This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls.
How to hang heavy frame on concrete wall.
To hang a heavy mirror it s best to select packages of heavy duty anchors.
With over five years of experience professionally mounting and installing objects through his company jason s handyman services jason s work includes working with mounting window ac units designing art gallery walls installing kitchen cabinets and replacing.
With groupings the largest frame is usually best in the center or at the center bottom.
For heavy things from mirrors to large canvases to shelves.
It includes easy to use hooks that can hold from 5 to 100 pounds.
Concrete block walls provide a unique challenge to hanging mirrors because you cannot simply nail or screw into them.
The simplest way to hang pictures on the wall is to hammer a nail into the wall.
Instead you must use specialized expansion anchors which expand when you insert a screw.
3 most common way to hang pictures on concrete wall method 1.
Concrete block is a sturdy building material but it can present a slight design challenge when it s time to personalize a space.
Pictures that weigh over 20 lbs.
9 1 kg are considered too heavy for hanging on a wall without proper reinforcement.
Hang anything from frame photos pictures and lightweight mirrors using this pack of 17 picture hangers.
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 adhesive hooks are an outstanding solution because they don t require we drill holes in the wall.
Using this simple nail you can hang anything on cinder block concrete cement or bricks.
This expansion causes the anchor to hold tight to concrete.
With the right products or a little bit of ingenuity you can hang artwork without drilling into the wall.
The only downside i ve found to this is that the hooks often aren t very functional and can t really hang most picture frames up.
The ths fluted nail ea.
How to hang a picture on concrete or brick.
It includes easy to use.
The mirror will hang from two points on the wall so you ll need one anchor for each hanger that is not driven into a stud.
However hanging pictures on a concrete block wall is not as difficult as it might seem.
The concrete nails can actually hold quite heavy things but good luck finding a hook that will clip into the back of anything you own.