Drilling Into Reinforced Concrete Wall

Drilling into concrete can prove to be disaster if you don t know what you re doing and don t have the right tools.

Drilling into reinforced concrete wall.

The pattern on rebar will help prevent it from pulling out from the concrete. Drilling through reinforced concrete surfaces can be difficult and takes longer than other concrete and allied material. Some common mistake an average person makes can include trying to drill into concrete with a regular bit in a regular drill or even a concrete drill bit in a regular drill. 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.

If necessary tap in lightly with a hammer. When your concrete drill bit hits rebar you should stop drilling and replace the concrete bit with a metal bit. We show you what you have to look out for drilling in reinforced concrete and which tools are well suited. We do loads of drilling into structural reinforced concrete slabs etc upto about 24mm holes usually without questioning.

How to drill into concrete to hang a tv shelves racks etc. Insert the concrete screw into the anchor and drive into the wall until secure. Concrete drill bits are the right choice for drilling through reinforced concrete. Drill through the predrilled holes in the wood and into the concrete to a depth inch deeper than the screw length.

Watch our hang a shelf on a brick wall. Remove any concrete dust then press the anchor into the hole until it is flush with the surface. If you re just drilling one or two holes for a small project a regular drill is fine. Never been an issue.

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. For a standard 1 inch bottom wall plate if you were using inch by 2 inch. Don t worry if you don t own all of the tools needed to complete this diy project. I guess theres a safety factor involved so if some were damaged it still wouldn t fail.

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.