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Nailing into Brick and Mortar

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How To Hammer A Nail In Concrete or Brick. How to hang a picture.

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What happens here

The presenter moves on to test the nails on a red brick, which is a harder material. He hammers a nail into the brick, noting a slight chip in the brick but a firm hold by the nail. He then demonstrates nailing into the mortar between the bricks, which proves to be easier than the brick itself. The nails remain firmly embedded in both materials.

Goal: Demonstrate nail performance on harder red brick and softer mortar.

Tools and materials

  • Hammer — Driving nails
  • Picture frame — Demonstrating the hanging capability
  • THS Fluted Masonry Nail Grip-Rite — Demonstration on brick and mortar

What they say

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not nailing. We'll try that once again. I just dropped the nail just like that. Now that thing is nailed in there. These bricks are way way harder than this block. But it it didn't even there's a little bit of um area where it chipped it around that brick. But I can hang any type of picture, you know, from that nail. And I got a picture right here. We'll show you. I just hang that picture just like that. That picture will just hang right on there. Simple and easy to do. I've got one other type right here. So, that's the red brick. We got the mortar inside the brick. Just like that. And the mortar is not quite as hard as the brick, but it nails right into that mortar. But I've never that brick. I've never seen anything as hard as that before. That nail went right in there. And it's not actually in there very far, but it's in there pretty solid. It'll hold any type of small picture, small item. Here's another type of block right here. We'll hammer. Goes right into that block really easily. I got some concrete down here.

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