Bungarooshe walls. Any ideas.

[Dover]

Putting up shelves and my walls are bungarooshe. I have hit some stuff I cannot drill though, or it's like butter. Is this normal?

 

[Ned]

Yes Depending upon the age of the property, the condition of the wall/plaster work and whether you are drilling into plaster Brickwork or Masonary.

If it's any help I have a drill that should go into the hard stuff
PM me and I'll arrange to come and do the drilling for you

 

[CHAPPERS]

Yes Depending upon the age of the property, the condition of the wall/plaster work and whether you are drilling into plaster Brickwork or Masonary.

If it's any help I have a drill that should go into the hard stuff
PM me and I'll arrange to come and do the drilling for you

Listen to this guy, he has experience dating back to pre historic times...

 

[Dover]

Ned I've done it. Just wonder if I could have done any damage. But the sheves are up and solid. Painting them now.

Chapmans. If it's Victorain, and in Brighton, and you live in it, you may well have the same problem.

 

[CHAPPERS]

My shop doorway is structurally sound thankyou bery much.

 

[Dover]

What shop is that? i know you probably told me, but I was very drunk at the time.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Tie Rack

 

[Dover]

Never wore one. At least for 10 years. Not even at interview.

 

[Ned]

Glad to hear you were successful mate.
If you'd done any damage mate you'd have found out pretty soon after. Either the wall would have started spouting water; you had have given yourself a good belt from the power cables or lumps of plaster would have fallen off.

As for Chappers I might be getting on a bit but pre war is about as far as I go

 

[zefarelly]

bungaroosh is a mix of flint, chalky plaster, broken brick, even bottle Ive found in them, anything to fill up the volume, if you hit a very hard spot (PROBABLY FLINT) stop, use a very small 3-4mm new sharp hard drill, make a pilot hole in the flint, then open it out with a proper sized drill . . . .if you go at it with a large drill it will either 'walk' sideways and leave a massive patch of missing plaster, possibbly weakening the wall, or it'll just melt the drill bit.

I decided a floor mounted set of shelves was better for my old house . . . .the wall was 5' thick, but I couldnt get a drill in further than 5mm !!!

 

[Dover]

Cheers all. Did what you said this morning zefarelly, and yes yhe drill move sideways.

Ned, no water or electric probs. Cheers one and all.