When asked about how to hammer a nail, each of us will smile - after all, there is no simpler task, and someone will remember the old joke - in order not to get on your fingers when hammering a nail, you should take a hammer with both hands and ask a neighbor to hold the nail . Of course, this is an interesting option, only the neighbor is not always there, but it’s a pity to injure your fingers. It turns out that to keep your fingers intact you should know how to hammer nails. In fact, even such a simple matter will require some experience, because in modern construction materials are used very different, some of them are too strong and dense in structure, others are fragile, when working with third nails it is generally not advisable to apply. Those. to perform installation work correctly it is best to first familiarize yourself with the recommendations of specialists.

Content:

1. Choosing a hammer for hammering nails
2. How to hammer a nail into the wall
   • concrete video
   • ceramic or tile
   • brick
   • drywall video
3. How to hammer a nail into the board - a few secrets from the masters video
4. Nail gun video

Choosing a hammer for hammering nails

To make it as convenient as possible to hammer in nails, first of all, you will need to choose a suitable tool - a hammer. Hammers have different sizes, are divided by weight (from 250 g to 1 kg) and, accordingly, are used to hammer nails of different lengths and thicknesses.

Of course, to hammer wallpaper nails is quite possible with the help of a kilogram hammer, but is there any point in exposing your hands to such great loads. When choosing a hammer and nails, you should be guided by your goals and give preference to the appropriate fasteners and tools.

Properly selected tool will greatly facilitate the work.

How to hammer a nail into the wall

The answer to this question will not be unequivocal - it all depends on the material of the wall, it makes sense to consider the features of driving nails into the materials most often used in modern construction.

how to hammer a nail into a concrete wall

1. The point where you want to install the nail should be noted with a punch.
2. Punch a hole of the required depth with a puncher, the drill will be required with the same marking that the dowel has. The hole depth should be 0.5 cm greater than the length of the dowel.
3. If you can not use a puncher - the work can be done using a hammer drill.
4. Vacuum all dust.
5. Using a hammer to deepen the plug of the dowel.
6. Hammer a nail, while leaving a distance from the head sufficient for suspension.

You can find out how to install a dowel when watching a video:

how to hammer a dowel-nail into a ceramic or tile

1. Mark the location of the dowel with a marker, its location can be on the seam line or in the middle of the tile.
2. Mark the surface with a metal self-tapping screw, tapping should be light, the recess should be about 0.5 mm.
3. Drill through the tiles through with an impact drill, D drill - 3 mm.
4. Having received a hole on the tile, drilling is continued according to the recommendations for brick or concrete (depending on the material of which the wall is made).
5. Install the dowel-nail very carefully so as not to damage the surface of the tile.

how to hammer a nail into a brick wall

1. The best place to place the dowel is the center of the brick, it is not recommended to hammer nails into the solution - this is too unreliable support.
2. For drilling bricks it is better to use an impact drill. In order not to destroy the masonry, work should be started carefully. You can increase the speed of the drill only after deepening it by 1 cm.
3. The resulting hole should be cleaned of dust and crumbs.
4. Drive in a cartridge and a nail.

how to hammer a nail into drywall

1. If you want to hang a weighty object on a drywall, then it is not recommended to use a nail as a fastener - there is a serious threat of wall surface destruction.
2. For hanging light objects, it is advisable to use a special molly fastener designed for use on bases with low bearing capacity.
3. A hole of the required diameter is made at the marked point.
4. The fastening element is installed in the hole, then a screw is screwed with a screwdriver.

In more detail about how to hammer fasteners into drywall, see the video:

How to hammer a nail into the board - a few secrets from the masters

Hammer nails should be pre-marked with pencil marks. The first blows should not be strong, you can hit with a hammer with force only after making sure that the nail is correct.

Watch a video on how to hammer nails into wood:

Hold the hammer by the edge of the handle, concentrate on the head of the nail. There should not be many strokes on the nail, the smaller - the better the nail will serve. Optimal - there should be 3-4 strokes of the carpal and 3 elbows.

The diameter of the nail used should not exceed 1/4 of the thickness of the board. If the board is thin, it is best to bite off the tip of the nail with the help of wire cutters - the blunt edge will tear the fibers, but will not split the board.

To bring down two boards firmly, it will be necessary for the nail to completely go first and go through the second board more than a third of the thickness. A large structural strength can be imparted by fasteners driven in at an angle to each other.

Significantly improves the entry of a nail into the wood by lubricating its tip with soap or wax.

You should not hammer a lot of nails in a row on the board - it can crack. If you need to shoot down the canopy boards, you will need a support, for which you can use a massive metal object, for example - a heavy hammer.

If you grab a nail with pliers closer to the hat, then when driving hardwood into a tree, it will not bend.

If necessary, hammer a nail along the edge of the board first strengthen the marked point with a punch. If you need to nail a nail into a wall pasted with wallpaper, it is recommended to make a cross-shaped incision in the marked material on the finishing material, hammering the nail into the cut corners and glue them carefully.

If you need to fasten the telephone wire with nails, first pierce it with nails, while making sure that the wire does not touch the wires.

Even an inexperienced worker can maintain the integrity of his fingers when hammering a nail - maintain a sufficiently hammered nail with a regular clothespin.

Most problems arise when you need to hammer a nail at a point that is difficult to access.

You can get out of the situation by using a bolt and a nut: a nut is screwed onto the bolt a few turns, the device is put on the nail head, hammered with a nail by hammer blows to the constructed structure.

When performing the repair of wood products use pins, i.e. nails made of wood. It is impossible to hammer them with a hammer, to install a nagel, first drill a hole, bury a few drops of glue into it, then drive the nugle in.

Nail gun

Using a special device designed for driving nails allows you to:

• speed up the process of nailing several times,
• significantly reduce the energy consumption of the worker,
• increase labor productivity,
• exclude the possibility of injury when performing work.

Driving nails occurs due to compressed air, working pressure, which can create a pneumatic gun for driving nails - 8 and 25 bar.

Nail guns are used:

• in the construction of wooden houses,
• when performing installation work, for fastening structures to concrete, wood or metal,
• in the manufacture of wooden containers,
• when creating furniture.

Air pistols work according to the following principle: the piston of the mechanism is connected to the striker, compressed air drives the striker in motion, it strikes the head of the next nail, which automatically arrived from the store.

Among the most popular manufacturers of pneumatic guns should be called such companies as:

• Yoshi
• Senco
• MAX
• BOSTITCH
• Bea

By design, nailing guns are divided into:

1. Drum, with an angle of inclination of the cage of 16 degrees, with an increased capacity of the store, allowing the simultaneous loading of about 300 nails with a length of 25 to 100 mm, a thickness of 2.1 to 3.3 mm. Since the drum device has a sufficiently large weight, it is used in stationary places; for ease of use, the instrument is suspended on a balancer.
2. Rack and pin, the clip of which is inclined at an angle of 21, the nails have a plastic connection. It is preferable to use long nails if necessary, including the device can be used for nails with a length of 160 and even 220 mm. The number of nails in the clip is from 25 to 50 pcs.
3. Nailing devices, with a clip inclined at an angle of 34, nails have a paper connection. The device for driving nails is mainly used in frame construction, it allows:
4. simplify assembly of structures as much as possible
5. shorten the period of construction of the house.

In the device store of this type 70-80 nails are placed, their length can be 50-100 mm.

How the nail gun works we look at the video:

Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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