Hi

I think I have the hardest concrete walls ever made. To top it off the plaster over the concrete is old and crumbly. Therefore, I cant get a drill into the concrete so the drill bit just makes a wider and wider hole as the plaster powders away.

The worst thing is curtain poles. Ive managed to get some up but eventually theyve fell down along with a piece of plaster!

I thought about a wooden baton, but would that need drilling and screwing too? ive just tried some polycell stuff thats like blutack that sets? but I dont have much faith in how its looking. Any help would be great.

amber, May 2010

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mojo, July 2010

you will have to use the right drill bits, for this job ,the drill you are useing is only for light work , if you go to the tool hire shop . ask for a drill that takes sds drill bits, rent out the drill with the sds bits , and you wont have a problem drilling this wall . and yes a little plasted may fall off , but you can fix that after you have drlled the holes , just get the right raw plugs and drill 2 to 3 ins deep, and it will hold up any curtain poll . i use the kind of drill all the time , and never met a wall it wont go into easy , oh its not a big drill . just normal size , but its the right bits thats does the job , not the drill

mark, May 2010