Advice on driling through external wall

lizzylad84 · 15-12-2017 10:53PM #1

I'm putting in an outside socket for use with christmas lights. I need to drink hole to feed cable for socket through to be plugged in to an inside socket. I tried drilling through the wall but drill bit got caught in fibreglass insulation and pulled the drill abd caused it to drill sideways through the plasterboard. Any advice on how I can drill through without this happening?

DublinDilbert · 15-12-2017 10:57PM

lizzylad84 wrote: »

I'm putting in an outside socket for use with christmas lights. I need to drink hole to feed cable for socket through to be plugged in to an inside socket. I tried drilling through the wall but drill bit got caught in fibreglass insulation and pulled the drill abd caused it to drill sideways through the plasterboard. Any advice on how I can drill through without this happening?

Open up a little more of the plaster board and push back the insulation. If you can see a cement joint it will be easier to drill. Make sure to drill down at a slight angle, to stop water ingress...

Rackstar · 15-12-2017 11:09PM

Not great at the DIY myself but you could get some tips here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qA7IX3ALTw

listermint · 16-12-2017 09:35AM

I'm concerned about the socket at this point if you are difficulty drilling the hole. What cable and socket are you using what's it connected to internally? Is someone else doing the electrical work

lizzylad84 · 16-12-2017 04:18PM

listermint wrote: »

I'm concerned about the socket at this point if you are difficulty drilling the hole. What cable and socket are you using what's it connected to internally? Is someone else doing the electrical work

It's a double socket that's housed in water proof and frost proof box with 2 meter cable that's plugged in to inside socket