Hanging Art On Cinder Block Walls

Adhesive wall hooks aren t strong enough and don t adhere well to concrete.

Hanging art on cinder block walls.

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. 3 most common way to hang pictures on concrete wall method 1. Try getting your hands on some long pieces of cork strips and attach them to cinder block walls using push pins to display artwork. Anchors with heavy duty spring loaded wings hold objects against the hollow part of a cinder block and wedge style anchors hold objects against the cinder block s solid webbing.

Use a one piece expansion anchor on solid concrete and a metal sleeve anchor on hollow concrete. Using store bought or diy hooks are also perfect for displaying framed art from students. Hanging system for masonry block walls hanging art on concrete masonry or concrete block walls is problematic. Facility managers will refuse to avoid drilling the material in multiple locations overtime.

This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls. You can hang art on any wall. Obviously you re not going to drive a nail into a block wall and put in a picture hangar. You just need the right tools.

Before hanging anything on your concrete wall determine if you have a hollow or solid concrete wall. The anchor used to hang heavy objects on a cinder block wall must grip the sides of the anchor s pilot hole tightly. Attach wall adhesive to a collection of decorated clothespins and apply directly to cinder block walls.