Drill needed suggestions please

jenny smith

Brother wants a regular/ hammer drill for putting up shelve and pictures in a new house. Jobs like http://www.woodies.ie/tips-n-advice/how-to-drill-and-fix-to-a-solid-wall

Also needs one of the detectors things she has. What is a good brand. He has an aldi one and it is very hard to read, the live wires seem to be in different places each time

Price about 50-100. It is not for full time work It will be used for pics sheleves in his house and then as time goes by to do a job now and then as required. It needs a non hammer function too

Is http://www.woodies.ie/black-and-decker-710w-hammer-drill-1063672 a good deal. What voltage is w710

Any help appreciated

cletus

That drill will be fine, more than good enough to do 6mm holes in block walls.

As for the detector, I've never had much success with them. Maybe somebody like Fluke might make a really accurate one, but would be prohibitively expensive.

As long as there isn't a socket or switch directly above or below where you're drilling, you're more than likely fine

jenny smith

Thanks Does this drill also have non hammer function for driving screws? I am not sure about "As long as there isn't a socket or switch directly above or below where you're drilling, you're more than likely fine" What about pipes

colm_mcm

It would have a non hammer function for drilling wood/metal etc but they're not really suitable for driving screws as the gearing is designed for high speed.

710 is the wattage which is around normal for a drill like that.

Is the new house a brand new house?

cletus

jenny smith wrote: »

Thanks Does this drill also have non hammer function for driving screws? I am not sure about "As long as there isn't a socket or switch directly above or below where you're drilling, you're more than likely fine" What about pipes

Normally they run water piping low down and directly to where it needs to be, so the chances of long randomly placed runs of pipe in your wall are slim. Unless you are drilling into the back of a wall that has a shower on the other side, the chances of running into piping are small.

jenny smith

"Is the new house a brand new house?

Built 2004

colm_mcm

Do you know if it's timber framed?

jenny smith

Not timber frame. Would a cordless be better and turn off power while drilling?

cletus

I know I've said it already, but it's worth saying one more time. Electricians and plumbers do not run long meandering random runs of cable or pipe throughout your walls.

Take, for example, a sitting room. If you have an electrical socket or switch, the cable will run directly up or down from this. So don't drill above or below. The pipes for your radiator in this room will most likely run either in the bottom three feet of the wall, or under the floor. For the vast majority of the wall space in the room there will be nothing dangerous to drill into.