Hold the hook at the base and hammer the pins into the wall.
How to hang a picture on a cinder block wall.
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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.
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.
Also wall grip hardwall hangers for concrete cinderblock and masonry are great for hanging things.
Allow an hour for the adhesive to set before hanging the picture.
The anchor used to hang heavy objects on a cinder block wall must grip the sides of the anchor s pilot hole tightly.
I used it in my college dorm 25 years ago and now use them in my classroom on the cinderblock walls.
Instead they have adhesive backings which can stick firmly to the wall.
Hold for 30 seconds and release.
The hook goes on your mark.
Cinder blocks have hollow cells and solid webbing.
Make a pencil mark at the spot on the wall where the picture will hang from the hook.
Position the hardwall hook on the wall.
Clean the wall with rubbing alcohol then peel off the paper backing from the adhesive hook and press in place for 30 seconds.
You hammer the hanger into the wall and it puts 4 small pins into the wall that are holding a plastic hook.
Weight limits vary by product with the strongest picture hanging hooks supporting a maximum of eight pounds.