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View Full Version : After drilling through ceramic tile can I use hammer drill into the masonary


tresco
Sep 21, 2010, 12:50 AM

creahands
Sep 21, 2010, 06:25 AM
Some more detail please.

What are u trying to do?

Chuck

ma0641
Sep 21, 2010, 08:18 AM
You have to be very careful drilling through tile, it cracks very easily. I usually put masking tape over the drill point and use a high speed drill to run a masonry or tile bit. After that, you can switch to a hammer drill but be very careful here too. What are you trying to accomplish? If you are drilling into a block wall, you don't need a hammer drill and many of the good masonry bits, run at slow speed, will go through concrete too. You can use a lead anchor or drill a pilot hole and a SPAX screw.