Drilled hole in wall, too big. How to fix?
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I drilled a hole in an internal brick wall using a 6mm drill bit. About 40mm deep.
I've done lots of them before, with no problem, but for some reason this one turned into a right mess. The sides of the hole looked jagged and the rawlplug wouldn't go in properly. I tried to tidy it up with a bigger drill bit, with the utterly predictable result that the hole is now too big, and is still a right mess.
I think that the problem was the 6mm drill bit. It was designed for brickwork, and I used it on all the other holes, but part of the tip seems to have broken off and perhaps that caused it to make a mess. I'm pretty sure that the brickwork itself is not the problem.
Anyway - I need to re-use the hole and basically salvage the situation.
How do I do this?
I thought of packing the hole with filler and then re-drilling, but I can't see how I would get filler all the way down the hole, and I'm not sure it would help anyway.
The hole is for a medium duty picture hook so it needs to be a fairly robust job.
Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
Oh, and merry Christmas everyone
I've done lots of them before, with no problem, but for some reason this one turned into a right mess. The sides of the hole looked jagged and the rawlplug wouldn't go in properly. I tried to tidy it up with a bigger drill bit, with the utterly predictable result that the hole is now too big, and is still a right mess.
I think that the problem was the 6mm drill bit. It was designed for brickwork, and I used it on all the other holes, but part of the tip seems to have broken off and perhaps that caused it to make a mess. I'm pretty sure that the brickwork itself is not the problem.
Anyway - I need to re-use the hole and basically salvage the situation.
How do I do this?
I thought of packing the hole with filler and then re-drilling, but I can't see how I would get filler all the way down the hole, and I'm not sure it would help anyway.
The hole is for a medium duty picture hook so it needs to be a fairly robust job.
Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
Oh, and merry Christmas everyone
dirkgently said:
Spudler said:
Trim a piece of wood and hammer in place. Pilot hole.
Can't f
k that up.
This, Old skool, simple and it works.Can't f
k that up.Mr Pointy said:
Yep, just whittle a piece of softwood down so it's a tapered fit, tap it in & trim off the excess. That's what we did in the days before rawlplugs.
^^^this, or buy wooden dowels for doing the same.http://www.diy.com/departments/bq-wood-dowel-pack-...
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions so far.
I'm going to try them in order.
So matchsticks first. This sounds like the easiest option.
If that doesn't work I'll get a bit of 7mm or 8mm dowel, hammer it in, drill pilot hole then screw in (no rawlplug).
Failing both of those I'll try a brown rawlplug - though I'm not sure whether I'll need a bigger screw as well - that would be a problem since the picture hook can't take a screw bigger than the one I'm using at present.
And if all that fails I'll try Gripfill.
Moving the hole isn't an option, since the picture in question has to go in this exact location. Hence the need to "save" the hole.
I will report back...thanks again!
I'm going to try them in order.
So matchsticks first. This sounds like the easiest option.
If that doesn't work I'll get a bit of 7mm or 8mm dowel, hammer it in, drill pilot hole then screw in (no rawlplug).
Failing both of those I'll try a brown rawlplug - though I'm not sure whether I'll need a bigger screw as well - that would be a problem since the picture hook can't take a screw bigger than the one I'm using at present.
And if all that fails I'll try Gripfill.
Moving the hole isn't an option, since the picture in question has to go in this exact location. Hence the need to "save" the hole.
I will report back...thanks again!
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