Posted by Brian Cryer on 10/09/06 13:13

"Jim Scott" <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Jim Scott <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote in
> news:Xns985785C543F94jim.jimXscott.co.uk@212.227.76.70:
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>> 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?

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.
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Brian Cryer
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