Rare repairs can be done without drilling into the walls. If they are made of brick, it is important to familiarize yourself with how to carry out such manipulations before starting work.
Before drilling into a brick, you need to select a tool. The most common options are a drill and a hammer drill. The latter is a professional device, which means that with its help you can cope with the task in a shorter time. If you plan to use a drill, then the main thing for it is to choose the right drill.
Methods for drilling bricks
Drilling a brick wall can be done in one of three ways:
- manual work method;
- electromechanical tools;
- using automatic drilling technology.
The first method is the simplest, but less technologically advanced. It is used if the master does not have the appropriate equipment. Electromechanical technology allows drilling to be completed in a shorter time. For this purpose, a hammer drill or drill is used. As for automatic drilling, it can be used to make holes of impressive diameter - up to 110 mm.
Manual drilling method
Drilling holes in a brick wall using this technology is carried out if there is no electrical equipment. All you need is a hammer and a bolt. The latter is a metal tube that you can make yourself or purchase ready-made. If you resort to the first solution, you will need to prepare a 30 cm piece. The diameter of such a device should be 25 mm or more. Notches are made at one end.
The technology suggests itself if you imagine these tools: once the location for making the recess has been determined, the bolt is installed at a right angle to the wall, and its other end should be struck with a hammer. The bolt rotates, which will prevent the formation of large amounts of dust.
Electromechanical drilling technology
In order to drill a wall in a shorter time, you should use technology that requires the master to have a drill or hammer drill. In the first case, you need to make sure that the equipment has a shock function. Otherwise, you will have long and monotonous work, which, among other things, may not allow you to achieve a positive result.
The ease of the process will depend on the number of revolutions and power of the tool. The most suitable value for the number of revolutions is considered to be 2000 or more. With an increase in this parameter, you can count on the fact that the hole can be made in the shortest possible time. If you are just planning to purchase a drill, it is important to make sure that it has a keyless chuck and a reverse function. In the first case, you do not have to additionally use a clamping wrench.
Drilling can be done right through the brick. For this purpose, a hammer drill with diamond bits is often used. The working part of the equipment must have rounded edges. This equipment should also have an impact option. In order to avoid placing a large load on the hammer drill and consumables when it is necessary to make holes of impressive diameter, you should start with small drills and finish the work with large ones.
If you have warm ceramics or hollow products, you need to turn off the impact function, as this may destroy the material. If the brick has a high grade and good strength, which also applies to clinker products, the electrical device is set to medium speed, otherwise the equipment may become dull.
Attention! If the wall needs to be drilled for installation of a hood, socket or plumbing system, diamond drilling should be used. For this purpose, a crown with especially strong teeth is selected. If used with the tool in impact mode, it may cause the base to be torn out. In order to eliminate such a nuisance, you need to start drilling from the masonry seam.
Automatic brick drilling
If you need to drill a brick wall in a hard-to-reach place, for example, in a corner, or you need to make a recess of impressive diameter, ordinary tools will not help. Here you should use automatic technology, which involves the use of special installations.
Typically, the process involves crowns with a diameter of 2 cm or more. The drilling depth can reach 4 m. This technique is good because it is silent, and 1 cm of thickness can be overcome in a few tens of seconds. To operate such equipment, you need water and an electrical connection. The tool is fixed on a vertical surface, then water is supplied to the drilling site. The work is carried out automatically without human intervention.
Pipe passage through the floor
Work of this scale does not require floor finishing. Whether the passage is made during renovation or during the construction phase, the finishing material must be removed.
The channel is made in the tile using the method described above. Holes in the laminate for the pipe are made differently.
- Make a template from cardboard.
- Using the template, carefully cut out a circle in the laminate using a jigsaw or hacksaw. If the pipe is not placed flush against the wall, you will need to make a cut along the board to fit it.
- If the distance is very large, the board is cut off. Prepare a second fragment of the appropriate length and cut out halves of the circle in the laminate. When laid, the fragments form a channel for the pipeline.
- The gap in the laminate is covered with a decorative ring.
Passage through suspended ceiling
In this case, it would be more correct to say bypassing the pipe in the suspended ceiling, since when installing any communications, the tension fabric will have to be removed. It is worth clarifying that by a passage in a suspended ceiling they mean a tension system, since there are no difficulties with plasterboard or lining.
- A plastic ring is made with a thickness of 1–2 mm and a diameter equal to the diameter of the pipeline plus a 2–3 mm gap. The ring is cut in one section, since it will need to be put on the water conduit.
- The canvas is fixed in a baguette up to the vertical riser. In the section of the pipeline passage, the canvas is cut from the wall to the center of the future hole. A cross-shaped incision is made in the center.
- The pipe ends up in the center of the cut. Excess film is removed inside, a ring is put on the pipeline and glued to the canvas.
- The edges of the canvas are closed behind the water conduit and tucked into a baguette. You can seal the resulting seam with a piece of fabric.
The video demonstrates ways to pass a pipeline through partitions made of different materials.
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Drilling tool
If you're wondering what to use to drill into a brick wall, there are several options to consider to decide which one is right for you. The simplest method is mechanized, which involves the use of a hammer and a bolt. This work algorithm will not allow large-scale work to be completed, but if there is only one hole, this approach will be ideal.
A more technologically advanced method compared to manual drilling is the electromechanical method. Here you can’t do without a drill, or, at a minimum, or at a maximum, without a hammer drill. It is better if the drills and augers are new, then the work will go faster. But diamond drilling of brick walls is usually carried out by professionals. It usually does not produce dry dust, but the work area will still require cleaning. The thing is that diamond drilling is accompanied by cooling of the equipment with water. However, only specialists can cope with such a task.
Attention! If you plan to drill brick walls yourself using electric household tools, you need to not only mark the hole, but also core the future hole. This will prevent the drill from slipping.
Selecting and purchasing a drill
The diameter of drills for making holes in brick usually varies from 6 to 8 mm. This value is average, as is the depth, which is usually 15 cm. To make holes with more impressive parameters, it is better to use a drill. Its length reaches one meter, but it is used in conjunction with a drill and a hammer drill. The first one must have the function of a hammer drill.
When there is a thick wall, it is better to act in several approaches. To begin with, a 20-centimeter drill is used, and the recess is approximately 15 cm. Then the depth should be increased to 40 cm, and at the final stage - to 50 cm. During this process, a hammer drill will be needed.
Attention! The presence of an outlet on the wall will help identify and naturally not affect communications. If you don’t have the appropriate equipment at hand with which you can find out whether the wires are running inside, you can follow the first recommendation. But the electrical wiring must be de-energized in any case.
How to make a hole in a brick wall
Before drilling into a brick wall, you need to check for electrical wiring. Then marking is carried out. You need to decide on the parameters of the recess. Depending on this, drills, drills or crowns will be selected.
Preparing tools
If you plan to use a drill, its power should not be less than 600 W, and the number of revolutions should be approximately 2500 or more. Make sure the equipment has a reverse function so you can adjust the power. Brick is resistant to static loads, so the equipment must have an impact option.
The material should be influenced dynamically, only then will it be possible to achieve results. This is why a household drill is not suitable for the process. If you still decide to take a risk and use such a device, you may be faced with the need to repair the drill, since its motor will certainly overheat and fail.
Preparatory work
In addition to electrical wiring, there should be no fittings in the wall. To find it, you should use a metal detector. If there is no tool to find the wiring, you need to make sure that it does not pass through the seams under the layer of plaster. To do this, before starting drilling, you need to deepen the seams a little.
Drilling holes in a brick wall
To make an even recess, you need to install the drill perpendicular to the wall. First, several short inclusions are made so that the equipment deepens a few millimeters. Next, you should begin the main process, removing the drill from time to time and allowing the drill to rest a little.
How to drill into tiles with a drill
Ceramic surfaces have proven to be particularly fragile coatings. The outcome of drilling in such areas is determined by the quality of laying the tiles themselves. If the master performing the work did not make mistakes during installation work, then the drilling process should proceed without interference. Proper installation means one in which no empty zones are formed between the wall and the coating. If there are voids between the tile and the wall, the tile may burst or break off during drilling.
We start by choosing a drill. There are specialized attachments for ceramics and glass, but you can also use equipment for concrete with pobedite coating. It is important that the concrete drill is new enough, otherwise it will slide along the tiles and scratch the base, which will lead to damage to the masonry.
The process of drilling tiles should take place at low speeds to prevent chipping of the glaze coating of the decorative surface. After drilling the ceramics, change the drill; if you are using a drill for ceramics, make a hole in the wall.
Useful advice from professionals
If you have a solid wall, it is better to choose a pobedit drill. Only it can cope with particularly durable material and not wear off completely. Such equipment lasts longer, and can be used even after that.
In everyday life, 15-centimeter drills are usually used, but on sale you can also find auger drills, which have impressive dimensions and are suitable for hammer drills.
How to make a hole without defects
In order to avoid unpleasant consequences, you need to make sure that there is not only electrical wiring in the wall, but also water and sewer pipes, which are often hidden in the masonry. The presence of electrical wiring can be indicated by a socket on the wall; wires from it run to the switch.
How to drill without dust
If the room is already finished, such a need may arise. If the electric tool you are using does not have a connection pipe for connecting a vacuum cleaner, you can use the help of a second person who will remove dust as soon as it begins to spill out of the new hole, leaning the suction tube against the recess. If you work independently, you can place something like a shelf at the point of impact on the wall, where all the dust will fall.
Creating a Niche
If you plan to drill a recess larger than 20 mm or need to create a niche for a socket, you should purchase a Pobedit drill bit. Multiple holes are made along the intended line, the jumpers between which are then removed using a chisel and hammer. An alternative and more technologically advanced solution would be to use a hammer drill and a crown together with it.
Where is the pipeline allowed to pass?
The question usually arises when one remembers the strict SNiP requirements for the use of load-bearing walls. But in this case, there is no need to worry: crossing a load-bearing partition is not a violation, if, of course, it is done in accordance with all the rules of GOST and SNiP. That is:
- the channel in the wall does not cut the reinforcement;
- does not affect nearby electrical wiring;
- located at a sufficient distance from the ventilation duct, if there is one;
- the hole for the pipes in the wall is properly formed: the pipeline is in a metal or plastic corrugated sleeve and insulated with non-flammable material, for example, mineral wool.
Violation of these simple GOST requirements is not fraught with a fine - with the exception of damage to the fittings, but with rapid wear and tear of the system due to improper operation.
