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Posted by Jim S on 10/09/06 15:36
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:08:23 +0100, Brian Cryer wrote:
> "Jim Scott" <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Xns98579A5D4DE3Fjim.jimXscott.co.uk@212.227.76.70...
>> "Brian Cryer" <brian.cryer@127.0.0.1.ntlworld.com> wrote in
>> news:WbSdnWcQuOt617fYRVnyiQ@pipex.net:
>>
>>> "Jim Scott" <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns985787E3CFFE6jim.jimXscott.co.uk@212.227.76.70...
>>>> Jim Scott <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote in
>>>> news:Xns985785C543F94jim.jimXscott.co.uk@212.227.76.70:
>>>>
>>>>> I need to fix a washing line to a brick wall. I bought a big screw
>>>>> hook intending to fit a big rawlplug in the mortar between bricks.
>>>>> The guy in the shop said what I really want is what looks like a
>>>>> chrome plated 6" nail with a bent over end where the head would be.
>>>>> I have got both so which do I use and do I just hammer the nail
>>>>> thing in the mortar or dril a hole, or what?
>>>>>
>>>> Oops wrong group. Sorry.
>>>
>>> Just curious, which would be the right group?
>>
>> uk.d-i-y
>
> Thanks. It always amazes me quite how many newsgroups there are.
>
>>> The answer to your post is that you drill a hole, because (amongst
>>> other things) you don't want to end up with a loose brick. I'd drill a
>>> hole in the middle of a brick, not the mortar because the mortar is
>>> less likely to take the weight.
>>
>> Your answer makes sense for the hoo & rawlplug, but I'm not sure about
>> the spikey thing.
>
> I'm not sure about the spiky thing either. If it has a hook where the head
> would be (if it were a nail - going by your original description) then what
> are you supposed to hit if you used a hammer? What did the guy in the shop
> say who sold it to you? or did he leave that part out?
>
> I'd use the screw hook.
Don't ask.
I sent the wife to get a big rawlplug and she came back with both them and a
spikey thing. I suppose you bash the bent over bit,
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
http://www.jimscott.co.uk
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