Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

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.

Rob

Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

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?

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John.

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Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

Are you just trying to fit rawlplugs or anchors?

If just fitting rawlplugs...
- Go to Ebay and search for "8mm diamond core drill"
- About £8 from Hong Kong (Blue or Orange)
- The thick tab/annular end is sintered diamond

Do not use tile-bits, they are usually thinwall with a diamond coating
not a thick wall of sintered diamonds (100s of holes).

I use them often in 8-20mm for various tasks, domestic & industrial
machining.
The diamond does the work so you can use a small 9.6V right angle
cordless drill in a confined space.

Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

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.

The Bosch multi purpose bits will drill masonry pretty well without hammer
action. Brilliant things.

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/26900/...-Bit-6-x-100mm


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

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.

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.

Rob

Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

The Medway Handyman 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.

The Bosch multi purpose bits will drill masonry pretty well without hammer
action. Brilliant things.

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/26900/...-Bit-6-x-100mm



Many thanks (and js.b1) - good plan.

Rob

Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

In article , Rob
writes
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.

If you don't mind a lateral slant, how about these two options:

1. Don't use any fixings at all but use interference fitted vertical
battens at the ends to wedge top and bottom horizontal battens, add
further wedged intermediate battens if you like.

2. Make a rectangular frame for the opening and fix it into the sides
using slant drilling, with the drill body outside the opening, the
longer the drill bit, the shallower the angle. No real need to fix the
frame top and bottom.
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fred
BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs

Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

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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Drilling masonry in a confined space
 

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
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


Why not just glue the battens in place with Gripfill? [You'd have to wedge
something between them to hold them in place until the Gripfill goes off -
but, once set, it will be as solid as a rock!]
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Cheers,
Roger
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