About us
Diamond drilling, techniques and quality approach

Castle and Pryor Ltd is a diamond drilling, sawing, diamond cutting, controlled destruction, and floor preparation company based in Farnborough, Hampshire but working throughout the UK on individual projects.
Diamond Drilling
- Non Percussive
- Cuts reinforced concrete
- Diameters 6mm - 1500mm
- Low noise/no vibration
Diamond drilling/diamond cutting is a precise, quite, non-percussive way of forming holes and openings. The result is free bursting or spoiling and requires little or no reinstatement work. Water and dust control attachments can be used when a clean environment to be maintained.
Cutting Techniques used
There are two main types of diamond drilling used:
- Wet drilling
- Dry drilling
both techniques providing precise holes through all types of base materials such as mass concrete, reinforced concrete brick masonry and blockwork. Our drilling size ranges from 6mm diameter for small anchor bolts and dowe bars to 1.200mm diameter pipes. Should you require holes beyond 2.0m depth/length then consider mining barrel.
Quality approach
Our project team and admin controls are based on the ISO 9001-2000 procedures and investors in people scheme.
The workforce is
- CITB accredited
- CSCS trained
- NVQ (Blue Card)
that meets the current main contractors group scheme to have a safer and professional environment to work in; we have implemented formal environmental and health and safety policies. We pride ourselves as a thinking company, always looking at ways of improving what we do. With that in mind we have some of the best specialist equipment the industry can offer.
All maintained without our workshops, the vehicle fleet and equipment is tested and documented to the ISO 9001-2000 standard, ensuring quality reliability to our customers. (diamond wire) (diamond cutting)
