In the laundry room, I have put up drying lines on the wall by screwing (with heavy-duty anchors in lightweight concrete walls) two battens on each wall, attaching hooks, and stretching clotheslines between them. It might not be the most attractive construction, but after all, it's just an old laundry room.
Now, one of the battens has come off the wall, pulled out with anchors and all, leaving three large holes in the wall. I could, of course, drill new holes and try with stronger anchors, but the wall generally feels very porous, and I'm afraid the same thing will happen again.
Now to my question, would it work to glue the batten? I'm thinking something like PL400. There will be no need to move anything since the laundry room will eventually be remodeled. Has anyone glued wood to lightweight concrete on a wall before?
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Now, one of the battens has come off the wall, pulled out with anchors and all, leaving three large holes in the wall. I could, of course, drill new holes and try with stronger anchors, but the wall generally feels very porous, and I'm afraid the same thing will happen again.
Now to my question, would it work to glue the batten? I'm thinking something like PL400. There will be no need to move anything since the laundry room will eventually be remodeled. Has anyone glued wood to lightweight concrete on a wall before?
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It works great to glue wood to light concrete with Pl400. Don't forget to apply pressure to the bond until the adhesive is fully cured. Depending on how wide the batten is against the wall, you will get different strength; make sure you have a sufficiently wide batten when you put it up so that it doesn't come loose due to the weight of the laundry.