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18th November 2023, 07:38 PM #46
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I just did a reinstall of a jarrah skirting board on a (fixed) rising damp brick wall.
I can confirm that 75 x 3.75mm bullet head galvanized nails work perfectly with the spaghetti in the 5.5mm masonry hole.
I used a Bunnings Full Boar 5.5 x 160 4 cut SDS drill bit using just an ordinary hammer drill. This was because the traditional 5.5mm bits were too short to cut a hole for a 75mm nail. The SDS bit base fits easily into domestic grade hammer drills.
The instructions to insert the spaghetti full depth then cut slightly shorter are spot on. Not mentioned was blowing out the hole. I found it wasn't necessary to blow it out. The spaghetti seems more tolerant of dust than rawlplugs
The only variation I did was predrill the skirting board with a 5.5mm HSS bit as the masonry bit made a mess and smoke on the jarrah.
For punching I used a 5.5mm pin driver but it was unsatisfactory as it slid all over the place. I couldn't find anything at Bunnings that would be better though
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18th November 2023, 10:51 PM #47
If I ever do skirtings again I might try these. The head size is amazingly small compared to other screws. Probably more expensive.
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