Not to sure which drill

stevek93

Hi all,

I have this drill at the moment and I am struggling to get it into my concrete walls I end up either breaking the drill bit in the wall or stripping the head of the drill bit, now my concrete walls are VERY soild it is a old 1950's council house. I am wondering would this do the job?

Thanks

Cantona's Collars

Sds is your best bet for drilling concrete. Half the battle is decent drill bits though. Cheap bits are as useful as a chocolate teapot.
Take your time drilling and let the drill do the work.

Stigura

Steve; I'll see your VERY solid concrete, and raise you my pure, natural Stones the size of small Dogs! And my SDS drill Laughs through them! :eek:

I'd just ask if ye Need cordless, and such a pricey make as that? I mean; Ye working around ye home? There are plug sockets in the rooms?

Cantona's Collars

Stigura wrote: »

Steve; I'll see your VERY solid concrete, and raise you my pure, natural Stones the size of small Dogs! And my SDS drill Laughs through them! :eek:

I'd just ask if ye Need cordless, and such a pricey make as that? I mean; Ye working around ye home? There are plug sockets in the rooms?

Screwfix have a cheap corded SDS which will do the job.

Stigura

Must admit, CC; I've about given up on buying names. Turning point was when a mate pointed me to a 'no name', under thirty quid, 'normal' drill, on SF.

I said; " Yeah, but, it won't last five minutes! " He just shrugged and said; " I've had mine six years now ..... " SOLD!!!

Cantona's Collars

Stigura wrote: »

Must admit, CC; I've about given up on buying names. Turning point was when a mate pointed me to a 'no name', under thirty quid, 'normal' drill, on SF.

I said; " Yeah, but, it won't last five minutes! " He just shrugged and said; " I've had mine six years now ..... " SOLD!!!

I've a heavy duty sds corded from Aldi,have it years. It doesn't get a huge amount of use but never let me down when I needed it.
I've an 18v Milwaukee cordless that gets used a lot for drilling into walls just to put up shelves etc.

stevek93

Stigura wrote: »

Steve; I'll see your VERY solid concrete, and raise you my pure, natural Stones the size of small Dogs! And my SDS drill Laughs through them! :eek:

I'd just ask if ye Need cordless, and such a pricey make as that? I mean; Ye working around ye home? There are plug sockets in the rooms?

Yes working about the house and outdoors a few times I had a headache trying to get the cable up to where I needed to drill when I was putting cameras at the top of the house for example, I don't mind paying a bit more I have the budget for it.

stevek93

Thanks all.