>Any suggestions as to the best way to drill the
>required mounting hole in the granite worktop? Required diameter is about
>20mm.
I'm
moving to a new house soon which has a shiny black granite worktop. I
like
the nice chlorine-free water which comes from one of those filtered
drinking
water taps. Any suggestions as to the best way to drill the
required mounting
hole in the granite worktop? Required diameter is about
20mm.
I reckon a diamond core drill at a fairly low speed is the safest option.
--
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Microsoft - because god hates us
Date:Tue, 17 May 2005 16:45:47 +0100 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
On Tue, 17 May 2005 16:45:47
+0100, Alistair Riddell
wrote:
>Any suggestions as to the best way to drill the
>required mounting
hole in the granite worktop? Required diameter is about
>20mm.
The best way to drill granite is with a diamond core cutting kit.
Try looking at 365drills.com for a suitable kit
Granite's not that
difficult to drill. You main problem is chipping on
the face, if you start
banging away at it with an impact drill. Much
will depend on the tap fitting
and the size of the collar around it.
A core drill
should do it easily. You could also do it with a skinny
(5mm) SDS and chain
drill in a ring. Then a bit of diagonal drilling to
break the central core
out.
A carbide "tile file" will tidy up any rough edges.
--
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which is why they rarely post to Usenet.
Date:Tue, 17 May 2005 17:16:17 +0100 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
Put some plasticine around the
area, about 6" diameter, to form a dam and
put in some coolant or cutting
fluid. we used to cut granite surface tables
and this usually helped to lubricate
the bit and keep it cool.
WM
"Andy
Dingley" wrote in message
news:h06k81d3b1ls6ol7nic73qd97ne0l5e5td@4ax.com...
>
On Tue, 17 May 2005 16:45:47 +0100, Alistair Riddell
> wrote:
>
>>Any suggestions as to the best way to drill the
>>required mounting
hole in the granite worktop? Required diameter is about
>>20mm.
>
> Granite's not that difficult to drill. You main problem is chipping
on
> the face, if you start banging away at it with an impact drill. Much
> will depend on the tap fitting and the size of the collar around it.
>
> A core drill should do it easily. You could also do it with a skinny
> (5mm) SDS and chain drill in a ring. Then a bit of diagonal drilling to
> break the central core out.
>
> A carbide "tile file"
will tidy up any rough edges.
>
> --
> Cats have nine lives,
which is why they rarely post to Usenet.
Date:Wed, 18 May 2005 08:28:58 +0100 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
To avoid drilling the hole, do
without the filtered water - simply fill
a jug with water from the cold tap,
and let it stand (and chill) in the
fridge for an hour. The chlorine smell
dissipates completely and the
water then tastes as good as filtered.
I
live in London and even my fussy wife has no complaints about the
water after
I've done this.
Date:18 May 2005 03:44:51 -0700 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
In
article ,
sean.hodges@petro-canada.com writes
>To
avoid drilling the hole, do without the filtered water - simply fill
>a
jug with water from the cold tap, and let it stand (and chill) in the
>fridge
for an hour. The chlorine smell dissipates completely and the
>water then
tastes as good as filtered.
>I live in London and even my fussy wife has
no complaints about the
>water after I've done this.
>
That's
just cos your taste buds don't work as well on cold substances.
--
Tim
Mitchell
Date:Wed, 18 May 2005 14:12:34 +0100 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
Tim Mitchell wrote:
> In article ,
> sean.hodges@petro-canada.com
writes
>
>> To avoid drilling the hole, do without the filtered
water - simply fill
>> a jug with water from the cold tap, and let it
stand (and chill) in the
>> fridge for an hour. The chlorine smell dissipates
completely and the
>> water then tastes as good as filtered.
>>
I live in London and even my fussy wife has no complaints about the
>>
water after I've done this.
>>
> That's just cos your taste buds
don't work as well on cold substances.
I
do a similar thing. I let the water sit in a glass, but at room temp.
and
it tastes great once the chemicals have evaporated.
By the way, I live in
Lancashire, so no chalk in the water here.
Dave
Date:Wed, 18 May 2005 18:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
In uk.d-i-y, Tim Mitchell wrote:
>In article ,
>sean.hodges@petro-canada.com
writes
>>To avoid drilling the hole, do without the filtered water -
simply fill
>>a jug with water from the cold tap, and let it stand (and
chill) in the
>>fridge for an hour. The chlorine smell dissipates completely
and the
>>water then tastes as good as filtered.
>>I live
in London and even my fussy wife has no complaints about the
>>water
after I've done this.
>>
>That's just cos your taste buds don't
work as well on cold substances.
Quite possibly,
but if it works, where's the problem? I installed a
filtered water tap in
our new kitchen, but after a while we stopped
using it. We found it was simpler
and easier to keep a jug of ordinary
tap water in the fridge.
Perhaps
the OP would like to buy a used hole? One careful owner, never
been raced.
It's stainless steel, not granite, but I think it's the
right size.
--
Mike Barnes
Date:Wed, 18 May 2005 19:18:52 +0100 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
In
article <w+ycPzyMc4iCFwmY@g52lk5g23lkgk3lk345g.invalid>, Mike Barnes
writes
>In uk.d-i-y, Tim Mitchell wrote:
>>In article ,
>>sean.hodges@petro-canada.com writes
>>>To
avoid drilling the hole, do without the filtered water - simply fill
>>>a
jug with water from the cold tap, and let it stand (and chill) in the
>>>fridge
for an hour. The chlorine smell dissipates completely and the
>>>water
then tastes as good as filtered.
>>>I live in London and even my
fussy wife has no complaints about the
>>>water after I've done this.
>>>
>>That's just cos your taste buds don't work as well on
cold substances.
>
>Quite possibly, but if it works, where's the
problem? I installed a
>filtered water tap in our new kitchen, but after
a while we stopped
>using it. We found it was simpler and easier to keep
a jug of ordinary
>tap water in the fridge.
>
No
problem at all, unless you are worried about chemicals/impurities in
the
water. Personally I can't tell the difference between filtered and
non-filtered
tap water, or indeed between tap water and bottled "spring"
water.
--
Tim Mitchell
Date:Thu, 19 May 2005 10:49:35 +0100 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
On
Thu, 19 May 2005 10:49:35 +0100, Tim Mitchell
wrote:
>Personally I can't tell the difference between filtered and
>non-filtered
tap water,
My parents (Ormskirk, West Lancashire)
have pretty good water quality.
However they live only a few hundred yards
from the pumping station and
they had trouble with sand carry-over from the
filter beds. So they
fitted water filters, and went a little crazy for the
things. They now
have four filters; particulate and charcoal, and both a pair
for the
whole system and a separate pair for an additional drinking water
tap.
Despite them already having good taint-free
water (unlike the
chlorinated piss I get here in Bristol) I can _taste_ the
difference
between three taps: unfiltered, filtered, and double filterered.
Date:Thu, 19 May 2005 12:24:11 +0100 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
In article , Andy Dingley
writes
>On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:49:35 +0100,
Tim Mitchell
> wrote:
>
>>Personally I can't tell the
difference between filtered and
>>non-filtered tap water,
>
>My parents (Ormskirk, West Lancashire) have pretty good water quality.
>However they live only a few hundred yards from the pumping station and
>they had trouble with sand carry-over from the filter beds. So they
>fitted
water filters, and went a little crazy for the things. They now
>have four
filters; particulate and charcoal, and both a pair for the
>whole system
and a separate pair for an additional drinking water tap.
>
>Despite
them already having good taint-free water (unlike the
>chlorinated piss
I get here in Bristol) I can _taste_ the difference
>between three taps:
unfiltered, filtered, and double filterered.
>
I think I'm just a luddite when it comes to water
My
parents live in Bradford where the water is luvverly, and I now live
in Hull
where the water is very hard. The only difference I can notice
when drinking
it is that hot drinks like tea get a scum on the top.
--
Tim Mitchell
Date:Thu, 19 May 2005 12:32:20 +0100 Author:
Re: drilling granite worktop
On Thu, 19 May 2005 12:32:20
+0100, Tim Mitchell
wrote:
>I think
I'm just a luddite when it comes to water
You are. I was a student in Hull and can still remember the horrible
chewy
water.
Date:Thu, 19 May 2005 14:30:58 +0100 Author:
The best way to drill granite is with a diamond core cutting kit.
Try looking at 365drills.com for a suitable kit
