How To Hang Decorations On A Concrete Wall

Don t let concrete walls stop you from hanging your wall decor though.

How to hang decorations on a concrete wall.

Dry the wall with a clean cloth. Measure it and ensure it will sit level on your wall. With a pencil mark where you ll want to drill your holes. The adhesive hooks are an outstanding solution because they don t require we drill holes in the wall.

Use concrete nails and a concrete nail gun to attach the hat channels to the wall after drawing a plumb line to make sure you ve spaced the hat channels properly for the size of drywall and insulation you re using. Take a clean towel cloth or paper towels and wipe down the entire surface of the wall. Once your wall is dry figure out where you want to hang the art. With the right products or a little bit of ingenuity you can hang artwork without drilling into the wall.

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. How about put up a string trellis for plants. I used it in my college dorm 25 years ago and now use them in my classroom on the cinderblock walls. However hanging pictures on a concrete block wall is not as difficult as it might seem.

Soak up as much of the water as you can and wipe the wall using soft circular motions so you don t damage or remove any of the paint and the surface is free of dust dirt and grime. Also wall grip hardwall hangers for concrete cinderblock and masonry are great for hanging things. Want to hang decorative items from a brick wall but don t want to drill a hole in it. Cement walls can give your home a modern feel you may find attractive but cement walls can make it difficult to hang a picture or a wall decoration.

You do not have to live with bare walls just to enjoy the feel of authentic cement walls in your home. Concrete block is a sturdy building material but it can present a slight design challenge when it s time to personalize a space. Drive three concrete nails spaced at even intervals through each side of each hat channel. You hammer the hanger into the wall and it puts 4 small pins into the wall that are holding a plastic hook.

3 most common way to hang pictures on concrete wall method 1. This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls.