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HI, I have a house built in 1855 during the great stone shortage when only small stones and horse poo were used instead (well, that's what it seems like lol).
Almost any hole I drill generally goes into really old cement, usually black powdery stuff.
As you can imagine, this makes anchoring anything to the walls very hard unless I'm lucky enough to find a large enough stone block upon which I'll be there for ages trying to drill a hole into it with my SDS drill (newish bit).
I have never used a resin before but ISTR that this squirted in would make the holes more secure.
Advise me please guys, which should I be using?
The ones at Screwfix get very bad reviews.
Almost any hole I drill generally goes into really old cement, usually black powdery stuff.
As you can imagine, this makes anchoring anything to the walls very hard unless I'm lucky enough to find a large enough stone block upon which I'll be there for ages trying to drill a hole into it with my SDS drill (newish bit).
I have never used a resin before but ISTR that this squirted in would make the holes more secure.
Advise me please guys, which should I be using?
The ones at Screwfix get very bad reviews.