14v cordless drills OK for drilling holes into brickwork?

londonTiger

Just curious as to whether or not it's possible to drill a hole into brickwork with a 14v cordless drill.

I have a council lockup rented, no suitable power source near by.

Trying to decide whether I should buy a transformer for my car or buy a cordless drill. Don't want to buy a drill and realise it's no good.

kizkiz

I recently tried to drill some holes for hanging baskets with my cordless drill.
It was useless. I managed approx. 2 holes an hour and that took an entire charge
Bought myself a hammer drill and got it down to 5 seconds a hole!
Believe you can get cordless hammer drills too

phill99

I use a Hitachi 18 v all the time and uts giod for briickwork. Anything below that and you will struggle. Screwfix had them for £99.

Inch_High_2

What do you want a 14 volt drill?

How much do you have to spend?

I drill brick work with a cordless no problems.

Get some decent drill all bits and you won't even need hammer action.

What size hole do you want to drill?

Quiet_Spark

My 14v Bosch (GBH-14.4) quite happily drills holes that are 4" in diameter through solid brick walls with a suitable (diamond tipped) core bit, but I doubt you want to spend £200.

DaftyDuck

An Aldi 14v drill will happily drill a few holes in brick for wallplugs, screw in the screws, and still have charge for more. That's a 19 pound cheap drill. Did it today in the garden. Would have been faster if I'd used my 18v Bosch, but it was rainy & wet, so I used the cheap drill.

Cheap drills do work, and have their place. A more expensive and powerful drill will save time and effort. Depends how much you want to do, and how much you want to spend.


Oh, and corded drills still have a place.

skivenov

My cheapo Ryobi does. Wouldn't want to do it all day, but as long as it's got a hammer function and a masonary bit, it'll get there.

If in doubt, drill the mortar not the brick.

londonTiger

cordless hammer drill will be overkill. I dont want to spend £200 just to drill 6 x 7mm wide, 50mm deep holes.

I'm pretty sure I will not need a cordless hammer drill ever again. It will be too big and heavy for typical cordless drill use too.

a 14v basic bosch drill is probably a good investment for future use again.

If a 14v drill can't be used I will buy a 900w inverter for car battery. Take the car battery out and power the mains powered hammer drill off the car battery with the use of the invertor.

Inch_High_2

londonTiger wrote: »

cordless hammer drill will be overkill. I dont want to spend £200 just to drill 6 x 7mm wide, 50mm deep holes.

I'm pretty sure I will not need a cordless hammer drill ever again. It will be too big and heavy for typical cordless drill use too.

a 14v basic bosch drill is probably a good investment for future use again.

If a 14v drill can't be used I will buy a 900w inverter for car battery. Take the car battery out and power the mains powered hammer drill off the car battery with the use of the invertor.

No it won't.

You may need hammer if you're drilling engineering bricks with cheap bits.

ERICS_MUM

londonTiger wrote: »

Just curious as to whether or not it's possible to drill a hole into brickwork with a 14v cordless drill.

I have a council lockup rented, no suitable power source near by.

Trying to decide whether I should buy a transformer for my car or buy a cordless drill. Don't want to buy a drill and realise it's no good.

If you are in the Essex area I might be able to help (hmm, sounds cryptic !!)

Andy_L

You could hire a decent one for 1/2 day for about £20 if you only need it for this one job