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03-17-2013, 11:14 AM
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Blue Chip
Male Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nassau Bahamas
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25 lb mirror in drywall
so I need to hang a 25lb mirror on a dryall wall. Tggle bolts? expansion lugs? what do you think will work best?
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03-17-2013, 11:20 AM
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4-Star
Male Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Charleston South Carolina
Posts: 471
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
50lb picture hanger and you should be good. Do you have a stud to hang from or is it going to be just in the drywall? If no stud to nail to then you may want to have 2 "hanging spots" in the wall and run 2 tiny eye bolts in the back of the mirror and use some wire between the 2 hooks and hang it that way. Also if there is a female involved with this project you need to struggle as much as possible and not make it look easy or you will be doing more then just hanging picture. I get to hang a new light today because I'm so handy.
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03-17-2013, 11:23 AM
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Synthetica
Male Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Gamecock Nation
Posts: 2,455
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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that seems heavy to me
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03-17-2013, 11:37 AM
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Blue Chip
Male Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nassau Bahamas
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
of course there's a female involved. I'm already sweating but doing lot's of measurements and calculations.
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03-17-2013, 11:38 AM
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Synthetica
Male Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Gamecock Nation
Posts: 2,455
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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03-17-2013, 11:44 AM
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Walk On
Male Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: charleston,sc
Posts: 91
CockyCash: 11824 |
Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
use a tornado drywall anchor, they are rated for 75lbs and are easy to install. They are available at pretty much all hardware stores. They are the plastic things that look like tornadoes with a phillips screw head. Make a small hole and just screw it in, hang mirror on screw or hanger screwed in to the anchor.
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03-17-2013, 11:48 AM
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Male Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: columbia sc
Posts: 5,087
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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03-17-2013, 12:56 PM
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1st Team All-American
Male Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Darlington SC
Posts: 12,156
CockyCash: 1100000 |
Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
How wide is this mirror? Your studs in your wall should be 16" on center so if your mirror is wider than that I would just get a stud finder and then mount two hangers one on each stud and then run your piano wire to both of them.
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03-17-2013, 01:05 PM
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Mudda Fricka
Male Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Myrtle Beach
Posts: 699
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
Liquid nails. But you can't move it after installing.
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03-17-2013, 01:18 PM
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Sweet Carolina Girl
Female Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: SC
Posts: 3,622
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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03-17-2013, 01:23 PM
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Male Join Date: May 2005
Location: Cayce
Posts: 6,519
CockyCash: 100500 |
Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
Duct tape. It fixes everything.
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03-17-2013, 03:10 PM
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Male Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rock Hill, SC
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
I tried using a stud finder once, but it just kept going off repeatedly as I held it.
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03-17-2013, 03:50 PM
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Female Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Beverly Hills
Posts: 8,625
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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03-17-2013, 04:37 PM
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Female Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Beverly Hills
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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03-17-2013, 05:26 PM
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Forest Grump
Male Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Erastus,NC
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Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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we have several old heavy mirrors, did this
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03-17-2013, 09:01 PM
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Blue Chip
Male Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nassau Bahamas
Posts: 741
CockyCash: 500 |
Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
got it hung by several methods, - ended up with a screw in a stud, and 2 toggle bolts- kind of a jerry rig but up, level, secure and a happy wife.
now screwed me up by having a double header yesterday - wanted to see the game and relax this afternoon!
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03-17-2013, 10:27 PM
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1st Team All-American
Male Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: south carolina
Posts: 12,756
CockyCash: 23088816 |
Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
drywall is rated for up to 20 lbs of hanging rate..you are gambling.
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03-17-2013, 11:51 PM
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Two Deep
Male Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Charlotte
Posts: 1,245
CockyCash: 200 |
Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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That is just a standard for drywall, the rating of a of a certain drywall fastener gives you weight rating usually for default 1/2" drywall since that is the minimum. The weight is what it will hold based on the tension and shear strength of both the fastener and the drywall based on an item hanging flush to a wall. If the item cantilevers from the wall more than 3" it causes a multiplier for the tension rating, so if you are hanging shelves or shadow boxes see the product specs, also if you have a large 150lb item and think that you can use 2 75lb anchors to hang 150lb item this would be incorrect. Last edited by qcgamecock; 03-18-2013 at 06:22 AM. |
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03-18-2013, 12:12 AM
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Banned
Male Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Virginia
Posts: 13,209
CockyCash: 30205 |
Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
Hire a carpenter (doesn't matter what it costs, it's worth it) and make sure you're not home when he gets there. Even if you're in the house, you will be blamed later. Get all of the pictures done at the same time so you won't have to go back again next week and every week thereafter until your wall looks like a dartboard. I've learned a few things over 35 years of marriage.
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03-18-2013, 01:30 AM
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RIP Feisty & C-Girl
Female Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: A little town north of Atlanta
Posts: 10,288
CockyCash: 3000500 |
Re: 25 lb mirror in drywall
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