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Ok, thanks. More research needed then..

Thanks for the advice. I drilled initially with a regular 4mm bit. Then continued with a longer masonry bit of about the same diameter, but much longer - to see how far it would go (i.e. to the other side of the wall, about 6"). The resistance felt uniform all the way, until it came...

Not sure what pic I could send that would help. Pictures of walls tend to be a bit - well - flat... But from the description at the start (6" thick, seemingly solid, but sounds hollow when tapped (or is that just because it's not that thick?)), what do you reckon the possibilities are? I'm...

Thanks. Any idea what the wall material might be then?

I want to mount bookshelves on an internal wall in a mid-90s build apartment. I plan to use the metal vertical rails with brackets and fill them with books - so it will be heavy. Here's the problem - I can't determine what kind of wall material it is. If I knock on it, it sounds hollow, or at...