Questions tagged [hanging]
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What is the purpose of these attachments on my picture frame?
Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm trying to hang a picture and I was wondering what these metal attachments are on the back of the frame. There are two of them.
Am I supposed to use them for ...
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What can I use to hang up grocery bags?
I'd like a good solution for hanging up grocery bags and other miscellaneous things on the wall. Basic hooks would do the trick, but some things like to slip off it (like too many grocery bags). To ...
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How to hang a chair from the ceiling joists (with attic access)
I'm planning on hanging a chair from the ceiling. From what I can tell the best method is to add a crosspiece above multiple joists, and mount the chair to that using an eye bolt.
The problem with ...
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What should I use to hang a coat hook on a brick wall?
I have purchased several of these iron coat hooks:
However, they do not come with any kind of screws.
I will be hanging them on a (brick + plaster) party wall of my terraced property (UK).
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What can I use to rigidly hang a lot of flat/paper artwork on a wall?
I have dozens of pieces of unframed artwork. I would like to hang them on the wall, in a way that is somewhat easy to rearrange. I'd like them to line up horizontally, and to be against the wall so ...
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Why can't I drill deep enough into my wall for wall anchors?
I am living in a condo and have a problem to put anchor in the wall (drywall? I don't know th exact type of the wall). when I drill it doesn't go deep enough to put anchor completely in, so it can't ...
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How to hang a projector screen from a thin horizontal part of slightly curved ceiling
I have a brick wall in front of which I want to hang a projector screen. Here is an image of a typical projector screen that I am looking to buy:
The part of my ceiling near the wall is curved(the ...
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Towel hook in bathroom ceramic tile grout
I few years ago I installed tile on the wall of my bathroom. I needed a little hook for a hand towel in the tile, so I drilled two little holes into the grout in between two tiles and screwed the hook ...
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Hang a floating mantel
We recently replaced an existing fireplace mantel and my wife would like me to re-purpose the old mantle as a high mounted shelf in our soon to be occupied nursery.
The original install was a 1x1 ...
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How can I hang small weights from a drywall ceiling in a way that's minimally destructive?
I need to hang some plants (small, a few pounds max) from the ceiling but I don't want to go the usual toggle bolt or the drywall anchor route. These create holes that are too large for the kind of ...
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Can I hold a Hammock up with Star Pickets?
I would like to hang, my Hammock.
Unfortunately the new property doesn't have any handy trees etc.
So I thought I could perhaps secure it to some star-pickets.
The ground is quiet sandy, and I don't ...
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Where do you buy a whiteboard? [closed]
I'm a math student, and I just entered grad school. I have a studio apartment, and there's one bigger-sized wall with no windows. I'd like to put a large whiteboard or chalkboard on it.
Where would ...
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Should I reinforce the cupboard back before mounting it to the wall?
I have a cupboard/shelf that is like a bookshelf with a back and sliding glass doors. It weighs 10kg without the glass and without anything in it.
I want to attach it to the wall and have read about ...
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Problem Using Wall Anchors for Curtain Rod
I'm trying to hang curtains for a floor-to-ceiling window by using drywall anchors to hold up the curtain rod. However, the plastic screw gets stuck about halfway anywhere I attempt to drill. When I ...
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How do you hang something on sheetrock if you have metal wall studs? [duplicate]
How do you hang something on sheetrock if you have metal wall studs? The item is a very heavy shelf, so anchors aren't going to cut it.
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How do sound-dampening drywall clips affect the ability to hang objects on the wall?
I'm evaluating options for sound-proofing drywall, and am considering sound-dampening clips such as Genie Clips.
In this approach the drywall isn't directly mounted to the wall studs. How would I ...
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How to fix over-tightened metal drywall anchor?
I was installing a metal drywall anchor for the first time, and accidentally over tightened it. Now it isn't tight on the wall, and is unusable. I can not remove the screw from the wall, and am ...
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How can I make suction cups stay securely to a tiled shower wall?
I am trying to hang a mirror in the shower and it simply will not stay on the wall. It does not weigh more than a couple of pounds. There are two suction cups.
Things I've tried:
Cleaning the tile ...
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What is the best way to hang a heavy dynamic weight from a flat ceiling with joists?
I want to hang something like http://www.skychairs.com/ or similar in my living room. If the joists were exposed I would mount a beam between two of them and hang over or through that. However, when ...
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How to get proper support for a closet system from a firewall?
I am installing a closet system which is supported from a single track. The wall I am attaching this track to isn't a standard wall but a firewall between my townhouse and the next.
The cinderblock ...
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What's the best way to hang this large picture on insulated plasterboard?
I would like to hang this fairly large framed picture on my living room wall. The frame measures 167x75cm, and weighs roughly 8.5kg. Both top and bottom of the frame had snapped previously (while ...
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How to hang shelf on 2cm thin wall?
I would like to somehow saw out a wood board that fits into the corner as seen on the picture below. The problem is that both walls are only 2cm thin. The shelf needs to be able to hold a pair of ...
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How can I hang a shelf with no visible fasteners?
I just built a shelf for a bedroom based on instructions found at Happy at Home. Problem is: the blog doesn't explain how to hang it!
Can someone help me figure out a clean way to hang this shelf ...
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How can I hang a heavy frame without making holes in the walls?
I live in an apartment, so I don't want to put holes in the wall, but I have a large (2'x3') wire-suspended frame, weighing 14 pounds, that I'd like to hang. The heaviest-duty 3M Command product (the ...
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How do I hang a pot rack in a plaster ceiling?
I am trying to hang a pot rack, and my house is all plaster walls. I have an electronic stud finder but the places it is telling me that studs exist don't seem to be correct - test nails have gone ...
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How should I attach a chin-up bar to floor joists?
I want to mount a chin up bar to engineered I-beam floor joists. Am I safe to mount it directly up into it with lag bolts? If the spacing isn't correct and I span some joists with 2x4s, should I run ...
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How should I affix a flat horizontal object to a vertical chain?
I have a wooden plank (like a flat swing seat) and a hanging chain (or two, like a swing). Instead of screwing an eye into the plank I want the chain to continue downwards through a hole in the plank, ...
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How can I hang a heavy bag from this beam in my garage?
I'm renting a house that was built about 10 years ago. The attached, finished garage is under the master bedroom. It has two large beams running across it, see picture.
The larger one is 6.5" ...
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Best solution for file folders of custom wooden desk drawer?
A few months ago, I bought a wooden desk. I want to put file folders in one of the drawers. I bought this file folder frame set (the kind you build) for file folders from Office Depot, but they don'...
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Why are my wall hooks ending up crooked?
I have a power drill and sometimes use it to make holes to put up hooks, etc. in my brick+plaster wall. But no matter how carefully I line the holes up and measure them, the hook always ends up at a ...
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Need to allow swivelling/rotating fitting for steel wire
I have a swing-hammock that's hanging from the ceiling (through an I-beam) with some steel wire. Everything is swell except the positioning of the hammock means it should be able to swivel. This can't ...
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How can I hang a large but light poster on a concrete pillar?
I have a large (est. 5'x7') sheet of plastic foam with a poster printed on it. It weighs maybe 3 lb and is reasonably stiff.
I'd like to hang it on a solid rectangular concrete pillar about 2' wide. ...
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What tack like options are stronger then blu tack?
I want to use something stronger then blu tack as a non permanent option to secure things, such as christmas lights, paintings, small mirrors etc. I mean non permanent in the sense that it does not ...
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How much weight can I hang from a drywall ceiling?
I have a potted plant (approx 5kg/10lbs) that I wish to hang from a drywall ceiling of a window aisle.
Unfortunately, I have no idea about what specific kind of drywall plate it is or how it was ...
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Can I hang a bathroom shelf with command strips or something similar?
I'm currently living in an apartment that doesn't allow me to put anything larger than a finishing nail sized hole in the wall. I have a small bathroom shelf that I would like to put up that consists ...
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How can I mount a punching bag in a closet opening?
I need to hang a punching bag, and was thinking of putting it in a closet opening. I assume that there's a header across the top of the opening that's at least a 2x4, but will that be enough to hang ...
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How to hang a baby cradle from a concrete ceiling?
I am considering buying a baby cradle that will hang from the ceiling. We have a concrete ceiling in the apartment and I am not sure that it will be possible to install it safely. It needs to be able ...
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How to mount hooks into concrete ceiling that must be able to support several times bodyweight?
I am on the top floor of a loft apartment that used to be a factory. I want to install several hooks or some other fixture into my concrete ceiling from which I can hang gymnastic rings, a punching ...
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Will gently hammering thumbtacks into my wall help them stay better?
So I'm thinking about fake-upholstering a wall in my bedroom in my apartment to create a focal wall without having to paint. I don't want to drill holes 'cause I'll be moving out of there in like 9 ...
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How can I hang a framed picture onto a wallpapered concrete wall without damaging the wall surface?
I have a framed picture about two feet by three feet in size that weighs about one pound (not a sheet of paper). I want to hang it onto a wall that is of full-blown hard concrete and covered with ...
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Is it possible to hang something on the wall surrounding my chimney?
My chimney runs up the center of the house from the basement. Where it passes through the kitchen, there is an obvious bulge in the wall where the wall basically wraps around the chimney. Based on the ...
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What is up with this wall, and what is the right way to hang something on it?
I just moved in to a new apartment, in a very old house. The landlord mentioned that it is over 100 years old. The walls are plaster, which means (to the best of my knowledge) that there is lath ...
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What are my options for framing a thicker than average piece of artwork?
I have a piece of signed TV artwork that is mounted in cardboard frame aprox 1cm deep, that i want to hang on the wall. I've had a look round and most of the frames i've found aren't deep enough to ...
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What's the best way to hang an unframed poster on a sloping wall without using something that will damage the poster?
What's the best way to hang unframed posters on a sloping wall without using tape or velcro or glue that would damage the poster? Thumb-tacks don't work too well because the poster ends up sagging ...
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What are some ways to appropriately hang things on a wall?
I just moved into a new house and am at the point where I need to start hanging stuff on the walls. Most of the stuff I want to hang is around the size of a picture frame, large mirror, or diploma ...
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How do I install hanging cabinets with a flimsy backing?
I went and watched this 1 min video clip about hanging cabinets:
http://www.easy2diy.com/cm/easy/diy_ht_3d_index.asp?page_id=35750421
It seems to say to just screw my cabinets into the wall (where ...
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How thick should a french cleat be?
I want to use a french cleat to hang some basic open cabinets in my garage. I've seen recommendations anywhere from 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches thick, but nobody seems to be talking about weight.
Is there a ...
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How do I hang a chair from a concrete ceiling using a single hook?
I'm putting in a "hanging chair" in the basement and it's supposed to hang from a single hook in the ceiling. The ceiling is reinforced concrete.
Now, I'm about 125 kilograms (275 lbs) so I reckon ...
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What kind of fastener should I use to attach a mounting bracket to metal studs?
I want to hang a 26 inch flat panel monitor on a wall that has metal studs. What kind of fastener should i use to attach the mounting bracket to the stud through drywall?
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What can I use to hang a frameless mirror?
I'm looking to hang a mirror on the wall on my bathroom. It weighs about 20 or so lbs. There are no built in hooks on the back of the mirror? What should I use to hang this thing?
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