How To Hang Brick Wallpaper

Hanging wallpaper presents challenges and if you want to hang wallpaper on a concrete block wall you must take some special measures.

How to hang brick wallpaper.

Drill slightly deeper than your screws anchors are long. Wash any dirt or dust from the old walls and sand smooth any chipped paint. Remove old wallpaper using wallpaper remover a wide blade and rags. When a brick wall isn t suitable for clip on hangers another option is ook s plastic hardwall hangers three for 2 39 at home depot each hook has three thin nails pre started into the back.

Mount brick clamps if the bricks are not flush. Remove electrical outlet and light switch covers. Cut strips and start hanging from the top measure and cut strips of wallpaper with your razor blade to fit the height of the wall. If you re hanging wallpaper on new drywall prime the wall first with wallpaper primer to seal the drywall and help the paper adhere to the wall.

Brick clips that grip onto the brick will secure items onto a brick wall. You can also insert a pipe cleaner into the. Reverse the drill bit when you re done to get the debris out of the hole. For instance if your screws are 0 75 inches 1 9 cm long.

Concrete is coarse and textured capable of tearing. Double sided tape can be used to hold items on a brick wall. If the bricks poke out over the grout and are not all flush with each other then you can attach a brick clamp. Brick clips that hold in the mortar space between the bricks.

Simply snap the clip onto the protruding brick face and you re ready to hang the picture.