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Drill a Pilot Hole in the Plug

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But HOW will you ever get to that screw again?!

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What happens here

With the 1/8-inch drill bit loaded into the cordless drill, carefully drill a pilot hole directly into the center of the deck plug. The goal is to drill just deep enough to create a starting point for the extraction screw, without drilling into the underlying deck screw or through the deck board.

Goal: Create a central pilot hole in the deck plug for extraction.

Tools and materials

  • 1/8-inch Drill Bit — To create the pilot hole
  • Cordless Drill Bosch — To drill the pilot hole
  • Composite Deck Plug — The item being drilled

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Oh, crap. It's the wrong color. We get that question a lot. What happens if you need to take out a plug or you need to take out a screw? I'm going to show you the best way to do it. We've got an eighth-inch drill bit. We're going to drill right into it. What really works best to get it out now is a coarse threaded screw like this as opposed to your plug screw, which I see most people using. If you just need to get out one, this is

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