Much appreciated. I’m a trucker and currently on the road but I shared this video to my wife who is installing 2 ring doorbells at her mothers house this weekend. I know without a doubt she can do it with this video as a guide .
Like several people said, you'll need to use a hammer drill. I tried it without the hammer drill setting and the drill just doesn't go deep into the brick. I did some digging and found out that I need to drill with the hammer setting on. That's seems to be a big omission from the tutorial. However, I do appreciate the video!
Thanks for this quick and to the point video. 1/4 drill bit looks kind of big though. I don’t have experience with drilling but looks like the anchors were in tight
Thanks for the video. Unfortunately, this is a lot easier if you already have an existing doorbell on brick. My situation is my existing doorbell is on the narrow wood door frame and I need to feed the doorbell wires through the brick and mount outside on the brick somehow.
@@robertlofton3113 I ended up buying a cheap hammer drill and some bits and drilling into the side of the brick a few inches where the doorbell was and then a few inches from the front, so it created a 90 degree channel in the brick. I then ran the existing wire through that hole (I might have had to extend it with some extra doorbell wire) and then mounted the doorbell on the outside on my new hole. Works well, only downside is it exposes the wire so someone could tamper with it but I think there could be ways to hide it or protect it better
My wife just got one of these... I used a bit from harbor freight and I was afraid that It was going to catch the insulation on fire from the back side. Thanks for the vid!
I'm a 66 year old woman but I'm no stranger to various home repairs. I got a 1/4" masonry drill bit and I'm using my 20V DeWalt drill but I'm having a heck of a time drilling into the brick on my 20 year old home. Low speed seems to work best and my torque setting is at 15. I'm putting all of my weight behind it but after maybe 10 minutes of drilling the first hole is maybe 1/2" deep. I'll see if I can get my hands on a hammer drill.
I tried using a 1/4 masonry drill bit on brick but the hole was too big; the anchor easily came out. I am practicing on one loose brick I found in my yard. More research is needed to accurately select the right drill bit for the type of brick on my home.
Well I gave it my best shot and used the right masonry bit to do the holes tapped in the four white wall plugs but that’s where it starts to go wrong. I’ve tried every which way to screw the plate on using the four screws. They won’t even go into the plugs a tiny bit it’s like the plugs are too small or the screws are too big. Please advise thanks
Thanks for the video. I was looking at buying a ring, but my doorbell is on a brick wall facing the other brick wall. Would that work? I don’t see how I would get a good view of anything other than the other wall? Any ideas?
My issue is my existing doorbell is wedged between the brick and the storm door so a ring could fit there but half of the camera will be blocked by the brick or side of the house. So not sure best way to move doorbell about 6 inches to the left onto the brick?
Doorbells are low-voltage, so you don't really have to turn it off, BUT if something goes wrong, then you could end up shorting the doorbell transformer. When in doubt, turn it off. Better safe than sorry.
The transformer has been installed and the multimeter measures 18V but it doesn't work when plugged into the machine? Do I have to insert the battery? Thanks
What happens if you want to hardwire your ring doorbell but there are no wires there coming out of the brick but you do have a wire with an adapter at the end of it how would you drill through the brick that way?
Why is taking me forever to drill the holes into my brick wall? It took five mins and I’m hardly a mm in. I’ve given up. I’m using a masonry drill but on hammer mode.
If you follow the formal instructions with the doorbell, it will tell you to shut the breaker that powers that circuit. However with that said, the voltage at the doorbell should be very low, like 17 volts - so it's not like sticking your finger into a light socket.
Like Jim said, the voltage is low. Technically you are supposed to turn it off, but as long as you aint stickign the wires in your mouth you will be oK.
15/64 drill bit is very close to 1/4 ... 1/4 = 2/8 = 4/16 = 8/32 = 16/64 ... so the 15/64 bit is only 1/64's away from 1/4 it's a very fine difference so I don't think that'll make too much of a difference.
Then what happens when a guy with a laptop and a cord comes and shuts down the doorbell to have his friends come rob u with no evidence later that week
Any drill should work as long as your applying light pressure and letting the drill bit do the work at least on block/brick walls. For full poured concrete walls I'd suggest a hammer drill.
