My hammer drill popped an external brick

[footprints]

No need for pva, just wet the hole should be enough.
Old somewhat disgusting trick for wetting holes, mouthfull of water and spit!

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Doesn't this pop the brick in a similar fashion?

Sometimes, depends on the bricks. Mostly on solid bricks at the moment, they're maybe softer...doesn't matter if you're drilling a bigger hole

 

[Nige F]

I was drilling through the external wall to feed through a copper pipe for an outdoor tap. My plan was to stop the hammer action as I got close to the end but...

End result: a third of the brick is missing .

Don't worry - thousands of Sky fitters are with you

 

[Jupiter01]

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Qui...V1GDmCh1-XwWDEAQYBSABEgL4T_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

My local Wickes doesn't stock this!
I have a bag of postcrete left over, could I use that instead?

 

[mattylad]

Put a piece of wood on the wall then attach the tap, paint the wood with chamfered sides and it will look OK (much better than a big hole in the bricks).

 

[footprints]

My local Wickes doesn't stock this!
I have a bag of postcrete left over, could I use that instead?

At a push if you pick out the stones, rather over kill though hope you never want to chip it out again!
Most DIY sheds do a similar size bag for small jobs, or do the wood block suggestion as long as you can move the pipe out enough.

 

[lostinthelight]

To repair blown out brick ,Coat repair area with SBR slurry then mix sand and cement mortar with
sbr you could also drill plug and set some screws, preferably ss ,below the finished surface for an even better key