A DIY pro revealed the trick he uses to strengthen a screw's hold in a brick wall. Instagram user Tanner showed his followers the trick he uses to make drilling screws into a brick wall ...

Ellicott City A: If the mirror has wire for hanging across the back, use hook-style picture hangers with Wall-Dog screws, which hold well in brick. Or, if your mirror has a wooden frame ...

Two mistakes you really want to avoid are busting off a chunk of a concrete stair step and cracking the corner of a patio ...

Remove all traces of brick or mortar dust from the hole using compressed air. Leaving dust in the hole will reduce the holding power of the wall anchors and screws you insert. Step 7: Install the ...

Q: A couple of years ago, I had the drywall removed in a few rooms in my home to expose the brick walls behind it. I live in a late-19th-century rowhouse on Capitol Hill, and I absolutely love the ...

Before then, it was a popular choice for wall construction given its pliability, fitting around corners and in small spaces where materials like brick couldn ... need two-inch screws, plastic ...

If you plan on drilling into brick, concrete ... If you’re creating a hole for concrete screws or wall anchors, check the packaging to find out the proper bit size to use (some screw or anchor ...

Old brick buildings are ... apart without long steel screws that keep it together when shaken, Hussain says. Other ways of retrofitting include adding to the walls steel-reinforced concrete ...