I used it in my college dorm 25 years ago and now use them in my classroom on the cinderblock walls.
How to hang picture on cinderblock wall.
With a little time and patience you can securely hang pictures from your attractive concrete walls.
Two examples are brick clips by a company called.
The pins are so small you don t see the holes when you remove them but they are strong enough to hold and stay 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.
You just need the right tools.
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.
Lay out the heavy object s anchor placement and spacing on the cinder block wall with a pencil using a tape measure and bubble level as a.
Thankfully there are several different ways you can get those pictures up on the wall.
My daughter dorm this year has cinder block walls.
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.
You hammer the hanger into the wall and it puts 4 small pins into the wall that are holding a plastic hook.
Obviously you re not going to drive a nail into a block wall and put in a picture hangar.
Always wear safety glasses.
A framing hammer bricklayers hammer or even a small sledge works better than a standard finish hammer.
The adhesive hooks are an outstanding solution because they don t require we drill holes in the wall.
For objects that weigh more than 8 pounds 3 6 kg use a drill and anchor.
Equip an electric hammer drill with the masonry drill bit included in an anchor kit.
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.
The hardened steel nails can eject shards of metal or break off bits of masonry grit and send it flying toward.
You can hang art on any wall.