Drilling Into Reinforced Concrete Wall

If you re just drilling one or two holes for a small project a regular drill is fine.

Drilling into reinforced concrete wall.

If necessary tap in lightly with a hammer. Never been an issue. However drilling concrete is much easier with a hammer drill or a rotary hammer for large jobs. Drill through the predrilled holes in the wood and into the concrete to a depth inch deeper than the screw length.

We do loads of drilling into structural reinforced concrete slabs etc upto about 24mm holes usually without questioning. Concrete drill bits are the right choice for drilling through reinforced concrete. 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. These tools fracture the concrete through rapid hammering then drill to scoop out the broken material.

The pattern on rebar will help prevent it from pulling out from the concrete. 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. Drilling into concrete can prove to be disaster if you don t know what you re doing and don t have the right tools. Don t worry if you don t own all of the tools needed to complete this diy project.

Remove any concrete dust then press the anchor into the hole until it is flush with the surface. 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. When your concrete drill bit hits rebar you should stop drilling and replace the concrete bit with a metal bit. Insert the concrete screw into the anchor and drive into the wall until secure.

My diy way to screw brackets into cement same as brick. How to drill into concrete to hang a tv shelves racks etc. 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. I guess theres a safety factor involved so if some were damaged it still wouldn t fail.

For a standard 1 inch bottom wall plate if you were using inch by 2 inch.