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Home DIY - Drilling basics

If you are not doing DIY that often, drilling might not be a natural nor easy task. I found a good read and reference by Eugene Brennan while learning to drill on my own. Drilling is just taking a drill, fit that long screw like thing called "bit" and turn the power on. Put a bit of force while the bit turns slow or fast and you have a hole. Not all bits are the same, and its best to use the proper bit type for specific surfaces. The drill itself have wire powered or cordless for low power or high power. General steps to drilling: Mark the drill spot with a pencil. Use a nail and with a hammer lightly hit the nail to make a dent at the drill spot. With the bit fitted into the drill, start with a slow drill until there is a hole. Remainder of the hole you could use a faster/hammer drill until the desired depth. Remove the drill from the hole. Here is a table on type of bits for different surfaces. Source from dengarden.com Example of drill bit types Hole ...

Setting up a fibreglass fish pond in the balcony PART 2

Once the wooden frames were ready, the tiles were put in place on each of the 2 frame sections. Its a matter of arranging and preference. Since the tiles were smaller than the total area, there were little gaps but that can be filled another time.

Setting up a fibreglass fish pond in the balcony PART 1

It was time to replace the pot used for the fishes. Bought a fibreglass tank, the overhead filter compartment, tiles, ceramic glue, wood, plywood and nails. List of items are at bottom of this page. The plan was to tile the 2 sides for a terracotta look. Here is how the work in progress looks like. List of items used Fibreglass tank,  overhead filter compartment,  tiles (4 x 8 inches), ceramic glue, wood, plywood, paint, paint brush of 2 inches wide, paint thinner (not turpentine, and the brand is Seamaster - Protective coating 3300-3397) nails (looks like 1 inch), small hammer, pliers (to handle problem nails) Note: The wood and plywood was cut by the hardware shop based on the list as in the photo above.