Recent content by Toppy247

Paint is fine. It's the plaster behind and then, I'd hope, brickwork which makes up the chimney breast. The drill bit just sunk straight through and very powdery stuff came out of the enlarged hole. No hard resistance of red dusk of the brick I was expecting.

Yep, good guess!! If it helps, picture attached from when the new fireplace was installed but before the re-plaster.

Hi John, thanks for the really quick response. Whole room was re-plastered a few months ago. I didn't get the plasterer back again because he laid it so thick in places and occasionally uneven. I've drilled 60mm deep - hence I assumed I would have gone well through any new plaster and into brick...

<<<Hoping this is a better location for my thread>>> Amateur DIYer and first time poster here. Have put up dozens of mirrors, shelves, other wall fixtures etc without issue. This time, expecting the usual hard work going into solid brick wall, not only did the drill bit sink straight in but the...