Posted by Brian Cryer on 10/09/06 15:08

"Jim Scott" <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Brian Cryer" <brian.cryer@127.0.0.1.ntlworld.com> wrote in
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>> "Jim Scott" <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>> Jim Scott <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote in
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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?
>
> 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.
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Brian Cryer
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