Questions tagged [hanging]
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What kind of nail do I use to hang a 10kg mirror? [duplicate]
I recently purchased a mirror that weighs 10 kg and has a hanging attachment in the centre that looks like the attached image.
Are there special shape of hooks used for these kinds of hanging ...
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Can I hang a hammock from a anchor in mortar?
Can I hang a hammock from mortar?
I have a hammock that I’m wanting to put up in my back yard. The only way I can achieve this is by using the brick wall and my wooden fence post. The anchor point I ...
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What mounting solution should be used to mount this wine rack?
My mother wants to hang this wine rack on the wall, but the product was not originally designed to be mounted.
How can she securely mount the wine rack so that it sits as illustrated in the photo? It'...
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Hanging objects on wood panel mantle
I have a house built in 1957 and in the living room is a fireplace with wood paneling mantle. This is my first home and am not sure what is behind the wood paneling and what it can support. I'd like ...
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Can garage door track read hangers be at an angle?
I'm trying to install a garage door where I don't have ceiling joists, just a big beam and two horizontal members between the wall and the beam. I can't put the angle bracket on the horizontal member ...
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Securing a bookshelf to a shared (concrete?) townhouse wall
I just rented a townhouse and the shared walls must be concrete or something equally hard. I have two large connected bookcases and had them anchored (to prevent tipover) to a stud in my previous ...
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Wall Feels Solid-- Can't Hang Art
So, I've been trying to hang some canvas art for a bit, but my border wall (bordering another apartment) feels solid and I can't get more than a little over 1cm deep with a Monkey Hook. Initially I ...
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Ways to attach a coat-hanger between two closets (heavy load)
I am in the process of creating a wardrobe closet in my house. The basis is standard elements, like the one shown in the image (image source), which can be customized with drawers, shelves, coat ...
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How do I determine whether a ceiling of unknown material is safe to hang speakers from, and identify the best spot to drill?
So I recently was able to do something I'd been hoping/planning to do for a long time, which was run speaker wire through the wall from my living room to my sun room so I can play music from my stereo ...
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How can I tell if I drilled too far into a ceiling joist?
I am trying to hang a U-hook for a swing/chair in my son’s room. I used a stud finder to locate a stud/joint on a popcorn ceiling. When drilling the cross recessed screws into the ceiling, It was ...
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Hang a swing from a Simpson deck tension tie
Theoretically, if the structure you attached this to https://www.strongtie.com/decks_decksandfences/dtt_tie/p/dtt could handle the weight. Could you suspend a swing from this thing? Put a strong ...
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Can I drill a bracket for a hanging basket into this column on our deck or will it weaken it?
Our deck has four columns made of wood that support its roof. Can I drill screws into the columns to attach brackets for hanging plant baskets or will this weaken the columns? We hang a swing chair ...
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Hanging punching bag from wood plank in basement [duplicate]
I am looking to hang a punching bag in the basement of new house we moved in to. There is a drop ceiling and above that there are joists and 2x4 boards attached to the joists. Not sure of the purpose ...
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D-hooks or cable for hanging heavy artwork, mirror?
I have been doing this for about 17 years on the back of a heavy mirror. But I decided to read up on how to do it properly and people seem appalled that I would have used a heavy duty cable to hang ...
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Trying to identify this wall type in our apartment
I'm trying to put up a mirror (35lbs).
We just moved into this late 1940s co-op we 'bought' last autumn. It is a 4 story building, and other than the updated windows is almost entirely in its original ...
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How to attach header for a barn door to the face of columns?
I'm trying to replace the doors for my existing closet, and had a structural doubt: while the header itself is strong (I've stood on it in the center of it), I'm trying to understand the best way to ...
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Best way to mount stuff on 5/8" thick shiplap board wall?
We have a shiplap accent wall (5/8" thick pine boards) where we need to mount some wall coat hangers and other stuff that will be relatively heavy. Should we just mount items with screws or use ...
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How can I vertically mount a surge protector with keyhole slots under my desk?
I have an Uplift standing desk and an Isobar 6-outlet surge protector. The surge protector is currently sitting on top of the desk, but I'd like to mount it somewhere under the desk to save space, and ...
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Installing a ceiling fan on an aluminum structure patio cover
I need some guidance on how to securely install a ceiling fan on my aluminum structure patio cover with an acrylic roof. I have a double-walled beam (attached image for reference) where I would like ...
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Shallow wall mounted cabinet - cabinet hanger vs french cleat
I'm thinking of building a melamine cabinet for my bathroom to be fitted to the wall and I'm weighing up the different options for fitting it to the wall.
I'm thinking of the cabinet being 1800mm tall,...
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Can I safely hang a 27 kg boxing bag from a ceiling beam in my garage? [closed]
I want to hang a 27 kg boxing bag from a ceiling beam in my garage, but I'm concerned about the safety of doing so. The garage was built in the 60s, and the wood in the structure is quite old. I'm not ...
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Strong attachment point on drywall in front of 1.5" thick stud in front of concrete
I'm looking at attaching a hammock to the wall in the basement of a 1960s-built house, USA. The wall is drywall, in front of some wooden framing that I think is nailed to the concrete foundation wall ...
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Can I safely drill into a wall behind which is my fireplace and chimney?
I would like to drill 2-4 holes to mount a monitor on the wall of my office. The problem is that on the other side of my plaster wall is the back of my fireplace and chimney. Can I safely drill into ...
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What fixing to use for hanging heavy structure to wall [duplicate]
I'm building an enclosed storage space above a staircase. The base would be fixed on three sides: on banister on one side (fixed to the floor, can take pretty much any load) and two walls on two more ...
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Hanging Plastic Pan Formed Sign on Concrete Wall
I need to hang a plastic, pan formed business sign on an interior concrete wall. It's embossed and has flat flanges on the sides, weighs around 40lbs. It's similar to this: https://www.signcrafters-...
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Hanging a 10Kg fixed frame projector screen without stud/joists
Using a Stud finder, I just can't find any stud which at the right location. Shall I just be able to hang this with plastic anchor bolt which comes with the projector screen. I saw someone asked about ...
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Is it safe to anchor a pull-up bar through drywall, into a broad-side 2x4 attached to cinderblock using concrete bolts/screws?
I'm wanting to mount a pull-up bar that needs 48" OC spacing to the exterior basement wall. However, it has drywall attached with broad-side 2x4's (rather than on edge), which is attached to ...
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Is it possible to repair this hanging mechanism
We bought some used furniture to put up on the wall. Yesterday we tried to put it up but it became apparent that we couldn’t tighten the screw on one of the hangers to bring the cupboard close to the ...
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Leveling a floor by sistering- Hanging question
I'm looking to take on a project of leveling my floors. It's a pier and beam foundation. At the recommendation of my co-worker, my trade schools carpentry instructor, I think sistering is the way to ...
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hanging yoga swing from ceiling joists
I want to hang a yoga swing from the ceiling (last floor, ceiling is insulated with some loose substance, if it makes a difference). The yoga swing needs two bolts, one to two meters apart.
I'd rather ...
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Hanging roller shades in a shallow window
I am purchasing solar roller shades for two large windows in my apartment's living room. One window is deep and doesn't pose a problem for inside mount (my strong preference!) The other is very ...
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How to install a hanging chair in concrete ceiling so it's removable?
I would like to install a hanging chair or two in a concrete ceiling in such a way that I can eventually remove it. What's the best way to make sure the mount is strong, safe, and can still be removed ...
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When drilling holes in a wall, how do you make sure you don't hit an electrical wire?
I have fairly solid walls in my apartment (plaster?), no drywall, so when I want to hang something or put in a screw, I need to drill a hole and first put in one of those small plastic 'sleeves' to ...
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Pictures hooks in drywall strong enough for 15lb acoustic panels?
I live in an apartment with a very high ceiling/wall. I'd like to hang a few DIY Rockwool acoustic panels on it to help fill the empty wall space and to cut the reverberation. These panels weigh about ...
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Chandelier came apart after removing bulb
The light bulb in the center of my dining area chandelier (I assume this is what it's called, it's a hanging lamp) went out. I unscrewed the bulb, removed it, and the lamp itself came unscrewed. I ...
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Can I safely mount a 150lb punching bag to the bottom chords of the trusses in my garage?
I’d mount a 2x4 or 2x6 on the other side of the drywall perpendicular across the chords pictured and hang the punching bag to that. These chords span about 50-60 feet.
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Changing bulb in light fixture 14' high hanging from a chain
My front porch light fixture is an open bottom fixture hanging on a decorative chain. So there is access to the bulb. But to use a "light bulb changer on a pole" or a DIY plastic bottle on ...
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How to hang from ceiling when stud finder isn't working
I want to hang a fluorescent strip light over my workbench in the garage. The problem is that I don't see how to determine where the joists are; the ceiling is some sort of weird 3-dimensional ...
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What do you call a one-sided cleat?
I’d like to use something like the rope cleat below to hang something from a wall. However, I don’t need the other side of the cleat. Is there such a thing as a one-sided cleat? What do you call it?
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How should I secure new sheetrock to a sloped ceiling to make the new ceiling flat?
I am in the process of covering over a textured ceiling with new 1/2" sheetrock and then installing a coffered ceiling/crown molding detail throughout the room.
The ceiling has prefab trusses ...
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One out of four holes in this bracket miss the stud - what would you do?
I want to mount some mesh on the wall in my kitchen to increase pan/utensil storage space. The mesh I have acquired isn't too heavy but when laden it will.
It's designed to slot and hang on grooves ...
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Hung a shelf on a plaster wall, and it fell, but I want to try again--how do I do it right?
I hung 6 Ikea shelves (these ones, which are metal L-shaped brackets with wood shelves on top) on plaster walls using medium-duty plastic anchors.
It was a real issue while we were working. The ...
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Correct wooden batten size to support heavy item on drywall
I'm going to install the Ikea Boaxel wardrobe storage system and because I have plasterboard walls I going to screw horizontal battens into the wall studs and then attach the 2m Boaxel vertical rails ...
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Mount TV to drywall with very little clearance
I'm attempting to mount a TV (a monitor actually) to a wall in our old house. This particular room was originally plaster walls and at some point, someone decided to redo the whole thing with drywall,...
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Can I drill a hole in a reinforced concreete with an impact driller?
I am wondering wether I can drill in reinforced concrete 5-6mm(1/4”) diameter wholes and 30-40mm depth with my Bosch GSB-1080-LI-2, which is almost the same like GSB-120-LI?
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Can I hang swings on two 2x6 boards instead of a 4x6?
I wanted to use a 4x6 for a beam for two swings, with eye bolts with washers through the whole beam vertically. However I do not have access to 4x6. I can buy two 2x6, but how would bolts work? Since ...
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How to widen rough opening for installation of pre-hung interior door?
We bought all our interior doors at 825mm width (~33.5"), which actually measure 865mm (~35.5") including the frame they're pre-hung in.
However, the drywall guy has left us with rough ...
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How to safely hang this bathroom mirror and medicine cabinet
While opening the medicine cabinet last night I felt it move away from the wall! When I took off the cabinet it appears that the person that installed it just drilled screws into a horizontal sheet of ...
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How to hang plastic framed artwork?
This is a piece of mass-produced, commercial art. It came in a frame that's about an inch deep (it sticks maybe an inch off the wall, like a canvas wrapped around a wooden frame does). There is no ...
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Best way to keep hanging bolts level?
I've got a piece of plywood attached to the wall from which I am going to hang this server rack.
back of rack:
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The rack is heavy ~50 lbs and I am trying to figure out the best way to hang ...
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