u/kcornet

I'm trying to put a hose bib in and I need a 1 1/4" hole through brick. I have a hammer drill with a standard chuck, but apparently you can't get larger masonry bits that aren't made for SDS chucks.

Many years ago I drilled a hole through bedford stone with a star drill/chisel and a small sledge hammer. It was slow, but worked very well. Unfortunately, these seem to be a thing of the past.

So it looks like my options are:

1. Buy a SDS hammer drill (don't really want to do this as I very rarely need large holes in masonry).
2. Rent a setup from my local rental place - likely almost as expensive as buying.
3. Get an SDS bit and use an angle grinder to remove the SDS part.

Any suggestions?

I've seen some relative cheap diamond tipped hole saws meant for ceramic tile and counter tops. Will these work on brick?

EDIT: Thanks for all the input! I think I like the idea of drilling a bunch of smaller holes around the circumference of the hole I need ( I have a bunch of some small tapcon bits) and chiseling out the center. The hole will be covered by the faceplate of a Woodford frost-free bib, so no worries about a jagged edge.

I live in a subdivision just east of Avon Ave and south of 200N. I've noticed that there's lots of utility marking flags in my and surrounding neighborhoods, and today I see that there's pink spraypainted symbols on the curbs and an occasional fiber pull box sitting in people's yards. I also see lots of horizontally bored conduit going in along 200N and on Dan Jones.

I assume this is fiber internet going in, but I haven't been contacted by any company, and neither have any of my neighbors.

Anyone know who this is? Spectrum? AT&T?