drill.

My approach would probably be a long (i.e. 400mm or more) masonry bit
used at a slight angle. Failing that, simply fix the airbrick with a bit
of expanding foam, and then point up the facia.


[1] There are some drill/driver/hammer/impact machines about now.

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Cheers,

John.

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