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What should I do with the wires before I put a cap over the hole left by my (broken) electric smoke alarm?
We have a wired smoke alarm system. We've lived here 9 years and I have no idea if they work or not, so I installed battery-operated ones in pretty much every room.
One day the wired one upstairs was ...
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hanging multiple picture frames of different sizes in line and with equal spacing
Im putting up a picture wall of multiple picture frames of varying sizes.
The first picture below gives a very rough idea of what im trying to achieve, all in line at top where two are inline.
I didnt ...
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Hanging hooks in a weak wall
I used to have some (guitar) hooks which were screwed into a brick wall, but 2/3 of them have fallen out. My only guess is that (since they are all at the same vertical height) they all went into a ...
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Hanging a wooden venetian blind in a square bay
I have recently purchased some custom fit wooden blinds to fit to a square (or box) bay window. I followed the measuring guide diligently, and now the blinds have arrived it is time to fit them. What ...
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Can I mount my hangboard on a wooden ceiling beam?
My main worry is that I am 180 lbs and this would have to support my weight
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Hanging Internal Doors - is a frame made from 2 x 2's strong enough
I have recently removed some light hollow wardrobe doors from a frame made of 2 x 2's and have just had delivered some reclaimed pine doors to put in their place.
I want to know if the frame made of ...
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Correct fixture for plasterboard that has another board behind it
I'm trying to put up a whiteboard on a plasterboard wall. I am screwing the holes from one end into a stud, but the other end does not line up with a stud. I therefore planned on using wallmates. ...
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How to hang hard to hang picture [closed]
I have a picture frame where the wood is narrow, maybe 1/4 inch. The backing board has sawtooths near the top.
If I hang by sawtooth it seems I’ll be hanging on nails, not hooks (most hooks I see ...
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Drill through a pass through header/top-plate to hang pot hanger
I want to install a pot hanger in this pass through between my kitchen and dining room. The product came with some wood screw hooks, and I want to swap them for some threaded hooks and throw a nut on ...
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Anchor won’t penetrate wall?
I was going to hang a few floating shelves from target and they came with plastic anchors that they said to screw into the wall.
Since I don’t have a drill, so I tried that but the anchors stop ...
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Hanging a mirror from its wooden frame
I intend to use four eye screws, pictured, to hang a wood-framed mirror. The mirror is about 44"x32".
But installing four eye screws (two on the bottom, one on each side, with a cable running through ...
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Stand heavy mirror on its corner
I have a heavy square mirror and a shoe bench. I would like to put the mirror on top of the bench, but the mirror on top, but standing on its corner.
The mirror is too heavy to hang from the wall.
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Can I hang things from a thick sound proofed wall?
I have a sound proofed room. It's constructed like this:
Specifically, the layers of the wall are:
studs
3/4" MDF
1/2" air gap (RC-8 channel)
3/4" drywall
3/4" drywall
The exterior of the wall is 2"...
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Hang item from top chord of 2x6 roof trusses?
The roof truss in question is part of a standalone shed structure in the back yard. Each truss is 2x6, and is composed of 3 planks - each side of the triangle, no center braces or anything. The width ...
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Can anyone identify what brand/company makes tracks for these curtains? [closed]
There are snaps on each end and the plastic "hooks" run along the entire top. I need to purchase tracks for these, however, I can't find the company they are made from.
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Re-using Stud hole in wall
I have a guitar hanger that I didn't put together tightly enough so it loosened over time, and I want to tighten it and hang it again. It was put into a stud and I was wondering if I could reuse the ...
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Is there a tool to model rigging
Say I want to hang a shelf to the ceiling: Given that points A,B,C,D are fixed on the ceiling, and points a,b,c,d are fixed connection points on the shelf.
1) Is it possible to control pan and tilt (...
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How to mount handrail to drywall over concrete
Any help how to hang the railing back up on the stairway. It is townhouse wall with drywall and concrete behind it.
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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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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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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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At what point does hanging items on the interior side of an exterior wall become a concern regarding damage to the insulation?
Take a large toggle bolt. That can break the vapor barrier and compress the insulation. Or at least that's what I'm thinking. Small anchors should be okay, no?
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Hanging heavy mirror [duplicate]
What do I need to hang a really heavy mirror? It’s flat, so it would be right against the wall. It’s 40x60 and quite heavy. Hopefully someone sees this now so I can get it while I’m at the store 🤣
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Can i mount this to metal studs?
I mounted my TV (about 62lbs) to my apartment’s metal studs using zip toggles. Wondering if I can do so for this wall-mounted work bench too. It weighs about 95lbs.
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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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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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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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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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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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Gap between toilet and a "glue" on the wall
I don't know anything about plumbing, but recently I moved to a new apartment and noticed that there is a slight gap between the hanging toilet and some kind on a white glue on the wall. Check the ...
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Proper sized screws to attach whiteboard on wall
I need to attach a 120 x 200 cm (47.2" x 78.7") whiteboard to a concrete wall with some plaster on it, and the whiteboard arrived with 4 screws which seem kind of small to me.
I will be ...
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How to repair holes in wall and properly mount a clothes pole?
We just moved into our house and tried hanging up my wife's winter clothes. Once we had both sides of the racks filled up the whole thing fell down. We had a handy man come out, and we figured out ...
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Options and advice for two-point aerial yoga hammock
I'm looking to hang an aerial yoga hammock in our garage from 2 attachment points. I'm based in Australia which might change some of my measurements/ratings so sorry in advance!
I can use a manhole ...
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Lean Ikea Krabb mirror against the wall (for decoration), need something to prevent them from slipping
https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/298y83/help_lean_ikea_krabb_mirror_against_the_wall_need/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_title
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What is this wall fixture with a locking arm? How much weight is it rated for?
So, I have this thing attached to the concrete wall between mine and my neigbhor's balconies:
The arm has a slot in it's base that lets it slide around the nearest axis, and another slot that engages ...
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Ideas to hang five polycarbonate squares to ceiling
I have five plastic (polycarbonate) squares that I need to hang / attach them to the ceiling (concrete). They can touch the ceiling, or have little (maximum 2 inches) gap between the square and the ...
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I had hot glue holding something up on my wall as I had seen that it wouldn’t take off paint [closed]
I went to remove the object to clean it and it peeled off part of my paint
I have white dry wall showing now and I don’t know how to cover it or put the item back up because it is quite heavy and will ...
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Effective way to attach hangables to brick veneer wall?
So awhile back I made a wall with brick veneer for a fake, lighter weight "brick wall" look:
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I have been trying to find effective ways to hang things from it such as picture frames, a ...
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Hanging bed from cement ceiling
I saw a thread on here that kind of discussed this, but I am trying to hang a queen platform bed from a cement ceiling in a Loft apartment model. It will not be used, just more decoration, although ...
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How to hang curtains drywall with no gap
How can I hang curtains on an exterior wall that only has 1/2" between the interior(painted) drywall surface and the beginning of the exterior wall?
I tried to use a hollow wall anchor #6-32 x 1-1/4",...
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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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Wanting to hang framed posters on what I believe are plaster walls
As the title suggests, I’m looking to hang three separate framed movie posters. Each of the framed posters weighs roughly 12 lbs. maybe 15 max. The house itself was built in the 1920’s and when ...
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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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Hanging a 20lbs lamp from a concrete ceiling, what to be aware of?
I’m trying to drill a hole into the concrete ceiling in my apartment to first insert a hook, then hang the lamp through. The lamp is a plug-in btw.
Just wondering what are the necessary tools and ...
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How to use or adapt this artificial plant?
I bought some hanging artificial plant that looks very much like this:
Notice the plant stem is oriented the same way as the plant itself, that means if I plant it in a pot it won't hang at all ...
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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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How can I hang a shelf off of existing screws in brick wall?
Recently moved into an apartment, and setting it up.
I need to hang a projector and a video game console off of a brick wall in the home.
Ideally, because it's an apartment, I don't alter the wall.
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Decorative hanging hooks into plaster and brick wall
I'm at a bit of a loss, but I feel like I can't surely be the only person with this issue. We have a number of keepsake / decorative items that need to be hung by a hook. An example is a surprisingly ...
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