Concrete drill bits are the right choice for drilling through reinforced concrete.
Drilling into reinforced concrete wall.
If you re just drilling one or two holes for a small project a regular drill is fine.
However drilling concrete is much easier with a hammer drill or a rotary hammer for large jobs.
If necessary tap in lightly with a hammer.
These tools fracture the concrete through rapid hammering then drill to scoop out the broken material.
For this the core drilling procedure is adopted this is where the steel bar of reinforced concrete is drilled through by fine diamond crystals in a machining mode.
The pattern on rebar will help prevent it from pulling out from the concrete.
However because builders don t leave any indication of the location of rebar there s always a chance that your concrete drill bit will encounter metal.
We show you what you have to look out for drilling in reinforced concrete and which tools are well suited.
My diy way to screw brackets into cement same as brick.
How to drill into concrete to hang a tv shelves racks etc.
Drill through the predrilled holes in the wood and into the concrete to a depth inch deeper than the screw length.
I guess theres a safety factor involved so if some were damaged it still wouldn t fail.
Watch our hang a shelf on a brick wall.
We do loads of drilling into structural reinforced concrete slabs etc upto about 24mm holes usually without questioning.
Drilling through reinforced concrete surfaces can be difficult and takes longer than other concrete and allied material.
Insert the concrete screw into the anchor and drive into the wall until secure.
For a standard 1 inch bottom wall plate if you were using inch by 2 inch.
Never been an issue.
Don t worry if you don t own all of the tools needed to complete this diy project.
When your concrete drill bit hits rebar you should stop drilling and replace the concrete bit with a metal bit.
Drilling into reinforced concrete first determine the wall thickness by drilling a test hole and ensure that it is not a thin concrete wall 8cm thick it is best to keep the drilling depth 1 2 cm shallower than the wall s thickness to prevent spalling splintering or chipping on the inner wall.