If you live in a rental and aren t permitted to drill into your doors or don t want to create a permanent fixture you can hang your curtains without drilling into the door.
Can you drill holes in fiberglass doors.
The problem with drilling through fiberglass is that the drill bit has a tendency to chip the edges of the hole.
If you want to keep people from seeing in the glass part of your door you can buy products to put over the glass.
Use the lowest speed possible to start the bit.
Drill halfway into the door from one side using the pilot hole you drilled earlier as a.
Although fiberglass can easily chip standard drill bits meant for wood can be used to drill the holes.
Patching compound and materials used to fill holes in wood doors do not work for fiberglass doors.
Slowly begin to drill a hole through the surface of the fiberglass.
Once you make the holes and it doesn t work it will be difficult if not impossible to fill them in on a hollow door.
Then insert the lens into the hole from the exterior side of the door.
The holes are unattractive and can become a gateway for insects and moisture.
This is because fiberglass has a gel coated surface and the edges of a drill bit tend to get underneath this surface and then chip it off.
Fiberglass is harder and stronger than wood but can just as easily be drilled into using wood drill bits.
You can decorate fiberglass doors with blinds or other accessories that require screw holes for mounting.
The fiberglass will dull drill bits out fast and generally require pilot holes when drilling holes any bigger than 1 8 inch.
If the barrel fits the hole too tightly to rotate remove it from the hole.
Hanging curtains over a door s windows creates privacy and filters out light.
Drilling fiberglass can be a time consuming procedure if you wish to drill a perfect hole.
Insert the barrel into the hole from the interior side and hand thread the viewer together.
As it begins to dig into the fiberglass increase the rotational speed.
Put the drill bit back into the hole and run it for a few seconds to clean it up and enlarge it very slightly.
Drilling holes in any hollow door is never a good idea.