Can You Nail Into Concrete Block

Tip 2 the correct hammer.

Can you nail into concrete block.

Furring strips are long thin pieces of wood nailed to cinder blocks in order to support a finished wall. The same way if you were to shoot glass with a bb gun or something similar the side you shoot has the small hole the other side has a larger portion of the glass blown out. Drive the masonry nail into the concrete wall with the hammer. Installing furring strips on a masonry wall reduces the number of holes punctured into the cinder block which weakens the block.

Masonry nails are cheaper than concrete nails and are less likely to break or bend. Use at least a two pound hammer. Use the correct nails when you intend on hammering them into concrete. Concrete nails are made of hardened steel and have fluted shafts that help them sink into the concrete.

Using this simple nail you can hang anything on cinder block concrete cement or bricks. Proper masonry nails or concrete nail are specifically designed to withstand the pressure of being hammered into a hard set surface. This will leave a small amount of the block holding the nail. Simple picture hanging tips.

The ths fluted nail easily hammers into concrete. Excess holes will also allow water to seep through the cinder block walls. Use carefully aimed hammer strikes to drive the nail into the concrete wall so you don t miss and bend the nail or strike the wall and damage it. This tool is essentially a 22 caliber pistol that fires hardened nails into concrete.

We have a block basement during this winter i have been studding some of the exterior walls for insulation and drywall application. If you don t think fastening to concrete can be fun then you ve never used a powder actuated fastener. The only nailing i have ever done into concrete is with the special cut masonry nails and i doubt if there is an air nailer available that will even accept those type. Continue striking the hammer until the nail is driven in to where you want it.

Tip 1 the right nails. Normally what happens when nailing into a block is the block will spall toward the inside of the block.