How To Hang Heavy Wood Window On Walls

Before i was always the girl that did her damnedest to find a wall stud behind the drywall to hang heavy pictures mirrors etc.

How to hang heavy wood window on walls.

Heavy eye hooks are a good choice but you can potentially use bent or roll hooks or even cup hooks. Push a pin in the wall. For heavy pictures secure the hangers to wall studs if you can. Then you snap off the excess straps so they re flush.

When determining how to hang a heavy mirror on drywall it is preferred to secure hangers into the center of wall studs. I used a couple of different things depending on the size of the window. To use drill a hole in the wall then feed the channel through the hole so it s inside the wall. I have a window i still need to hang and i want to add more but i still love it now even not finished.

Use two hangers spaced along the mirror s width to distribute the weight. Measure the distance between the wood and the top of the frame using a tape measure and place the wood on the wall underneath your original mark using that measure. For example if the frame of the window sash is 2. Ok so thats what the wall looks like.

Drill pilot holes in the wall or ceiling for the hooks you will use to hang the window. Not sure if you have drywall or plaster. For thinner walls such as plywood paneling use robust fasteners like toggle or molly bolts or plastic anchors that spread out behind the wall. For a heavier window or one that hangs in a way that leaves it open to wind at the side or on the front of a porch for example i d use d rings and chain instead.

Twist one picture framing eye hook into the sash at the left pencil mark but centered across the width of the left side of the window frame. Look for hanger packs that contain assorted hardware for different uses. The two corners of the wood will be where you will hang the fasteners. I like big art and i cannot lie.

Use an electronic stud finder to locate them. Let me walk you through how i hung them. First let me show you how my wall is looking these days. Like i mentioned before these windows are relatively lightweight and i usually hang them flush against a wall so i use the hooks and eyes with picture hanging wire to hang them.

Figuring out how to hang heavy wall art though can sometimes be a problem. Using a level to make sure it is even draw a line across the top of the wood. If it goes in it s drywall. Fasteners attached to solid wood and plywood have great holding power if the material is thick enough.