With over five years of experience professionally mounting and installing objects through his company jason s handyman services jason s work includes working with mounting window ac units designing art gallery walls installing kitchen cabinets and replacing.
Hang up art with concrete walls.
Keep the middle of the painting about eye level somewhere around 5 foot 8 inches to 5 foot 10 inches.
If you have poured concrete or block walls in your basement you ll need concrete wall anchors.
They are designed to work well with concrete or brick walls and hanging pictures on them is easy and quick.
The plastic hook attaches to the wall with small metal nails that pound into the wall surface with a hammer.
Once your wall is dry figure out where you want to hang the art.
I am showing a cheap trick when you don t want to spend the money on expensive dowels or specialized mounting devices.
If people will see the painting mostly from a seated position hang the painting so you can view it at eye level when seated.
The installation process is fast which means you it will be up and ready to hold your frames in little to no time.
You do not have to live with bare walls just to enjoy the feel of authentic cement walls in your home.
Because i have an aversion to white walls and pinterest dreams of gallery walls on every bare surface this was not going to do.
Once set these anchors can support a tv shelves pictures or other items.
With a pencil mark where you ll want to drill your holes.
Just a drill and a piece of wood will.
Don t let concrete walls stop you from hanging your wall decor though.
This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls.
Get hardwall hangers capable of resisting up to 25 pounds or 11 kg.
This is what happens when you try to hang stuff up the american way into concrete walls the wall literally just falls apart.
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Hold your art painting up against the concrete wall and mark where you want the center of the art to hang.
Hardwall hangers are picture hooks intended specifically for difficult surfaces like concrete block and brick walls.