Drilling into stone wall for a wood baton..

[ray316]

My house walls are a nightmare, l need to put up a wooden baton so l can attach a curtain pole to it but the walls are concrete stones.
l've tried masonry drill bits but they do not drill straight and go blunt leaving a bigger hole.
Masonry nails just bend and glue is no good for the weight needed to hang curtains from the wood pole.
So any ideas what l could do or of any drill bit/ nails that will do the job...

 

[imamartian]

i'm a DIYer.. but concrete can easily be drilled accurately..might be worth spending some money on decent drill bits rather than budget rubbish though...

 

[merlin50]

you need an SDS drill, hammer drils will not touch stone

 

[JohnD]

I wonder if you mean stone, or concrete, or blocks? There will usually be a reinforced concrete or steel lintel above a window, typically 7 inches high. This is always difficult to drill into. Consider going higher.

if you do manage do make a hole, doesn't matter if it is too wide, provided it is deep enough.

clean out the dust and loose material, put the nozzle of a no-more-nails or similar adhesive tube or gun deep into the hole (so it fills from the back with no air pocket), withdraw the nozzle as you fill. Press a Plasplug into the soft adhesive, deep and straight. use a screw a few turns into the plug as a handle. Press it slightly below the level of the plaster, smooth it off with a wet finger, and leave overnight to set.

the next day, you can screw into it and the plug will not loosen, turn or fall out.

this is the best new DIY tip I have learned in 20 years.

 

[Alarm]

Or just use a SDS as mentioned and chemfix.