Afternoon chaps,
I'm having a litte problem that I'm hoping someone may be able to advise on.
I am building a shed in my back garden (it's actually going to be a very small pub, but more about that in a later post). When I moved in there was already a reasonably flat patio down over most of the area that I want to build on, so I just filled around the rest of the area with concrete and now I plan to start building by fixing a timber deck down to the patio.
The problem that I'm having is that the patio stones seem to be made out of adamantium or something! I swear there can be no harder substance known to man! I need to drill some holes in them to screw the timbers down to, and so far I've managed 3 holes and melted 2 drill bits.
Does anyone have any advice how to go about drilling into very hard stone? I'm only using regular masonry bits (the brand was JCB) and a Bosch electric hand drill. Is it worth me hiring a larger drill? or are there some special drill bits I could try?
Thanks in advance.
Tom
I'm having a litte problem that I'm hoping someone may be able to advise on.
I am building a shed in my back garden (it's actually going to be a very small pub, but more about that in a later post). When I moved in there was already a reasonably flat patio down over most of the area that I want to build on, so I just filled around the rest of the area with concrete and now I plan to start building by fixing a timber deck down to the patio.
The problem that I'm having is that the patio stones seem to be made out of adamantium or something! I swear there can be no harder substance known to man! I need to drill some holes in them to screw the timbers down to, and so far I've managed 3 holes and melted 2 drill bits.
Does anyone have any advice how to go about drilling into very hard stone? I'm only using regular masonry bits (the brand was JCB) and a Bosch electric hand drill. Is it worth me hiring a larger drill? or are there some special drill bits I could try?
Thanks in advance.
Tom