You can see the wider end on the Masonry Drill Bit (top) compared with the Normal Drill Bit (bottom) Can use timber to mark , what will be covered once finished and keep all test holes damage to this area so can be covered .

You will also need masonry drill bits of the correct size for your job (more on sizes later). You can tell if a drill bit is for drilling masonry or concrete by the shape of the end.Press the batten against the wall, resin side against the wall obviously! Hold or prop in place for a few minutes until the resin begins to set I tried filling the hole with polyfilla (although from Googling, I see that this was a bad idea?), and then drilling through that the next day but I'm still having the same problems. If you are using a wet & dry vacuum then putting a bit of water in the bottom of the drum will make most of the really fine dust become mud & get caught. You may also want to use measurement where you are putting up more than one item at once, such as when you are fixing pictures to walls or putting up picture hooks.

Position the item to be fixed over the hole and put the screw through it and into the plug, twisting the screw a tiny bit by hand till it bites. You may have come across a similar curing system if you have ever used glue with two ingredients such as Araldite. 4 Stage Process Using Resins

Wall plugs need brick, block or concrete to hold well.

One major fastener supplier actually used to supply a rebranded pump like that with some of their drill sets. Therefore in this example we have – 43mm of screw in the wall plus 10mm allowance = a hole 53mm deep. For more advice on putting up curtain poles and rods we have a DIY Tutorial for that too. Putting Up Blinds The walls are then usually covered with plaster or plasterboard to give a smooth finish (although not always). It is easier to drill a smaller hole first and then increase it with a larger drill bit. You will then end up with a hole the correct size in the exact position you wanted it.

I wonder though, is there any way to confirm the wall is masonry behind the drywall? Just that hitting a stud/timber will also thwart a self drilling anchor. We are using a size 8, 50mm screw so we need a 6mm masonry drill bit and a red wall plug to fit into a hole (see the colour coded size guide above). get a tube of no-more-nails or similar, put the nozzle deep into the hole (so it fills from the end) with no plasplug in it. Squirt until it oozes out at the surface of the hole, withdrawing the nozzle slowly as you fill. Now push the plasplug deep into the hole (it will push out excess no-more-nails) so that it reaches the bottom. Or do I have to get a builder and cut out the piece of wall and replace it (which seems a bit drastic!)...The usual method is to drill a hole of the correct size and then insert a plastic wall plug to screw into. Even though the battens won’t be seen, if they are badly fitted, badly spaced or uneven then they will make it almost impossible to get a good job at the end, and could cause further problems later.