How To Hang Heavy Items From A Wall

Drilling holes into plaster can create dust and crumbs.

How to hang heavy items from a wall.

Knock on the wall when you re over a stud the sound will be a more solid thump. There are also threaded wall anchors that screw into your wall. When you meet resistance after drilling 1 2 inch you ve hit the stud. If you want to hang something heavy like a bookshelf or a mirror onto drywall by far the best way is to fasten it directly into the underlying wall studs.

Set a drop cloth or an old sheet on the floor directly below where you want to hang something on the wall. Use a stud finder which you can buy at your local hardware store. Check for nails along your baseboard. To hang lightweight and medium weight objects you need only pierce this.

Depending on what you are hanging the measurements can differ. 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. Mark the wall with a pencil and move the stud finder approximately 16 or up to 24 to the right or left to find the next stud. Mark the point where you want to hang your heavy object with a pencil.

Setting down the cloth will make clean up a breeze. It will go in fast with a cordless drill. Using a phillips head screwdriver bit screw the ez anchor into the wall. Luckily you have some other options.

Pictures mirrors shelves lamps tools sports equipment the list of items you can hang on walls is almost endless to keep them hanging where they belong you need to choose the proper fastener and install it in the proper way. Using a rod and. The best way to hang a heavy quilt is by using a rod and sleeve. Using a small drill bit drill into the first mark.

Lay down a drop cloth. If the material to be hung has a d ring or any other metal loop just measure from the top to the height of the ring. Those studs never seem to be where you want to hang something. Back out that bit and insert one.

Unfortunately in many cases that isn t possible. They re typically placed on the stud line. Ideally you want to hang heavy things from your walls by using the studs as the anchor. Tacking up or clamping a heavy quilt by the corners can stretch it out and cause it to sag ruining its shape.

Most wall framing is covered with drywall that typically measures 1 2 or 5 8 inch thick. However this isn t always possible especially if there s an exact location you want something hung and there s not a stud behind it.