How to drill a concrete wall with a drill: as well as

Sometimes, when performing finishing work, it becomes necessary to make holes in the wall, for example, to fix a metal profile when installing drywall. If the wall is concrete, then this procedure can cause certain difficulties, since this material has high strength, has a heterogeneous structure and contains metal reinforcement. Next we look at how you can solve this problem.

Concrete drilling

Necessary tool

Due to the characteristics of concrete, for its drilling, you need a special tool:

• Perforator (hammer drill) - provides rotational translational motion of the drill.
• Concrete drills for hammer drill, made of hard alloys. Their shank and screw part is made of tool steel, and the cutting work area is a plate of carbide metal, sharpened by 60 degrees, which is sealed into the groove of the cutting part of the tool.
• Punch (needed when drilling with a conventional drill).

I must say that you can cope with the task and tool without a blow function. Below we take a closer look at how to drill a concrete wall with a drill.

The order of drilling punch

The procedure for drilling the wall with a punch and a special drill is quite simple:

• Drill on concrete should be switched to the drilling mode with a punch and start the operation. The drill should be strictly at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the wall, except when drilling is specifically performed at a certain angle.

• After some time, the drill should be moistened in cold water and continue to work.
• If the tool rested against something solid and stopped digging, you would have to try to drill a wall elsewhere.
• After the desired immersion depth has been reached, the drill should be pulled out without turning off the drill. To clean the hole from dust, it is necessary to bury the hole a few more times and pull it out.

This procedure is completed.

Tip! The puncher can be used not only for drilling solid materials. There are special nozzles that turn this tool into a mixer. Thanks to them, the drill - mixer for concrete perfectly copes by mixing the solution.

Drilling a drill

Many home masters doubt whether it is possible to drill a concrete with a drill? Of course, this procedure will take much more time than when working with a perforator, however, it is quite possible to complete the hole.

To perform this operation, you will need a special piercer. This tool is a rod with a pointed hard end. It is used to break the surface in the area of ​​drilling.

Instructions for the implementation of this work is as follows:

• First of all, to the place where the future hole will be located, it is necessary to attach a piercer and hit it several times with a hammer.
• Then, a drill is inserted into the resulting funnel and a hole is drilled. As with the punch, you must ensure that the tool does not overheat.
• If the drill has ceased to be buried, it is necessary to use the punch again - insert it into the hole and repeatedly hit it with a hammer.
• In this way, drilling is performed until the desired hole depth is reached.

Tip! Often there is a need to cut the concrete, in this case, use the grinder. However, it should be borne in mind that cutting of reinforced concrete with diamond circles is performed.

As a result, although a conventional concrete drill is not suitable, in the absence of a perforator, it can also be used to drill a reinforced concrete wall.

Tip! The drill can be used not only to make holes, but also to use it for some other purposes. For example, on our portal you can learn how to make a vibrator for concrete with your own hands from a drill.

Diamond drilling

Finally, you need to talk about another effective method of drilling, which allows you to successfully perform the holes in the walls. With it, you can quickly cope with the task and not dusty the room. We are talking about diamond drilling. (See also the article Dust removal of concrete: features.)

This technology involves the use of special equipment, which is a set of the following elements:

• Electric motor;
• Racks that are fixed on the base;
• Crown drills.

With this design, water is fed directly to the drill, to cool the tool. Therefore, there is no need to interrupt the process. In addition, water washes away dust, due to which it does not have time to get into the surrounding space. Often, a vacuum cleaner is included in the installation kit, which allows you to remove the mixture from water and dust from the surface.

Of course, it makes sense to use diamond drilling of holes in concrete only for industrial purposes, where a large number of holes must be made, especially large diameters. For domestic purposes, the equipment is unlikely to be useful.

In addition, the price of the kit, like any other professional tool, is quite high. Therefore, if it is necessary, for example, to fix a shelf on the wall, it is more expedient to use a punch. (See also the article Putty for concrete: how to do.)

Conclusion

With a reasonable approach, to perform in the hole hole is not difficult. The most important thing is to use suitable equipment for this and follow a certain procedure. In addition, of course, it is necessary to observe safety precautions so that work does not end with injury.

From the video in this article you can learn more about this topic.