Need to drill a hole in an outside wall

googler

Wear safety glasses. Ear plugs or cotton wool are optional.

If you're on a ladder, don't be tempted to push the drill to excess, as this will tend to push you and the ladder away from the wall, which could lead to you taking a tumble.

keystone

What size is the eyelet? You must match the plug you use to the size of the eyelet otherwise it will just fall out. Just because you've found some plugs that require a 12mm bit doesn't mean they are the correct plugs for the job.

I must be mad to write this but heres a hint for you. Management in my house has developed this technique whereby jobs having a greater urgency on her list of things-for-me-to-do than I have proritised will get started and deliberately done badly so that she knows I'll get irritated, take over and finish it properly so her objectives are met. For my part I have developed several techniques to head these tactics off at the pass before the event. I will not be sharing those though.

Cheers

tony6403

I recommend drilling the bed joint ( the mortar between the bricks ) rather than going into a brick.
The plug will grip firmly against the bricks and you will be able to restore the appearance should you decide to remove the eyelet in the future. Not so if you drill into a brick.
(It's also much easier to drill.)

joannasmum

keystone wrote: »

What size is the eyelet? You must match the plug you use to the size of the eyelet otherwise it will just fall out. Just because you've found some plugs that require a 12mm bit doesn't mean they are the correct plugs for the job.

It's the same size as the plug they were bought at the same time by DH and there is already one up on the other side so I know that its ok.

martinthebandit

keystone wrote: »

I must be mad to write this but heres a hint for you. Management in my house has developed this technique whereby jobs having a greater urgency on her list of things-for-me-to-do than I have proritised will get started and deliberately done badly so that she knows I'll get irritated, take over and finish it properly so her objectives are met. For my part I have developed several techniques to head these tactics off at the pass before the event. I will not be sharing those though.

Cheers

Plus if you do all the jobs on the 'list' then other jobs will be found, as a man you need a fairly long list of jobs waiting to be done. This enables you to turn down any new items that the good lady suggests should be added to the 'list' as the 'list' is already long enough.

A good 'list' can keep you in idleness for years and jobs should only be removed from it after much thought

maninthestreet

12mm is a hefty drill bit - it's half an inch - what screws have you got to use with the rawl plugs?

googler

maninthestreet wrote: »

12mm is a hefty drill bit - it's half an inch - what screws have you got to use with the rawl plugs?

None. The screw thread is part of the eyelet, and hubby bought eyelet and rawlplugs together.

ankspon

What you women don't realise is the more you nag the more time it takes to do the job,we men sulk and go back into our cave if we think you are nagging us

ic

Can I be another to point out that 12mm is *HUGE*. This washing line, is it on-par with electricity pylons? A 7mm raw plug should be plenty. I've practically rebuilt my house, but have only ever used a drill bit bigger than 10 mm to drill through walls in order to run cables and pipes - never to attach something to the wall!

If you do want to go ahead with 12mm, remember that you'll need to build up to that - start with a 4mm bit, then go bigger, and bigger and bigger - don't just go straight in with a 12mm bit.

ormus

a washing line full of heavy wet clothes weighs a fair bit. a lot more than a few ft of cable.