I would suggest you cut out the carpet with a utility knife first in either case or punch out a hole with a hammer and punch.
Drilling through berber carpet.
Shell busey shows you how to screw through carpeted floor.
Drilling through carpet commonly called an nrp hinge for non removable pin.
The drill guide also protects against the drill bit snagging loose carpet fibers when drilling through the floor.
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.
Tip for drilling through carpet drilling through carpeted floors and the padding underneath can present a few challenges.
If you have pile carpet its not so bad to drill.
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.
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The guide can accept bits up to 7 16 in diameter and an included safety cap protects the cutter blade when not in use.