Which drill bit to use?
Hi If you want to drill into plaster in the kitchen to hang a cupboard the first job is to find out what is behind the plaster so tap on the wall in various places and see if it is hollow. If it is hollow it will be a wood frame with plasterboard nailed onto it so you can either drill it with an ordinary drill used for metal or use a drill specially designed for wood, the wood drill makes a cleaner cut hole. If the wall is solid use a masonry drill. The inner part of the outer walls of a house are usually brick or block with a coating of solid plaster or with plasterboard stuck on them (the latter being called dry lining) and the walls inside the house are usually a wood frame with plasterboard nailed on unless they are a load bearing wall then they are block or brick. If it is a hollow wall you will have to use special plugs which are ready available and you have to be careful how much weight you hang on them, best to locate the sections of wood frame behind the plaster and screw the
