Chasing wall out for new plug socket.

gmgmgm

I have the same screwfix £40 SDS drill.

It works very well, but as noxon says, the chisel rotates- very slightly.

Not enough to cause problems, but enough to cause annoyance every few minutes if doing a big job.

And yes, zax47, that's by following the manual :-)

Chippy_Minton_2

hartcjhart wrote: »

or you could use surface mounted trunking and paint to match the wall a lot easier

and look !!!!!!.

phill99

You could hire a wall chaser from your local tool hire shop. Effectively its 2 angle grinders bolted together to 'chase out' the cable run in the wall. Makes hell of a mess though

themanbearpig

I got a 1200w SDS drill from argos for £45!

I cant fault it.

ormus

ive got the cheap screwfix SDS. one of the best tools ive ever bought.
goes through masonary like red hot knife thro butter.
worth its weight in gold.

timmmers

Not all SDS drills have hammer only...careful not to buy one that can't be used to chisel without rotation stop.

I see a lot of decent cheap SDS tools on car boots.

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Grz.26

Thank you for you responses! I think i shall get up early on sunday to have a look at my local boot fair! if not ill put my hand in my pocket as i will be chasing lots more out; and not having done this before is good to get advice!

Thanks again.

Rich

ic

Agree with the rest, make sure the an SDS drill allows you the choice of rotate + hammer, hammer only, or rotate only. A rotating chisel is asking for trouble!

27col

How old is this house. When I had to chase out the old lime plaster I just used to drag a screw driver down the wall and the plaster just fell away. If it is the more modern cement rendering then it is a lot more difficult. I think that an SDS drill is probably a bit of an over-kill. Chain drilling can be very messy. In any event you are unlikely to succeed in cutting a chase with nice straight edges. Possibly you might if you use a disc cutter. But what a mess that makes. I think that I always managed with a lump hammer and bolster chisel. Certainly not worth buying a sds drill unless you have a further use for it.

muckybutt

Or you could try one of these http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p18718 a good trusty scutch chisel, ive had mine years and is excellent at chopping through engineering brick and red brick etc