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You really need a SDS drill with SDS drill bits, Makita will do.
Thanks for the tip antdad, I always struggle with masonary drilling so hopefully this can be answer for it... my own fault for choosing a Victorian house to buy lolThey can be vicious that's true, trick I found is to half depress the trigger make some headway into the hole before fully engaging the SDS otherwise it can just explode on the surface and use a drill one size smaller than the plug demands, so 7mm for a brown plug.
Thanks for that Daniel, I may have to create some 'air holes' in a cupboard that is getting damp, it is on an external wall so hopefully drilling a few holes may solve this problem. Your tip will come in handyThe key to SDS is to start on rotation only...do the meat of it with hammer and rotation....and if you're going THROUGH the wall, switch to rotation only to finish, to prevent the brick face blowing off
If you need some ventilation then fit a proper air brick, buy a three function drill (rather than two) with roto stop then you can chisel out the brick and make a relatively tidy job of it (the next owners will appreciate it). As for drilling method use what works, if the bricks are really really hard (like my old place) then I prefer my method using less rotational speed and therefore less hammer to start the hole, if you can make inroads without using SDS to start then use Daniels.Thanks for that Daniel, I may have to create some 'air holes' in a cupboard that is getting damp, it is on an external wall so hopefully drilling a few holes may solve this problem. Your tip will come in handy
If you need some ventilation then fit a proper air brick, buy a three function drill (rather than two) with roto stop then you can chisel out the brick and make a relatively tidy job of it (the next owners will appreciate it). As for drilling method use what works, if the bricks are really really hard (like my old place) then I prefer my method using less rotational speed and therefore less hammer to start the hole, if you can make inroads without using SDS to start then use Daniels.
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