I hope this information is helpful to you. Designed to drill into harder materials, including stone & concrete. If you do use the new mounting bracket without screws, and are concerned about it getting stolen, remember that Ring will replace it with an accomanying police report. If the whole idea about drilling through brick and purchasing a Hammer Drill isn’t something you want to deal with, Ring now offers a new Doorbell “No Drill Mounting” bracket (although you didn’t mention which model doorbell you have, and this is for the Video Doorbell 3 and Doorbell 3 “Plus”): If you don’t have a friend that already own’s a 'Hammer Drill’ for you to borrow, you’ll find prices on Hammer drills can cost anywhere from around $30 up to hundreds of dollars! Since you are only going to make 4 holes on this mounting project (maybe 5 holes if you decide to route the wires through the brick for a more “professional look”) go with the cheapest Hammer drill you can find. To avoid drilling too close to the edge, use a ¾-inch spade bit. This leaves about 1 inch of space in the dead center of a 2×4. They cannot be within 1 ¼-inch from either edge of the stud. Flex Bit Auger helps drilling holes through wood within a wall. Note that the holes through which electricians run wires have a specific location requirement. Holes into hard brick or concrete now can only take minutes! Pay 29.99 after 25 OFF your total qualifying purchase upon opening a new card. After you start drilling into your brick, and you realize your brick is the “extremely hard” type, you may find 4 holes will take many hours! This is when I recommend you borrow, rent, or go out and buy a corded ' Hammer Drill.' A Hammer drill not only spins, but does a rapid hammering-type motion, enabling the Masonry drill bit to ‘pulverize’ as it spins. Using a spinning drill that is battery-powered isn’t gonna last long enough to do 4 holes into brick. If you elect to use an ordinary drill, that just ‘spins’, for sure I would use a corded, plug-in drill. But you may encounter really dense, “extremely hard” bricks too.

Drilling holes in soft material, such as wood, drilling should be unnecessary and you should just use the screws without drilling or mounting anchors.īut if you have to drill mounting holes into brick, you might discover that “not all Bricks are alike.” With some “softer” bricks, this drill bit can handle it fairly well.

It will work both on wood, stucco & cement, brick, and many other materials. It isn’t the best nor toughest Masonry drill bit, but it is adequate for 4 mounting holes. The supplied drill bit from Ring that came with your Doorbell is a 4' long and 15/64' wide Masonry Drill bit to match the Ring supplied Mounting anchors and Mounting screws. I’m facing the same issue described above and need to order a drill bit of the correct size.Ĭould someone from Ring please confirm the size, rather than telling us to compare it to the supplied bit (not very helpful for online shopping).

Long drill bits for exterior walls