How To Hang A Heavy Hutch On The Wall

How to hang a heavy cabinet on a wall.

How to hang a heavy hutch on the wall.

Using a measuring tape measure where you are hanging the stuff from. Traditional wall anchors are little plastic tubes that go into your wall before you use a screw to hang your heavy object. There are also threaded wall anchors that screw into your wall. Hoist the hutch onto the wall and secure it by driving a few screws through the back of the hutch into wall studs.

Use a stud finder to locate the wall studs. As with the expansion anchor drive it in until it sits flush with the drywall. One should be installed at the top another in the middle and the final one on the bottom of the cabinet. Wall cabinets come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are used to store and or display objects.

From there you can hang even very heavy cabinets with properly selected hangers. If you want a wall mounted desk lamp work with a licensed electrician to wire and install a junction box under the hutch. Mark off where you will drill or nail your wall fastener. Because the cabinet is so heavy use three horizontal wood pieces.

Then screw the cabinet to the wall directly into the studs. This will keep the cabinet in place without fear of it toppling. So make a small whole on both side of potential stud just to be sure. I would bolt a large steel l angle eg 6 x 6 inches or bigger to the wall studs to sit it on with a stout board to create a shelf the area of the base to fully support it.

Wall cabinets are generally very heavy and additionally they often support a lot of weight. Then take your power drill and drive the threaded anchor into the drywall just like you would with a normal screw. Take the doors off of the cabinet. Alternatively you can knock on the wall until you hear the solid sound of wood.

Consider hanging your stuff at eye level and mark off the chosen spot with a pencil or marker. For this reason it is imperative to hang wall cabinets correctly using builder standard methods. Then the next step would be to add an extra piece of 12 mm plywood on top of your wall attached to the studs. You will need to drill a hole in your wall then hammer the wall anchor into the wall and insert the screw into the wall anchor.