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I've now registered on byggahus just so no one else has to make the same mistake...
I was supposed to drill four holes in white ceramic tiles in the bathroom. I know nothing. As usual, I surfed around like crazy to figure out how to do it. It turns out everyone has different opinions, but it doesn't seem too difficult. I head to Hornbach and say I need to drill into my tiles. They ask if it's tile or klinker. I say: No idea, they're white, glazed, from Italy. How do you know if it's tile or klinker? They answer: You don't know. I go home. Surf a little more. Still no wiser. Go back. Say: I want to drill into klinker. Was recommended a drill bit, Alperi, Profi Multicut for about seventy kronor. Okay, fine. Go home, drill, drill, drill, sweat, cramp, drill. Two holes in the seams take a few minutes. One hole in the middle of a tile takes about an hour. Not counting breaks to catch my breath. Start on the last hole in the middle of a tile. Takes half an hour just to break through the glazing. Suspect the drill bit is worn out. Head to Hornbach. Buy a new drill bit. Go home. Kneeling and trying to press down on the drill with my thigh, thirty centimeters off the floor. Holding the drill with one hand and a bottle of water with the other to continuously cool the bit. Maybe half an hour of effective drilling later, plus breaks to stop panting and drink water to compensate for all the sweating, I've made maybe three millimeters into the tile. This tile seems even harder than the others. Give up. Go to Hornbach. Look among the drill bits. Find a diamond drill bit, ask if it's good for klinker. They say yes. Okay, a Wolfcraft diamond drill bit, a hollow cylinder with diamonds along the edge plus a holder with suction cups to center the bit since it doesn't have a point to hold it in place. Just over two hundred kronor. Go home. Attach the holder with suction, insert the drill bit. Drill. Takes thirty seconds to drill the last hole... Buuuhuuuu. With that, I would have drilled all four holes in maybe five to ten minutes. Now it took practically a day, with all the driving, drilling, sweating, and panting... Well, if you're stupid or ignorant, you have to suffer.
Bottom line. If you're drilling into hard klinker? Diamond drill bit. Period. If you're drilling into tiles, which in terms of hardness are probably like wood compared to hard klinker, maybe something else will do. Italian klinker? Diamond drill bit.
I've now registered on byggahus just so no one else has to make the same mistake...
I was supposed to drill four holes in white ceramic tiles in the bathroom. I know nothing. As usual, I surfed around like crazy to figure out how to do it. It turns out everyone has different opinions, but it doesn't seem too difficult. I head to Hornbach and say I need to drill into my tiles. They ask if it's tile or klinker. I say: No idea, they're white, glazed, from Italy. How do you know if it's tile or klinker? They answer: You don't know. I go home. Surf a little more. Still no wiser. Go back. Say: I want to drill into klinker. Was recommended a drill bit, Alperi, Profi Multicut for about seventy kronor. Okay, fine. Go home, drill, drill, drill, sweat, cramp, drill. Two holes in the seams take a few minutes. One hole in the middle of a tile takes about an hour. Not counting breaks to catch my breath. Start on the last hole in the middle of a tile. Takes half an hour just to break through the glazing. Suspect the drill bit is worn out. Head to Hornbach. Buy a new drill bit. Go home. Kneeling and trying to press down on the drill with my thigh, thirty centimeters off the floor. Holding the drill with one hand and a bottle of water with the other to continuously cool the bit. Maybe half an hour of effective drilling later, plus breaks to stop panting and drink water to compensate for all the sweating, I've made maybe three millimeters into the tile. This tile seems even harder than the others. Give up. Go to Hornbach. Look among the drill bits. Find a diamond drill bit, ask if it's good for klinker. They say yes. Okay, a Wolfcraft diamond drill bit, a hollow cylinder with diamonds along the edge plus a holder with suction cups to center the bit since it doesn't have a point to hold it in place. Just over two hundred kronor. Go home. Attach the holder with suction, insert the drill bit. Drill. Takes thirty seconds to drill the last hole... Buuuhuuuu. With that, I would have drilled all four holes in maybe five to ten minutes. Now it took practically a day, with all the driving, drilling, sweating, and panting... Well, if you're stupid or ignorant, you have to suffer.
Bottom line. If you're drilling into hard klinker? Diamond drill bit. Period. If you're drilling into tiles, which in terms of hardness are probably like wood compared to hard klinker, maybe something else will do. Italian klinker? Diamond drill bit.
Welcome to byggahus. I'll remember this.