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Thanks guys, just thought I would let you know that a more powerful drill (700w) and using a ladder so I could apply more pressure worked, all holes are now drilled. No need for SDS in the end :)

Thanks for the all the advice guys very much appreciated A friend is going to lend me a more powerful hammer drill (750w), it's not SDS but I hope it will help. I'm also going to grow taller and fatter so I can apply more pressure while drilling!!! (or just climb a ladder). I think...

The drill is a variable speed one as well, what difference does that make?

I did have the hammer action on, one of the holes was going into red brick but the one of the others did have some grey dust coming out of it, I was worried that may have been the drill bit burning out!! The drill bit was a £4 Bosch one, I think it was TCT but can't fully remember.

I was thinking I may have to buy one, but are there any tips if I don't have a spare £100 to buy a new drill. Is it better to drill fast or slow, use lots of pressure or don't etc? I don't want to burn out the drill bit. If I was to buy an SDS drill does anyone have advice on a good mid...

Hi Guys I need advice on the best way to drill into hard bricks. I have a black & Decker 550w hammer drill and am using a newly bought bosch 6mm drill bit. I am drilling at about shoulder height to put up a shelf and I can not drill far enough into the wall to fit the rawplugs or...

Thanks for the advice Burnerman, do you think if I used a 18mm and 6mm MDF board together that would be just as good as one 25mm board?

Hi Guys I need to build a desk into an alcove for a computer, monitor and stuff. I'm planning on using batons and a slab of MDF fitted into the alcove. What thickness MDF, size of batons and screws would you recommend? The alcove is 1300mm in length, the width of one wall is 360mm and the...

Hi, I have an exposed bath waste for a freestanding bath which is causing me a headache. The waste is on an angled side so has it's own unique pipe but this is about 20mm short when used with the rest of the plug & chain waste I have. Can you buy 25mm chrome straight connectors to extend...

Thanks Simon, i'll try to find one at the right angle and will leave bending it as a last resort. I got the bath on ebay at a bargin price but it's just my luck that this was one of the few baths by the manufacture that has a unique downpipe, all the other baths can use the same kit but his one...

it's not one specificly for that bath, most suppliers only seem to sell one type of exposed waste (as either plug or pop up) so there must be a way of adjusting it as not all freestanding baths will be the same.

Hi the chrome exposed plug & chain waste I have bought for our bath is not at the right angle for the bath and consequently i'm having trouble fitting it. I know there is a tool for bending copper pipes, would this work on a chrome pipe and if so what is it called? Can I hire one out or would it...

Thanks for the advice I only bought the SDS drill bit as I was advised that was the correct type to use with a hammer drill by a chap in B&Q, 'll try taking it back and get a normal drill bit and see if that works better.

It's a corded hammer drill with an sds drill bit, could it get burnt out by only drilling 4 holes I only bought the drill bit yesterday it's a bosch one and cost just under £6 so I expected it too last a bit longer.

Hi not sure if this is the right forum but, i can't seem to drill any further into this brick i have a hammer drill and am using an sds drill which, so i'm told, is designed for use with a hammer drill, i have only used it on 4 holes and this last one is really struggling, idealy i wanted to fit...

The gap between the floor and wall is about 10mm, I had put in cork expansion strips in the gap. Is there a specific tool that would be best to use as a lever? Also in future is a floating floor not a very good idea, when I decided on it the other other options were glue down, couldn't do as...

Hi Guys I laid a bamboo wood floor in the bathroom about 6 months ago, it is a glued tongue and groove floating floor. In the last month or so it has started to work apart in two rows over the length of the floor, the gap varies from about 1-3mm, I tried to pull it back together as I have yet...

I feel a right idiot, the bar was just a bit off being horizontal so it seems to be working now tap is just dripping where as before it was still flowing out, problem is that the valve had got turned so it now faces the wall so it's hard to get it dead on horizontal as you can't really see it...