How to drill hole inside to out without 'blowing out' the brickwork.
I'm running some ethernet cable for security cameras. It's POE so only the one hole needed. I need to drill a hole from my loft out to my outer wall to then run to the camera placement. Because of the height it is nearly at my ladders full extension so it is too dangerous for me to try and hold a drill with a 2ft drill bit and drill from the outside. However I could reach the hole to feed cable through and fit cable cleats. I can easily drill the hole from inside my loft but I am worried that I will blow a big hole on the outer brickwork when the drill comes through. Any tips on how to avoid this please? Inner wall: breeze block. Outer wall: normal brick. House 40 years old. Hole diameter: 10mm. submitted by /u/Archie_1 [link] [comments]
I'm running some ethernet cable for security cameras. It's POE so only the one hole needed. I need to drill a hole from my loft out to my outer wall to then run to the camera placement. Because of the height it is nearly at my ladders full extension so it is too dangerous for me to try and hold a drill with a 2ft drill bit and drill from the outside. However I could reach the hole to feed cable through and fit cable cleats. I can easily drill the hole from inside my loft but I am worried that I will blow a big hole on the outer brickwork when the drill comes through. Any tips on how to avoid this please? Inner wall: breeze block. Outer wall: normal brick. House 40 years old. Hole diameter: 10mm.
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