The villas over here then
Serious right, are they built of brick??
I ask this as this is my 2nd villa where if you try and drill a bloody hole to put up a curtain rail or suchlike it just goes everywhere, its like drilling into ****ing cottage cheese, I had a look at some semi built villas on the way to work and they seem to be just breeze blocks, this can;t be the case can it? then maybe covered in concrete or something? |
Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 7431470)
Serious right, are they built of brick??
I ask this as this is my 2nd villa where if you try and drill a bloody hole to put up a curtain rail or suchlike it just goes everywhere, its like drilling into ****ing cottage cheese, I had a look at some semi built villas on the way to work and they seem to be just breeze blocks, this can;t be the case can it? then maybe covered in concrete or something? |
Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 7431470)
Serious right, are they built of brick??
I ask this as this is my 2nd villa where if you try and drill a bloody hole to put up a curtain rail or suchlike it just goes everywhere, its like drilling into ****ing cottage cheese, I had a look at some semi built villas on the way to work and they seem to be just breeze blocks, this can;t be the case can it? then maybe covered in concrete or something? there's a 3 storey apartment block going up next to the compound i'm on and it's all breeze blocks. (the big cement bricks? --> can tell am not in construction! :o ) with rebar/concrete for the supporting columns, but everything else... |
Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 7431470)
Serious right, are they built of brick??
I ask this as this is my 2nd villa where if you try and drill a bloody hole to put up a curtain rail or suchlike it just goes everywhere, its like drilling into ****ing cottage cheese, I had a look at some semi built villas on the way to work and they seem to be just breeze blocks, this can;t be the case can it? then maybe covered in concrete or something? |
Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by MacScot
(Post 7431495)
Use hammer drill bit on slow speed and push in gently if it is breezeblock...too high a speed and pushing hard, you will lose control of the drill bit's direction...
Oh, and make sure you use rawl plugs |
Re: The villas over here then
oh, and get some masking tape and an old spinneys bag, or similar:D. tape the bag to the wall below where you have expertly aligned the hole using your mark one eyeball.
All the shoite falls into the bag and not the floor/skirting board/sideboard/bed. Saves your wife a job cleaning up after you |
Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 7431501)
thanks for stealing my thunder, i was waiting for his attention, then i was going to deliver the full technical appraisel of how to drill a hole in the wall.:D
Oh, and make sure you use rawl plugs I used to get the OH to suck with a vacuum cleaner hose/tube near the point of drilling...that way there is no mess at all ! |
Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 7431481)
sharp drillbit, correct speed??
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Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 7431520)
oh, and get some masking tape and an old spinneys bag, or similar:D. tape the bag to the wall below where you have expertly aligned the hole using your mark one eyeball.
All the shoite falls into the bag and not the floor/skirting board/sideboard/bed. Saves your wife a job cleaning up after you |
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Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 7431575)
aye all good, but even at our place there's 4 sets of holes where curtain rails were. BIG holes.
LOL...I just re-read that in a different light and its sounds perverted :eek: |
Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 7431588)
amateurs ;)
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Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by MacScot
(Post 7431593)
Nah...you still get a little mess when you pull the drill bit out..hoovers the way to go !
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Re: The villas over here then
i find the spinneys bag to be the tried and tested way, or indeed the centre spread of a previous 7 days issue
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Re: The villas over here then
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 7431620)
i find the spinneys bag to be the tried and tested way, or indeed the centre spread of a previous 7 days issue
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