Is 'No more nails' any good?

rach81 · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:16 pm

hi
has anyone used 'no more nails' and do you think it would be strong enough for a coat hook on a plastered wall?
I tried drilling holes to fix the coat hook up with nails, but the drill does not seem to want to go through the wall, (its a brick wall) not sure if it is hitting cement

. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks

rach81 · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:29 pm

meant concrete, not cement sorry

Burnerman · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:41 pm

No nails isn't suitable for things like this....screw your coat hooks to a smart timber batten (or buy some ready fitted) and fix the batten to the wall with traditional plastic plugs and screws. You will need a hammer drill though. John

Chukka63 · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:47 pm

are you using a masonary drill bit and a hammer drill????.
like mentioned earlier get a piece of timber to fix on wall first or an off the peg one with the coat hooks already attached. drill 2, 6mm holes ,then insert a red rwal plug,then the screw.a couple of 4.5x50/60 screws will do it

EddieM · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:15 pm

As said it's not suitable for this kind of application, it's good for things like skirting boards, but personally I use something called sticks like sh*t, which does what it says on the tube.

roughcaster · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:21 pm

EddieM wrote:

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but personally I use something called sticks like sh*t, which does what it says on the tube.

Great stuff,,, i use it all the time too Eddie.

Roughcaster.

rach81 · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:47 pm

thanks for the replies. The coat hooks are already fixed to a wood panel. I am sure its a masonry drill head i have tried, but will buy another head just incase it has worn out. If no success, I will try and buy the 'sticks like s*?!t' tube. Thanks

EddieM · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:51 pm

rach81 wrote:

thanks for the replies. The coat hooks are already fixed to a wood panel. I am sure its a masonry drill head i have tried, but will buy another head just incase it has worn out. If no success, I will try and buy the 'sticks like s*?!t' tube. Thanks

Noooo, sticks like sh*t (real product name BTW) won't do it either, you have to have a mechanical fixing, otherwise it will fall off. There are no adhesive products that will do what you want.

Burnerman · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:03 pm

Buy yourself a decent 6mm masonry bit, and beg borrow or steal a hammer drill (an ordinary drill won't do) and you'll get there. John

roughcaster · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:23 pm

EddieM wrote:

rach81 wrote:

thanks for the replies. The coat hooks are already fixed to a wood panel. I am sure its a masonry drill head i have tried, but will buy another head just incase it has worn out. If no success, I will try and buy the 'sticks like s*?!t' tube. Thanks

Quote:

Noooo, sticks like sh*t (real product name BTW) won't do it either, you have to have a mechanical fixing, otherwise it will fall off. There are no adhesive products that will do what you want.

Yes,,, "you will need screws and plugs for the wood panel coat hanger" Rach.
I only agreed with EddieM on his choice of adhesive, for sticking bits of skirting etc., but as he said, it WONT be of any use at all for your job,,, it'll fall off over time.

Roughcaster.

mikethompson · Joined: 20 Nov 2009 Posts: 9 Location: United Kingdom

I used to work in a home improvement/DIY store and this was a common problem I would encounter with people not really using No More Nails for the proper purposes. In response to the topic title, No More Nails is a very good product, just not for this purpose

Thermo · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:26 pm

ive got a coat hook in my hallway thats been held up with gripfill for 6 years. My wife piles loads of coats on it, still not fallen down. I only put it up temporarily!

EddieM · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:49 pm

Thermo wrote:

ive got a coat hook in my hallway thats been held up with gripfill for 6 years. My wife piles loads of coats on it, still not fallen down. I only put it up temporarily!

Said thermo, president of the society for the "promotion of concrete fence posts"

Johnmelad502 · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:22 pm

rach81 wrote:

hi
has anyone used 'no more nails' and do you think it would be strong enough for a coat hook on a plastered wall?
I tried drilling holes to fix the coat hook up with nails, but the drill does not seem to want to go through the wall, (its a brick wall) not sure if it is hitting cement

. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks

If your drill bit does not resemble this

It's not a masonry bit.

Thermo · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:16 am

EddieM wrote:

Thermo wrote:

ive got a coat hook in my hallway thats been held up with gripfill for 6 years. My wife piles loads of coats on it, still not fallen down. I only put it up temporarily!

Said thermo, president of the society for the "promotion of concrete fence posts"

wash your mouth out with soap now young man!