Picture Frame hanging

Frogeye

Hi

What should I use to hang a picture frame on block wall? I know there are no cables or pipes in the area. Screw and a rawl plug? Is there something tidier?
Wall is plastered and painted.

Sound

Frogeye

awec

Picture hooks. You will get them everywher. Some are plastic, some are metal. No need for screws and rawlplug unless it's a particularly heavy picture.

Pacifico

awec wrote: »

Picture hooks. You will get them everywher. Some are plastic, some are metal. No need for screws and rawlplug unless it's a particularly heavy picture.

Wouldn't use those on a block wall tbh.

The command hanging strips are good depending on how heavy the picture frame is. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-17204-12ES-Medium-Picture-Hanging/dp/B00LW1APOC/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=command+hanging+strips&qid=1583507403&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFZOEkzT01CRFNCWjcmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAxMzU0MDdTRzdQTFJDSjJWOVcmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDcxMDI4NTFYMVNBTlNGV05CUTYmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

awec

Yea the command strips are good but in my experience the "damage free removal" is not always true.

DelBoy Trotter

awec wrote: »

Yea the command strips are good but in my experience the "damage free removal" is not always true.

I haven't had a command strip mark a wall when removing it as per instructions. However, don't put a photo frame slightly above the weight limit on one......it fell off the wall about 3 weeks later in the middle of the night, scared the sh!te out of us, and took a chunk of paint with it

GreeBo

Frogeye wrote: »

Hi

What should I use to hang a picture frame on block wall? I know there are no cables or pipes in the area. Screw and a rawl plug? Is there something tidier?
Wall is plastered and painted.

Sound

Frogeye

Is it a plain block wall or is it plastered/dry lined?

If its just plain block then you are going to have to drill and plug (unless you use a concrete or masonry nail, but you risk shattering a 9inch cavity block if thats what you have)

If its wet or dry plastered then you can use those plastic picture hooks or their metal equivalent. Often times I will just use the nail that comes with a metal picture hook, tbh it really depends on the weight of the picture.

Frogeye

GreeBo wrote: »

Is it a plain block wall or is it plastered/dry lined?

If its just plain block then you are going to have to drill and plug (unless you use a concrete or masonry nail, but you risk shattering a 9inch cavity block if thats what you have)

If its wet or dry plastered then you can use those plastic picture hooks or their metal equivalent. Often times I will just use the nail that comes with a metal picture hook, tbh it really depends on the weight of the picture.

Hi

Its a block wall with wet plaster.

Thanks for all the replies

Frogeye