How To Hang Heavy Objects On Cinder Block Walls

You will need a hammer to install hardwall hangers.

How to hang heavy objects on cinder block walls.

There are two ways i like to hang heavy stuff on block and i hang heavy stuff on block a lot. The mortar joint sucks as a place to put an anchor. Hardwall hangers are made specifically for cement and brick walls. I used it in my college dorm 25 years ago and now use them in my classroom on the cinderblock walls.

One toggle bolts in the hollows. Squeeze a turkey baster into the hole to blow away excess dust. Equip an electric hammer drill with the masonry drill bit included in an anchor kit. How to hang a heavy object on a cinder block wall.

Also wall grip hardwall hangers for concrete cinderblock and masonry are great for hanging things. These holes should be slightly deeper than the length of the anchor excluding the bolt washer and thickness of the object being mounted and should be at least five anchor diameters away from the edges of the object and 10 anchor diameters away from each other. While your assistants hold the object in place use the hammer drill with masonry bit to drill anchor holes through the object and brick. Add the thickness of the bracket or hook to be.

Determine the length of anchor required using a ruler. How to hang heavy things on concrete walls. The strike anchor diameter must be equal to the hole diameter. Determine the size hole that will be drilled for the anchor to be used.

Step 5 install the anchor using an appropriate hand tool such as a philips screwdriver or hand wrench. Hanging objects off cinder block walls. You hammer the hanger into the wall and it puts 4 small pins into the wall that are holding a plastic hook. Two double expanding anchors in other spots on the block.

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.