Drill recommendations for DIY around house

Bosch GSB 18-2-Li Plus, superb cordless drill,useful led light, well balanced, can't fault mine, batteries last ages,no trouble drilling with a 8mm bit, but around the home it would be usually 6.5mm or smaller bits.
Bought it, as it's lighter, more compact than my bigger Bosch combi.
Used with Bosch multipurpose bits, you have a perfct setup to tackle most jobs around the home.Cheaper at their competitors, there is a four piece set available.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-multipurpose-drill-bit-set-4pcs/95958

 

If renting, go bosch blue combi drill. Depending on rental costs, and for just shelves and hooks, perhaps look to purchase a green bosch combi drill, should be easily cheaper than £100 (I'd think), and it's there if you ever need it again.

 

Some of the better Bosch green cordless drills are already close to £70,(green mains cheaper) for another £30 your getting a pro drill with the option of a 3 year warrenty.

 

Is that the price of the one you recommended? £100? Had no idea, in that case I'd certainly go with your choice.

 

And going with Bosch blue, you add further tools like impact driver, as batteries will fit whole range.

And a linky, somehow I misplaced it earlier.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-gsb-18-2-li-plus-18v-4-0ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill/7434k

 

Well, you or I will, but Joe Soap won't need to as once the picture's on the wall, the drill lives in the garage for the next ten years!

 

Not always the case.

 

You could buy this and then rent it out for £10 a day, most of the corded drills on Fat Lama are 110V
http://www.screwfix.com/p/energer-enb465drh-4-8kg-sds-plus-rotary-hammer-drill-230-240v/63303

 

If budget is tight then I would just go with a corded sds drill with variable speed trigger.

 

Hi everyone, I'd like to hang a very heavy box shelve on my concrete wall to keep my tools and stuff. So it's already a heavy shelf n needs to hold heavy things. My budget is very limited (like £25). I'm looking to buy a second hand hammer drill. I saw a Silverline 265897 500W corded one for £18 and Apollo heavy duty 710W with 1/2" chuck (13mm) for £25 with drill bits. They're both hammer drills. (Is hammer drill right thing to get?) Other than the shelf I have lighter DIY jobs to do. Would I go wrong if I get any of the two? As I said my budget is very limited.
Also how wide and deep should I drill into concrete so that it holds the heavy shelf with stuff on it.
I'd appreciate your views n advices on these two issues.

 

Personally I wouldn't touch them.

Look at Bosch Multi Construction TCT drill bits, available singluar or in a set, will drill a wide range of material including masonry.

 

https://www.homebase.co.uk/bosch-500w-hammer-drill-plus-15-piece-accessory-kit_p405880

Comes with a warrenty 2 year + 1 year when registered on mybosch.

 

Sure it’s green, but at less than 30 quid?! You can’t knock that for the money. If it’s just for a homeowner to put up a few shelves then that looks like an ideal solution for the limited budget.

 

Double you budget & you have the blue Bosch GSB 13 RE available.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-Professional-Corded-Impact-Drill/dp/B004Z0T4TO

 

If your walls are actually concrete as you say you might struggle with a percussion drill (a screamer)
You would be better trying to borrow or hire an SDS drill for drilling the concrete.

 

Bosch PBH 2100 RE green Bosch sds drill @ £50.

https://www.homebase.co.uk/bosch-pbh-2100-re-rotary-hammer-drill-with-6-piece-sds-set_p405876

 

I’m sure most of us would reach for the sds, but this was a chap who just needed half a dozen holes and didn’t have much to spend.

In the olden days we did make holes in concrete blocks with hammer drills, so it must be possible, mustn’t it? Tbh I can’t really remember, sds is so effective at this job I can’t remember the pain of not using one.

Borrowing an sds is probably the best solution. Especially as someone with kit will also have a few spare plugs and screws with decent heads too. If the poster doesn’t know anybody with an sds drill to lend them, or have a friend that can do it for them, then it probably says something about our society. Not sure what though.

Give it ten minutes and we’ll have a desperate software entrepreneur on the forum offering to build FindFriendsWithSds.com (with a small subscription fee).

 

I've managed perfectly well with a corded hammer drill for every hole I've ever drilled in concrete, stone, brick, tile. Nowt wrong with a common or garden hammer drill. My only SDS is a heavy Titan 6kg, and while it eats anything shown to it, I don't use it for drilling holes for plugs!

+1 for Kiab's recommendation - all you need.

or even just a basic hammer drill (not SDS)

https://www.homebase.co.uk/bosch-500w-hammer-drill-plus-15-piece-accessory-kit_p405880