Hanging a large canvas piece

Nathaniel_Essex

Sorry for the absolute noob question. I have a large canvas art piece, 60x40 inches.

Too heavy I reckon for command strips so have to get it hung up. The wall is brick and hammering a nail in is near impossible. Looks like I may need to use a screwdriver but want advice on the best way to do it without chunks of the wall coming of. Or even if there is a better solution than a drill.

Thanks for the help.

Grenage

The drill is the right choice; rawl plugs and screws and you'll be away.

kerri_gt

Assuming you're not fixing direct into brick, command strips can take quite a lot of weight so long as applied properly. We have two large (one very large) canvas' hung using them (4 fixings per canvas) - so far so good, neither has fallen off the wall (except one that was entirely due to my own fault messing about with it)

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Nathaniel_Essex

Not as large but I do have a big canvas piece being held up by command strips and a glass frame picture. With this one, it is significantly bigger than those and my son will be (eventually) sleeping right underneath it

Jonesya

Using a wall plug and screw is the easiest route.

Drilling a little hole to fit a wall plug shouldn't damage it, but if the bricks and masonry is very old they can be more crumbly so start with a smaller drill bit as the hole might turn out slightly bigger.

Nathaniel_Essex

Thanks all. Purchased this cordless drill hammer from Argos and thought I would practice on the loose bricks outside before going into the wall. The drill hardly made a dent in the brick, literally just scratching the surface. I first used the drill mode to make the dent before upping the torque and using the hammer-drill function.

Is the drill simply not capable or am I doing something wrong?

z1a

You need a masonry drill bit, not hss.

Nathaniel_Essex

z1a wrote: »

You need a masonry drill bit, not hss.

Yeah, purchased the masonry drill bits separately

kerri_gt

Was the battery fully charged and were you applying good pressure behind the drill as you were drilling?

We've just drilled masonry to fit shelves with a basic cordless drill that I bought in Woolies years ago for not much money. Although it was an effort in some places, with a masonry drill bit, it did do the job with a little perseverance, so I don't see why yours wouldn't too.

Nathaniel_Essex

kerri_gt wrote: »

Was the battery fully charged and were you applying good pressure behind the drill as you were drilling?

We've just drilled masonry to fit shelves with a basic cordless drill that I bought in Woolies years ago for not much money. Although it was an effort in some places, with a masonry drill bit, it did do the job with a little perseverance, so I don't see why yours wouldn't too.

Going to charge it over night and try again tomorrow. Thanks for the help

I had a brick on the garden table and was trying is that way.

mchale

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-multipurpose-drill-bit-set-4pcs/95958