Drill concrete stakes.

Wearb

Can concrete fence stakes be drilled and a red wall plug inserted?
I could use existing holes, but not near as useful as drilling would be.

Shamboo1801

Wearb wrote:

Can concrete fence stakes be drilled and a red wall plug inserted? I could use existing holes, but not near as useful as drilling would be.

I have mine done. Have 3ft channels fixed into them to give me extra height for a clothes line.

Calahonda52

I assume there is rebar in them so just avoid that.

Wearb

Calahonda52 wrote: »

I assume there is rebar in them so just avoid that.

Any tips on how to avoid them?

mickdw

Get an sds drill and you will drill them no bother.
Id use an 8mm bit with brown plug.
Try drilling centre of post. If you hit steel there, offset from
Centre line and you should be clear. Id say you be ok drilling centre though.

colm_mcm

Wearb wrote: »

Any tips on how to avoid them?

Could be anywhere in them, no big deal if you hit it, you just won’t be able to go any further, just go again.

Shamboo1801

Wearb wrote:

Any tips on how to avoid them?

I have mine drilled dead centre and avoided the rebar. Luck, or not, I couldn't tell ya!

mickdw

mickdw wrote: »

Get an sds drill and you will drill them no bother.
Id use an 8mm bit with brown plug.
Try drilling centre of post. If you hit steel there, offset from
Centre line and you should be clear. Id say you be ok drilling centre though.

Why choose 8mm over 6mm without knowing the application ?

mickdw

Mostly because the 8mm brown plug will take a big range of screws and should work from the very light application to somewhat heavier work. Plus if i had to buy 1 bit, it would be an 8mm because it will have more common uses across different fixings.

rje66

Shamboo1801 wrote: »

I have mine drilled dead centre and avoided the rebar. Luck, or not, I couldn't tell ya!

This is the way to go...

Wearb

Got it done. Drilled 2 holes in the centre, 500mm apart vertically. I think I might have gone in beside a bar on the bottom one, but managed to get a plug in there too.
Thanks for all the advice.