Drilling Through Berber Carpet

Tip for drilling through carpet drilling through carpeted floors and the padding underneath can present a few challenges.

Drilling through berber carpet.

Shell busey shows you how to screw through carpeted floor. The carpet fibers could unravel and wrap around the drill bit potentially damaging the carpet and stalling the drill. Drilling through carpet commonly called an nrp hinge for non removable pin. If you have pile carpet its not so bad to drill.

The perfect helper for installing drop cable the 4375 carpet cutter and drill guide bores a clean hole in a carpet and serves as a drill bit guide to preven. They re very common in commercial work especially for exterior applications or for areas where you dont want the doors easily taken off of the hinges. If it is berber like commercial carpet it is best not to drill because it will pull strands out across the entire room in seconds and thus destroying your carpet. The drill guide also protects against the drill bit snagging loose carpet fibers when drilling through the floor.

I would suggest you cut out the carpet with a utility knife first in either case or punch out a hole with a hammer and punch.