Chasing walls.....weapon of choice.

[Scott Jacob]

Whats your preferred method and therefore tool of choice for chasing all types of hard walks (brick, block, stone etc)?

Is it the grinder and hammer drill method (if so do you use a purpose demo hammer drill or a standard SDS rotary with hammer function). battery or corded grinder?

Is it a wall chaser and hammer drill or demo drill.

Is it good old hammer and chisel.

Or any other methods?

 

[123]

A twinblade grinder with a good vacuum attached isn't dusty, chipping out the track with a decent sds drill set on roto stop makes more dust.

 

[123]

The old method are the best Mate, all this carp with chasing machines could have finished the bloody job before you have got you chasing machine and vacuum cleaner out of its nice new box. What person on their right mind will want all that crap in their living room, when a bit of care and consideration, and a lump hammer and bolster will do the job far better than some costly machine that makes more dust than a hurricane.

Total nonsense.

 

[Sparkie30]

Hilti wall chaser set to 40mm wide + hilti dust extractor = nicely done

 

[123]

If it's a small track, I'd just use the 18v SDS Drill. For anything else it's the twin blade grinder, vacuum and a 3kg SDS drill on roto stop.

If it's a new build or total refurb I sub it out to specialised tracking firms who use twin blade grinders, vacuum and an SDS drill or similar on roto stop.

Bear in mind we are sinking in 20mm conduit over here as well.

 

[FatAlan]

How about installing a socket in an internal exposed stone wall the surface of which had to stay intact for decorative purposes? You can’t come in from outside / and or behind?

 

[123]

How about installing a socket in an internal exposed stone wall the surface of which had to stay intact for decorative purposes? You can’t come in from outside / and or behind?

Bare MI Cable ran surface.

 

[FatAlan]

No surface run cables either. The only option I can come up with is to try and route cable up from floor a short distance in mortar gaps between stones.

 

['mr2'gd4u]

No surface run cables either. The only option I can come up with is to try and route cable up from floor a short distance in mortar gaps between stones.

Put the socket elsewhere...

 

[westward10]

I think his name is John however it is hard to tell as he is always covered in brick dust.

 

[FatAlan]

Put the socket elsewhere...

Yes, but that’s the sensible and easy option

 

['mr2'gd4u]

Yes, but that’s the sensible and easy option

Lmao

 

['mr2'gd4u]

There was an experiment I read about several (10?) years ago about project solar generated electricity from space to a receiver on earth, could this be employed on said stone wall??

 

[Leesparkykent]

I think using a twin disk wall chaser and roto stop SDS is at least 4 x quicker than using a lump hammer and bolster.

 

[SparkySy]

I have a twin disk saw too and sds, with a good extractor no more dust than hammer and bolster or scutch. I use all methods tbh, if it's long chases I will use the twin saw for small chases in plaster a multi cutter with a hoover is very effective especially when the plaster is weak and won't take an sds! I do favour stitch drilling a hammer and scutch for tidy additional boxes in existing decorated places though!

 

[telectrix]

29 posts on wall bashing and nobody's mentioned using the most useful tool of all..
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An Apprentice/