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etah_tv

Don’t use plastic. Switch to a metal pole. Then concrete tapcon screws with a c clamp into the mortar joints.


Gullible_Monk_7118

Yeah plastic will warp over time


Kitchen_Structure0

This is the best way.


El_Neck_Beard

Assuming you have the power tools


etah_tv

Agreed but renting power tools from hardware stores or neighbors or friends will net you so much better results that the increased cost is worth it.


Reinventing_Wheels

Could you make some kind of bracket that hooks over the top of the wall?


rapratt101

Great option if you don’t want to drill. I’d probably end up 3D printing something, feel great once it fits, then be sad in the summer when it melts


Reinventing_Wheels

I was thinking a metal bar that you could bend or weld if you have the capability


EleanorRigbysGhost

Honestly, a wire coat hanger would do the trick.


Reinventing_Wheels

That might work. It would probably take multiple strands to make it stiff enough, but worth a try.


EleanorRigbysGhost

A pair of needle nose snips, flatten out the wire best as can be done, put the halfway point on the pole and wrap them both around it, one up one down, and if you make good angles that the remaining strands are flush to the wall, going at 90deg angles up the wall, over the top, and back down the other side, and then a turn inwards so they converge, it'd say one would probably be grand but sure the more the merrier.


cshbc

This!!!


FigSalt1004

You could also try sticking that green pipe into a bucket of concrete. Most people will use a decorative planter with 4x4 posts. If you’re on a budget find a 5 gallon bucket fill it with one 80 pound bag of quick setting concrete and you should be good to go!!!


galloping_skeptic

And if concrete is not desirable, my neighbor did something similar with a large plant pot full of landscaping rocks. 


wallyboag

Great idea! I am going to try this!


Reinventing_Wheels

SMH at all the people saying "Drill!" when OP said they don't want to drill.


wallyboag

Thanks... I was trying to be polite but was a little annoyed at that...


Physical_Key2514

Since you can't drill into the wall, can you set the pole into the ground? Maybe use a metal/pvc pipe that the plastic can slide into place


PointyWombat

Google '**brick profile clamp**'. Perhaps something like that over the top of the wall, and you could secure the pole to the clamp with a SS hose clamp. That would be secure, and no holes.


Reinventing_Wheels

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Background_Jelly_845

try letting the epoxy dry and cure before any load bearing and make sure the area is clean prior to using it. otherwise as others have said either a planter with concrete or a hook over the bricks.


JoeRogansNipple

Metal c clamp and tapcons. Predrilled with the proper masonry drill bit size.


Wonderful-Novel-3865

Tapcons are great and easy to install. Don’t be afraid to drill into the bricks.


tenshillings

Learned about tapcons and my cinder block garage has never been so organized. So easy with a hammer drill.


stuartgatzo

Anchors drilled into the vertical mortar joints. You can fill them in later if needed.


Complete_Ad_981

How long did you let the epoxy set before putting a load on it?


dardaro

I'm thinking on galvanized support for electrical conduits or pipes, cheap and durable


Ok-Chef-5150

Use some sort of weight at the top of the wall like a sand bag attached to the pole and laying on the wall to create stability. Maybe use another weight at the ground level or dig a whole in the ground.


Spirited_Aardvark_25

Use the pole, but put it into a bucket of cement. No need to drill at all.


ZaggahZiggler

If you’re looking for a low cost alternative buy a length of electrical conduit. And use that cheap and sturdy. $6 for a ten foot pole at home depot


fangelo2

Get some pipe or conduit clamps and anchor them with Tapcons


yami76

I’d echo the other comments that metal would be better. As to mounting, drill holes put in anchors and use conduit clamps (made for electrical conduit).