How to hang holiday decor--on brick
Sometimes the mortar can become loose after it's been drilled. You can apply a little adhesive into the hole if you feel like you need a little more holding power. I am using Liquid Nails in a caulking gun here; Liquid Nails also comes in a squeezable tube. Note: Installing adhesive will make it very difficult to remove the Tapcon screw later on. Consider this a more permanent installation.
f you use adhesive, you can also substitute a common nail for the Tapcon screw. Drill the hole, put in the adhesive and hammer the nail into the hole when the adhesive is dry. I leave a nail like this up for a wreath we hang every year. The nail and the adhesive are pretty subtle, but if you're worried about it you could pull it out and cover everything up with mortar. This will be a lot of work, though, because using adhesive makes it more permanent.
Q