Nailing Into Concrete Wall

Place the tip of the masonry nail against the marking you made and hold it steady with your fingers.

Nailing into concrete wall.

Hammer the nail into the anchor. Hold a masonry nail against the concrete wall with your fingers. They can be used in concrete block and brick. These nails are driven through a board and into concrete underneath much like nailing a wood board to a wood floor.

Actual gunpowder from a modified 22 caliber shell propels specially designed nails through the wood and into the masonry. These nails are cheap hold well as long as they penetrate at least inch into the concrete and are extremely hard to pull out. Professional carpenters often use a powder actuated nailer for this a tool that fires special nails through the wood and into the concrete using 22 caliber gun powder cartridges. Concrete screws come in 3 16 and 1 4 inch diameter in lengths up to 3 3 4 inches.

A masonry nail also known as a concrete nail is made of tough steel and designed with fluted shafts that help them drive into concrete without breaking. If you expect to be doing a lot of concrete nailing you may want to consider investing in a powder actuated nailer. Masonry nail anchors will hold light to medium weight objects such as furring. Be sure to wear safety goggles when hammering masonry nails into concrete.

Watch our hang a shelf on a brick wall. My diy way to screw brackets into cement same as brick. How to drill into concrete to hang a tv shelves racks etc. Drill a pilot hole into the concrete wall using a drill and masonry bit.

A concrete nail gun is a dead simple tool consisting of a hollow metal barrel and a firing pin. The hole should be the same size in diameter as the masonry nail anchor. Both hex head and phillips head styles are available. The wood could be a 2 x 4 bottom plate for a wall or a simple 2 x 2 cleat for some utility shelving in your basement or garage.

Choose a length that will penetrate the concrete at least 1 inch. Other nails have a thick shank that sometimes has spiral ridges for improved holding power. Some concrete nails are the cut nail design shown in the photo with a thick flat shank and a tapering v profile.