There are many ways to hang art on a brick wall without drilling.
A couple of years ago, I had the plaster removed from a few rooms in my home to expose the brick walls behind it.I love the new look of my house on Capitol Hill.I like to move the pieces around in my art collection.Most of the pieces are on the floor.Is it possible to re-hang these pieces without drilling holes into the brick?
A: Devices called brick clips or brick hangers allow people to hang pictures, mirrors and other objects on walls without drilling into the brick.Tuopu sells Brick Clips for $10 on Amazon and OOK sells two for $2.48 at Home Depot.In the lead-up to winter, hardware stores and home centers carry similar products with different names, because the clips are often used to support strings of holiday lights.
The bricks are held in place by the clips.There is a saw-toothed edge at the top and two metal tabs on the bottom of the building.If you need to hang something heavier than 30 pounds, you can use two or more hangers.
It's important to make sure the bolts work with the bricks in your wall.If the bricks are too tall or short, the saw-toothed and spring-fit grips won't work.That is not the only issue.The bricks must have relatively square edges and the mortar must be back from the face of the brick.According to the listing on Amazon, the Tuopu fasteners need a one-inch setback.Al Marchetti is the product manager for OOK, a brand owned by the Hillman Group.
You sent a picture of bricks with chipping edges and mortar joints that appear to be close to the face of the bricks.If you want to hang pictures in precise locations, these fasteners might not hold up.If you want to hang pictures, you need to find bricks with intact edges on the top and bottom.
If a brick wall isn't suitable for clip-on hangers, OOK's Plastic Hardwall Hangers are an option.Each hook has three nails in the back, ready for you to use a hammer.There is a good chance that your bricks are soft enough to hammer into.The softer the bricks used for walls are, the more frost- resistant they are.Marchetti said that the nails used for the Hardwall Hangers are less than one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter, so they don't crack bricks or leave noticeable holes if you later decide to pry off a hook.
It is possible to install a picture rail, a type of mold that runs horizontally across the wall, if you want to change your artwork frequently.The top edge sticks out from the wall and you can use a special clip to hold the wire on the back of a painting or mirror.Before easy-to-patch drywall replaced lath-and-plaster as the standard wall finish, picture rail was a common part of the trim in living rooms and dining rooms because it allowed people to hang pictures wherever they wanted without having to hammer into the plaster, which could cause cracks
The picture rail is usually installed below the ceiling.It can go against the ceiling in a room with a low ceiling.In Craftsman-style interiors, it runs at the same height as the upper edge of door and window trim, creating a unified look.Metal picture rails look good in interiors with modern styling.There are different styles of picture hangings that can be found on the website PictureHangingSystems.com.
The picture rail needs to be fastened to the bricks with nails or screws.Once the mold is in place, you can rearrange your artwork as often as you please without having to worry about making holes in the brick.