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Please recommend a hammer drill!

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OldSpeclkledHen · 24/12/2019 01:56

Starting to do a bit of DIY ... Live in an old purpose built flat - so walls are rock solid ....

Need a hammer drill! No idea where to start! Help please recommend!

Won't be used that much - so budget not huge!

TIA Smile

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SpoonBlender · 24/12/2019 03:07

£80 - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004Z0UIU8?tag=mumsnetforu03-21
£40 - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071L9QVSR?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

You more or less get what you pay for with drills.

If your walls are really tough (poured concrete) you might need SDS -
£80 - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VXGMCMO?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Remember to budget for drill bits too. Again, you get what you pay for. For tough walls you'll need a small bit (3mm) to make a guide hole and a full size bit (6mm or larger, depending on what fixings you're using).

PigletJohn · 24/12/2019 11:54

Will you be doing occasional small fixings, such as curtain rails?

Or bigger stuff like doorframe and pipes through walls?

Are you strong enough to hold a 4kg tool at eye level?

Will you be working exclusively indoors?

Do you want to spend £25 or £60 or £200 or £500?

OldSpeclkledHen · 24/12/2019 20:53

Thank You both!
Just small jobs really! All internal!

Could probably handle 4kg with two handles- yikes!

Trying to be less of a girl and grow up a bit ha!

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PigletJohn · 24/12/2019 21:34

for small jobs, IMO an 18v combi drill (cordless) will do most you want. It will drill brick walls, wooden floors, doors and frames, kitchen cabinets and fences.

It would be underpowered for concrete or large holes through fenceposts.

There are several available, preferably with a spare battery. low-cost tools usually come with a 2-year guarantee; and if this is from a reputable local supplier (so no postage costs for a return), you are pretty sure to get your money's worth. The spare battery means you can be charging one while using the other, so no need to stop for an hour's biscuit break.

IMO 18v is the ideal for small domestic jobs, not being too heavy to hold up a ladder, and not too weak to drill a row of holes, and will also drive screws.

Some come with a basic kit of drills and scredriver bits. however you can but sets ay modest price if not. Most likely you will only ever use two or three sizes of drill (3mm for pilot holes in wood, and 8mm masonry for brown plasplugs), and only the PZ2 scrwdriver, so don't overspend. When you have found which sizes you mostly use, you can buy half a dozen on those sizes only on fleabay.

A carry case is more useful as you will have the drill, two batteries, charger, side-handle to lug around.

Here are a couple of examples. Parkside tools at Lidl are also supposed to be quite good value, they are made by a German company and you can actrually buy spares for them (it is easier if you understand some German and are in the EU, or a country with a comprehensive free trade agreement). Einhell, I think.

example 1

example 2

If you are prosperous you can spend several times as much from a quality maker like Makita or Dewalt.

Don't get a drill-driver, which is too weak.

I don't believe you have any need yet for an SDS+

Don't forget ear defenders and dust masks.

PigletJohn · 24/12/2019 21:38

correction

plasplugs say 7mm drill for brown.

But you will probably vary it depending on your bricks.

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