SDS hammer drill/chisel
John K Jordan
>>>John, I think I am late, but I have a new Bosch SDS drill I will loan you to drill holes in the concrete. It will drill those holes like "butta". I will mail it to you and you can mail it back when you are finished. Or you can keep it and make a $125 donation to WoodCentral.
Or you can check with a local Home Depot if there are any. Some of them rent tools.
I didn't even think of it until I read this, but if the Lucas estate can use an SDS drill I have one I'll donate. I've had and used one for decades but I now have a second one from when a friend passed away. 1" holes, small holes, chisels for cutting channels - these things are so handy when working with concrete. I once cut about 4' of channel in concrete wide and deep enough to run a drain from a basement shower - not too fast but not much effort! I've never even used the spare and I certainly don't need two.
But for fastening PT plates to a concrete slab for walls I use a nail gun, like this:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ramset-HammerShot-0-22-Caliber-Single-Shot-Tool-00022/100091715
Load a special nail and a 22-sized power cartridge and smack the back end with a hammer and the cartridge powers the hardened nail through the wood and into the concrete. I put a little construction adhesive down first but I don't think it's needed.
JKJ