Drilling Into Carpet

Then drill inside the tubing the surface below.

Drilling into carpet.

When mounting something to the floor and having to mount through carpet a carpet punch is a must. I ve also done it without the tube stub just using the needle nose to spred the carpet but it become a three handed task. First if drilling into concrete be sure to use a masonry bit. Having a carpet punch can help in many ways.

They re very common in commercial work especially for exterior applications or for areas where you dont want the doors easily taken off of the hinges. To drill a hole through floorboards requires lifting the carpet right. Put a piece of rubber hose on the sharp end. The perfect helper for installing drop cable the 4375 carpet cutter and drill guide bores a clean hole in a carpet and serves as a drill bit guide to preven.

The carpet cutter drillbit attachment slices through those melty snaggling manmade fibers like so much mdf and is. This holds the carpet back. The carpet fibers could unravel and wrap around the drill bit potentially damaging the carpet and stalling the drill. Drilling through carpet commonly called an nrp hinge for non removable pin.

Get a drill bit the size of the hole you want. Place it on the carpet and melt on through. Use a propane torch to heat the butt end just barely red hot. Insert the drill bit into the hole to remove the carpet plug and then reposition the tool in the carpeting hole and drill through the floor.

You won t find the 4375 carpet cutter and drill guide via your normal tool buying channels but a few specialty tool places such as bt e utility products sell the 4375 online for about 32.