Curtain pole on thin plasterboard over lintel
Jul 15, 2014
26 Replies
You could always bolt a pillar drill to the wall, and use it horizontally.
[I'll get my coat].
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Simon.
Also always coat the drill tip with oil, as heavy as available. Lidl drill sharpeners are a useful tool to have when drilling steel. A lot easier than sharpening 3mm bits on a wheel.
Wow, what a lot of responses this simple (!) request has generated. I am
Ye could just use a large shot gun to make the hole...
Some have tried, didn't go well but the OP might be lucky?
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or perhaps not...
Slight overkill, perhaps - since the smallest hole it drills is 12mm. Also, you'd need a few strategically placed vertical beams to attach it to and react the drilling force.
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