Drilling Into Carpet

When mounting something to the floor and having to mount through carpet a carpet punch is a must.

Drilling into carpet.

The carpet cutter drillbit attachment slices through those melty snaggling manmade fibers like so much mdf and is. This holds the carpet back. First if drilling into concrete be sure to use a masonry bit. Drilling through carpet commonly called an nrp hinge for non removable pin.

To drill a hole through floorboards requires lifting the carpet right. The carpet fibers could unravel and wrap around the drill bit potentially damaging the carpet and stalling the drill. Heat the bit with a candle or lighter so it cauterizes or melts the carpet fibers as it goes through them. Having a carpet punch can help in many ways.

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. Place it on the carpet and melt on through. I put a piece of masking tape on the carpet with the hole location marked and burn right through the tape.

What i do is cut a slit in the carpet then using needle nose pliers spred the opening and push a short piece of copper tubing through the slit. 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. 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. 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.

Get a drill bit the size of the hole you want.