Ok, my first post on what having spent an amount of time going through other posts, appears to be an excellent forum!
My problem is this, our mid terraced house is of a construction whereby the adjoining walls are filled with what was referred to me as poured in aggregate/pebble.
Over the years both myself and neighbours have a;ll experienced major problems in trying to drill and achieve a fixing in these walls as no hammer drill seems to be up to the job, generally leaving you with craters instead of holes!
For a period of time I tried using a "Raw Plug" jumper after having already drilled a pilot hole and this did result in a number of successful attempts, but once again with no guarantee of success at the outset.
My existing Bosch SDS hammer drill has now finally died and i am once again on the lookout for a new purchase that hopefully will be up to the task of drilling our walls!
There appears to be an amount of confusion when you ask people for a recommendation on a new purchase, as each offers a different "essential" criteria for a new drill, ranging from wattage to hammer spec etc.
I was looking at the Bosch GSB22-2RE unit as this has a wattage of 1050 but do you think this will suitable for my needs and solve the problem that we have?
Could I go cordless and achieve the same overall specifications?
I tend to favour Bosch & Dewalt but should I also look at other manufacturers?
Apologies for such a long 1st post, but I am sure there is someone on this forum that can offer a solution so felt it worth the while.
My problem is this, our mid terraced house is of a construction whereby the adjoining walls are filled with what was referred to me as poured in aggregate/pebble.
Over the years both myself and neighbours have a;ll experienced major problems in trying to drill and achieve a fixing in these walls as no hammer drill seems to be up to the job, generally leaving you with craters instead of holes!
For a period of time I tried using a "Raw Plug" jumper after having already drilled a pilot hole and this did result in a number of successful attempts, but once again with no guarantee of success at the outset.
My existing Bosch SDS hammer drill has now finally died and i am once again on the lookout for a new purchase that hopefully will be up to the task of drilling our walls!
There appears to be an amount of confusion when you ask people for a recommendation on a new purchase, as each offers a different "essential" criteria for a new drill, ranging from wattage to hammer spec etc.
I was looking at the Bosch GSB22-2RE unit as this has a wattage of 1050 but do you think this will suitable for my needs and solve the problem that we have?
Could I go cordless and achieve the same overall specifications?
I tend to favour Bosch & Dewalt but should I also look at other manufacturers?
Apologies for such a long 1st post, but I am sure there is someone on this forum that can offer a solution so felt it worth the while.