Drilling Holes in Pavers | Do's and Don'ts

Today we are core drilling holes in pavers to install some safety cover anchors around this pool. We use a rotary hammer drill and a diamond core bit to be able to get these perfect holes.
We cover why we use a piece of wood with a hole drilled through it to help guide our core bit into the paver to get our grooves started before continuing all the way through the paver. We also talk about cleaning off the slurry from the paver so that it does not solidify on the surface of our pavement.
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[@canadaboy5005]

Great advice! I paid a water jet guy $300 to drill 1" holes into 16 pavers for a job with lighting 3 years ago. Glad it turned out well, wish I knew this back then

[@iamahardscaper]

Oh nice, was that expensive to have done?

[@canadaboy5005]

I think it was reasonable considering how badly I needed it done and that I live in the most expensive city in Canada

[@chrisschulte4713]

I’m drilling four holes into a paver to secure down a outside shower. I used a concrete drill bit. I first tried a smaller bit . After hammering to make it work the anchor became not useable, bent edge for bolt So then with new paver and anchor drilled slightly bigger hole than anchor, having watched your video . But with this, when I try to tighten, all it does is spin around still . So then I added epoxy to set hard but all it does is spin around still????

[@iamahardscaper]

You can put some duct tape around it or Hardscape adhesive that adheres to both metal and concrete and go that route

[@great6333]

Need a pull cover installed? U know anyone Arizona Phoenix area???

[@iamahardscaper]

no, unfortunately i do not

[@FixItFox-yk4ew]

nice great job thanks

[@iamahardscaper]

Thank you!

[@crystalclear9140]

Aren’t you supposed to use different anchors for pavers? The anchor you used are for poured concrete.

[@iamahardscaper]

Yes there are 9" anchors for pavers, but I am confident in these slabs. The smaller pavers around the pool are in a concrete collar for the most part anyways and adhered to it.

[@user-xx2sq7zl2q]

What is the brand name of the drill bit?

[@iamahardscaper]

I don’t know the brand of the specific drill bit, but the Amazon link is in the description

[@user-xx2sq7zl2q]

Thank you! Great Job!@@iamahardscaper

[@iamahardscaper]

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[@archery117]

The anchors require PIPE extensions!!! This is an unsafe and inadequate way to install anchors. Don’t do it!

[@iamahardscaper]

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