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    I've got a couple of prints done of my photos mounted in aluminium frames, but I've just realised I will probably not be able to hang them. The walls in my flat are brick, clad in a layer of plaster then painted over, and there's really no way for me to see if I'd be nailing into brick or masonry.

    Urgh.

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    • Well, cement, rather than masonry.Continuity
    • borrow a drill from someone?GeorgesII
    • The risk is drilling into a brick and shattering it. The plater cladding is thick enough that you don't see the texture of the wall behind it.Continuity
    • *plasterContinuity
    • and the ceiling?
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    • Almost four metres high. :DContinuity
    • shattering a brick from drilling? what a fag
      i slitted a long furrow in my brick walls to hide a cable, not one brick shattered      drgs
    • drgs in an old building you can easily do that. but i would try if it has a layer of plaster and painting...otherwise use some supergule.
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    • Yeah, considering the building is 140 years old, messing up the brickwork isn't high on my list of priorities.Continuity
    • ure drilling a tiny holedrgs
    • duct tape it somehow...
      but seriously, drgs is right, drill a hole, use rawlplugs      uan
    • These are all mounted into old brick: https://c2.staticfli… and they weigh about 75 lbs each.bjladams
    • you just need to use a masonary drill bit for pilot holes then set anchorsbjladams
    • http://www.unibond.c…
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    • you won't shatter the brick by drilling. there's a chance you may flake some of the plaster but that is easily fixedGnash
    • use a proper masonry bit, and preferably a hammer drill.Gnash
    • there are ultra sticky hook on the market that can hold like 20lvbBennn
    • just use concrete nails, walls in MX are all brick covered in a thin coat of plaster, I have like 30 or so pieces up in my house,moldero
    • problem is if you brick isn't covered in plaster, you wont be able to patch over it latermoldero
    • i've nailed into mortar between bricks to hang art before with no problems.scarabin
    • Thanks chaps. The framed piece is just about a kilo and a half, two kilos max, so I doubt I'll need too heavy-duty a nail. I'll rent a drill, and crack on.Continuity
    • You'll only need the drill if using anchors and screws. For concrete nails they go in just like any nail, but really you have 1-2 chances to bang them in, soETM
    • you'll tap it lightly until you get to the brick then hit full force 1-2 times. After that the nail usually just starts to bend, but they'll hold quite well.ETM
    • ^ nails will likely chip the plaster. if you use nails i'd pre-drill through the plaster then place the nail.Gnash
    • or put a piece of masking tape on the wall and nail through that. can sometimes keep the plaster togetherGnash
    • what BJ said... masonry bit and anchors... done (regardless of the age of the brick)PonyBoy
    • 4m high? Do you live in a church?mugwart
    • Buy a ramset and go crazy
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    • Mugwart classicism in architecture produced incredible inner heights :)
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    • or it's an industrial building...
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    • hogwarts what?
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    • It's what's called in Germany a Rückgebäude, a building in the courtyard of a block of flats. This one is 140 years old, and I think was some sort of ...Continuity
    • ... barn or similar utility structure in those days. Hence the brick walls and massively high ceilings.Continuity
    • http://www.builders-…
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