Drilling holes into outside wall

StuC75

Will usually get a good grab within a minute or so..

I used No more nails with a Stainless Steel Kitchen Splashback and that didn't take much holding in place..

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

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DSo you really believe that, plus, what a mess should it fail.

Please explain how to hold the item whilst No More Nails goes off???

Look, it's a number, no load, no need for structural strength, drill the joints every single time, why break the bricks??

nickcc

We had a really nice slate plate engraved with the house number, cost about £40, until some kind person decided to remove it, we even used nice brass screws. Next one we fitted we made sure we used anti theft screws (will only tighten) and also bought the cheaper black aluminium plate.

27col

My house is actually made of engineering bricks, so I tend to drill into the mortar whenever possible. But a good SDS drill will tackle engineering bricks without too much trouble.

tony6403

Assuming 10mm bed joints ,if you select 10mm plugs (suitable for 5mm to 8mm screws) these will fit snugly between the bricks and when the screws are driven in will give a good anchor directly to the bricks above and below the plugs.
In fact 8mm plugs would similarly produce a strong fixing without damaging any bricks.

cyclonebri1

:T:T:T

Ruski wrote: »

Bri - don't forget to tell them to use an SDS drill....

Russ

Yeah, Ok, I get it, nice one, thanks for the thanks Rodders.


PS, I'd glue and screw:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

For future reference someone beat me to it, I quote "27col" above;

"My house is actually made of engineering bricks, so I tend to drill into the mortar whenever possible. But a good SDS drill will tackle engineering bricks without too much trouble". I'm with him,


I rest my case,

nickcc

I've always found that trying to fix into joints results in a loose fixing as the joint is no where near as strong as the brick/block etc. Even the cheaper SDS drill/breaker will drill through granite etc with no problems especially when you're trying to fix curtain rails into concrete lintels where many masonry drills are next to useless.

Dan-Dan

seems to me that most mortar i see isnt really strong enough to hold plugs and screws and items ? , or at least it looks like it would crumble under any drill pressure

Rodney_Trotter

Dan-Dan wrote: »

seems to me that most mortar i see isnt really strong enough to hold plugs and screws and items ? , or at least it looks like it would crumble under any drill pressure

No, it will be fine of lightweight items. If it crumbles with a sharp drll bit then it needed chopping out anyway.