bought a new drill to drill hole to hang something on wall. somehow drill into bricks, so difficult to drill deep enough to put in the screw/nail.
I was using the drill head for concrete, not for wood/tiles.
any advise what type of drill and drill head is good and easy to make holes for concrete wall?

U might be lucky...u have hit the steel in the pillar or wall....

try drill other place?

You should have bought rotary hammer instead of impact drill.

Although impact drill can drill on wall using mansory drill bit, but difficult to drill. Rotary hammer is easier to drill (hammer in while it drill)

no ler, cannot be steel is just a room wall. if i lucky then i drilled into the cement in between the bricks, then its easy to penetrate.

normally these drills got 2 settings. the one for drilling wall is called "Hammer" or something. if you use the wrong mode, whatever drill bit you use also won't work properly

I suspect you hit a concrete column, hammer drill + concrete drill bit is easy on brick.

PS, to hang thing use 6mm drill bit

so those rotary hammer drill is the best? Btw will it caused cracks? how to avoid that?

NOwadays not all wall build from brick...
landed or condo?

get a rotary hammer, bosch, makita...

try to avoid china ones, nanti electric shock

Don't buy another piece of equipment you're going to use just once. The impact drill you've got is enough. It may be slow and difficult. But how many holes are you drilling anyway?

If you use a cheap RM50 drill and RM2 concrete bit, it's going to get some time to get through. But eventually you will get through. What tsunade says is true. You should feel the vibrations. It might take a while to get through.

Assuming your drill bit is long enough. Depends on the thickness of your walls. Some walls are thicker than others and the bit might not be long enough.

Oh, if you've got red clay bricks in them walls, these can be quite difficult to get through. The cement part on top of it would be relatively easy to ge through compare to those bricks.

Another thing is to not overheat the drill bit head too much. If they get too hot, they seem to get dull very fast. That seemed true when drilling through metal, so I just continued using the same method when drilling through walls. When it gets hot, dip the front end of the drill bit in a pail of water. I do not know if that is good or bad. But it does cool it down quickly.

This post has been edited by dkk: Nov 30 2013, 12:22 PM

Anyone has contact to fix this problem? I have a drill and drill bits. But seems like my skill it not good enough. Need expert to do it for me. I can be reached at 016 2321584. Thank you.


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Are you sure your drill does not have impact/hammer function? some drills have latch to enable/disable them..

Otherwise the drill is only good for wood or screwing..

Cheers

make sure no wire piping behind the wall
then start drill, just need to select hammer function, the vibration helps drilling job easier
just press ..press the drill until got desire depth

i faced the same problem you faced when DIY my retractable hanger. I solved it by buying the same type of screws, only shorter, as the factory provided one. Go to hardware shop, they do sell those type of screws.

there's a trick when operating a drill

u dont pull the trigger full speed n push it in

u apply pressure first, then turn the drill bit by bit . dont press to max speed n hope ur lucky, it will just overheat ur drill bit n spoil it.

press, release the trigger a bit, apply more pressure n press again n repeat. also apply when drilling metal.

This post has been edited by marumaru: Dec 26 2013, 11:50 PM

you screw thread not "eating" into the wall?

use wall plug

Retractable hanger usually provide these screws, but they are too big, and difficult to drill big hole on the wall.

So you can get smaller ones from the hardware shop.



This post has been edited by creativ: Dec 27 2013, 09:17 PM

You should post a photo of your drill here or perhaps share the brand and model. Most drill have a switch for different purposes.

Thank you guys. I got it solved myself by re-drilled it deeper and added some Epoxy Putty. And now it is much more stable than before.