We are currently renovating the surface of a room in a house built in 1955. When we removed the floor moldings, we discovered that there are metal rods in the wall, approximately 7-10cm apart, at "molding height." However, they are not all at the same height, varying by about a centimeter.

In some places, they are driven into the moldings, and in other places, they are bent to nail the molding in place.

Does anyone know what they are for? The house has a concrete/lightweight concrete frame.

Metal rod protruding from a wall where baseboards were removed in a 1955 house undergoing renovation, with concrete or lightweight concrete construction. Metal rod embedded in a wooden surface near the bottom of a wall, part of a 1955 house renovation, varying in height for molding attachment.
 
Probably something that was used to attach the moldings at some point?
 
It looks like trim nails for concrete. They were probably used when the first trims were put in place, bent during some later wallpapering.

There's really nothing wrong with using them, but today I find it more convenient to drill and plug the concrete and then use screws.
 
Here is a lacquered variant.

https://www.byggmax.se/listspik-lackad-vit-p22961

However, I've never understood it, as I've never encountered a lacquered wire nail where the lacquer remains on the head (which is the only part you see) after you've hammered it in...
 
Aha, you're probably right, then I learned something new today as well, thanks!
 
Thank you for the answers!
 
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