[birdiebill]

We are purchasing a new cement block home. I had not considered whether it will be difficult to hang curtains or blinds over the windows or over the sliding glass door on the interior of the exterior walls. Have you done this yourself? Are special tools needed? Or is it better to hire it done? Same with pictures that we want to hang on the interior of the exterior walls.

[biker1]

No worries - nothing special needs to be done.

Originally Posted by birdiebill

We are purchasing a new cement block home. I had not considered whether it will be difficult to hang curtains or blinds over the windows or over the sliding glass door on the interior of the exterior walls. Have you done this yourself? Are special tools needed? Or is it better to hire it done? Same with pictures that we want to hang on the interior of the exterior walls.

[jimbo2012]

the issue is there only a 1" or so gap between the drywall and the concrete.

so if you mount something light weight you can go thru drywall fine just don't hit the concrete.

If you need more support you need to drill thru the drywall into the concrete with something like a tapcon.

molly won't work well there's usually not enough room to expand

[villagetinker]

If you have or can borrow a stud finder, you can try to hit the stud (aka furring strip) for additional support.

I have put up curtain rods on all of the windows on our block house with no problems, just used the normal plastic expanding drywall hangers. I have also hung several pictures on outside walls with one problems. The above poster is correct about the 1" space (it is actually filled with solid foam type insulation between the furring strips.

If you are putting up something heavy (like a wall mount TV), absolutely goes for the studs, if you cannot hit these, then you can use a concrete drill and the appropriate expanding bolt. I have done this in the garage and hung ladders, tools, etc on the walls.

As an aside, you can get your house plans from the building department or online (do a search on this site for specific instructions), and this will have details on inside and outside wall construction.

Hope this helps.

[jimbo2012]

I agree with all you said, but

Originally Posted by villagetinker

then you can use a concrete drill and the appropriate expanding bolt. I have done this in the garage and hung ladders, tools, etc on the walls.

The expanding or lead shields have failures sometimes.

they work if you are familiar with the tricks in using them.

But I like to just drill a 3/16" hole thru the drywall into the concrete.

place the tapcon in the hole done never had a failure.

they have them with phlips heads and hex heads, I like the hex heads better.



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[biker1]

Wall mount TVs (at least up to to 50") are fine without hitting the studs on inside walls. I have several mounted using just the drywall. The force vector is essentially straight down as there is a very small lever arm.

The inside walls are mostly framed with aluminum. Nails for picture hangers may need an extra rap to punch through the aluminum if you happen to hit one.

Originally Posted by villagetinker

If you have or can borrow a stud finder, you can try to hit the stud (aka furring strip) for additional support.



I have put up curtain rods on all of the windows on our block house with no problems, just used the normal plastic expanding drywall hangers. I have also hung several pictures on outside walls with one problems. The above poster is correct about the 1" space (it is actually filled with solid foam type insulation between the furring strips.

If you are putting up something heavy (like a wall mount TV), absolutely goes for the studs, if you cannot hit these, then you can use a concrete drill and the appropriate expanding bolt. I have done this in the garage and hung ladders, tools, etc on the walls.

As an aside, you can get your house plans from the building department or online (do a search on this site for specific instructions), and this will have details on inside and outside wall construction.

Hope this helps.

[JoMar]

Or you can call Roger (the hangman) Dudis 352-430-3244 and go play golf.

[tommy steam]

Wood around windows. Not the best picture but you can see they have trimmed the top of the windows .this is a block and stucco home.

[RickeyD]

Amazon.com: concrete bits

I own a Hilti, so I'm ready

[HimandMe]

Will they work in the header of the lanai on the interior. One of those Hilti or Ramsay guns cannot put up our rod brackets because of the angle so we used 3200 psi expoxy. We left it up a full 24 hours for maximum drying time but when we put up the rod and drapes, the brackets let go pulling off the coating the builder used smashing into everything below it. They stayed up a half hour, now we have a mess.

[RickeyD]

Concrete walls are a PIA to deal with but not insurmountable.




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