I have a house built on blasted rock from a nearby mountain.
The house foundation, basement walls, are also blasted rock with some type of mortar holding it together.
Tonight I was going to drill in the basement (indoors) but have three problems:
1) the mortar just crumbles so no plug holds (see image)
2) I don't have the equipment to drill into the blasted rock itself, i.e., hard natural stone.
3) sidenote: air is coming from the holes I drill. Why?
The house foundation, basement walls, are also blasted rock with some type of mortar holding it together.
Tonight I was going to drill in the basement (indoors) but have three problems:
1) the mortar just crumbles so no plug holds (see image)
2) I don't have the equipment to drill into the blasted rock itself, i.e., hard natural stone.
3) sidenote: air is coming from the holes I drill. Why?
Ordinary stone can be drilled excellently with a hammer drill.
A slightly better machine than a percussion drill which likely mostly just shakes and makes noise.
What the concrete that holds the stones together is made of is hard to know, as well as where the air from the holes comes from.
A slightly better machine than a percussion drill which likely mostly just shakes and makes noise.
What the concrete that holds the stones together is made of is hard to know, as well as where the air from the holes comes from.