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I did this a couple of days ago, hired a SDS drill and bought a 16mm bit, it sook 20-30 seconds per hole for the 90mm depth, make sure you are not set to hammer only!?
was fine until i hit a metal bar and the bit gripped at an angle on the metal and jammed, put it to hammer only and yanked hard and got it free eventually.
oh and it seems that garage defenders do actually work...
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I drilled 60mm deep,20mm diameter holes a couple of times, recently, to secure scaffold loops to provide secure bike locking points.
I used my own Bosch sds drill. It is notionally rated to 24mm into concrete, but I used a series of sds bits so as not to stress the mains electric motor: 6mm, 8mm, 12mm, 16mm, then 20mm.
Someone can do the maths, but this splits the volume to be removed (not equally), across the 5 drill bits.
Using this stepped approach, the drill bits almost pulled themselves into the hole, and there was easy and quick debris removal.The concentration of the impact with a smaller diameter sds drill bit will sometimes penetrate a piece of aggregate in concrete whereas your 16mm drill bit could be ineffectively spinning on the aggregate surface.
How long should it take to drill a 10cm deep hole in concrete, with a 16mm SDS Plus drill bit? The drill has 850 watts of power, plugged into usual 220v three pin socket. Doesn't feel like it's making much progress