Weight limits vary by product with the strongest picture hanging hooks supporting a maximum of eight pounds.
How to hang a picture on a cinder block wall.
Then use a level to position the picture to ensure it is straight all the way across.
The anchor used to hang heavy objects on a cinder block wall must grip the sides of the anchor s pilot hole tightly.
While most adhesive hooks are strong enough to keep your pictures on the wall you must buy a couple capable of holding about 8 pounds or 3 6kg of weight.
Position the picture on the wall and press it down for 30 seconds.
We of course can not drill a hole to use regular pictures hooks and i am not sure that the 3m command hooks will hold.
The adhesive hooks are an outstanding solution because they don t require we drill holes in the wall.
Devices called brick clips or brick hangers allow people to hang pictures mirrors and other objects on walls without drilling into the brick two examples are brick clips by a company called.
My daughter dorm this year has cinder block walls.
Avoid placing a heavy object s anchor within 1 inch of a cinder block s mortar joint.
She has a couple of nice framed pictures that she really wants to take to school but i am not sure the best way to hang them.
Allow an hour for the adhesive to set before hanging the picture.