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Nailing into Hard Concrete Footing

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

What happens here

Finally, the presenter tests the nails on a concrete footing, a very dense and difficult-to-penetrate material that previously required a jackhammer. He successfully hammers a nail into this hard concrete. Despite only going in about an eighth of an inch, the nail is extremely secure and cannot be pulled out by hand. He re-emphasizes that these nails do not bend even when hitting such hard material.

Goal: Confirm the nails' effectiveness on very dense concrete.

Tools and materials

  • Hammer — Driving nails
  • THS Fluted Masonry Nail Grip-Rite — Demonstration on concrete footing

What they say

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easily. I got some concrete down here. I'll hammer one in the concrete. Move the camera so you can actually see me. I got a concrete footing down here. And we'll see how they work in the concrete footings. So, I got a concrete footing right here. We actually chipped this away. We're um you know, working on this fireplace right here, but this was some concrete and we had to get a jackhammer and stuff and jackhammer some of the stuff out. But we can um you know, test nailing one of those things out. And this concrete right here, I had to get a hammer drill to try to hammer through um and drill through this aggregate stuff, and the hammer drill wouldn't even work. So, I had to hire a professional to cut the stuff out. But that stuff is super hard. And that nail just went right in there. No problem. That nail is stuck in there really good. Got another part of the concrete right here. This nail went in there. That thing is in there. I can pull it out. I only It only went in maybe probably about an eighth of an inch, but that thing was in there pretty dang good. And that thing could have hell. There's one in there. And it's crazy. You can hammer on these nails super super hard. And they just absolutely do not bend. Don't know what these things are made out of, but they're super hard. [Music]

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