How To Hang Stuff On A Plaster Wall

Screws and screws with masonry anchors for heavy items are your best choice for hanging things on plaster walls without picture rail.

How to hang stuff on a plaster wall.

Rub the area of your wall down with your soapy cloth. Step 1 move the stud finder over the plaster wall across the spot where the heavy object will hang. Then slide the screws through the mount and into the wall. Mark the spot with a pencil.

Use a picture rail if you have one. Therefore it s the strongest part of the wall and the ideal place to hang pictures from. Some older plaster walls have a thin strip of wood that runs around the perimeter of a room usually between 1 inch 2 5 cm to 1 foot 30 cm below the edge of the ceiling. With your painter s tape rip off a piece and poke a hole in the middle of it with the pencil.

How to hang heavy things on plaster walls using a wall stud generally speaking it s best to hang heavy pictures on a wall stud. Step 2 if you are hanging small pictures on the wall the easiest way to accomplish the task is to use small nails. Attach the bracket to the wall with the anchor screws. When finder passes over a nail the magnet will react.

Make sure the screw holes align with the anchors. If your room has this you can simply drive a screw through the wood and use this to hang things. Soak a non abrasive washcloth in warm water then place a bead of mild soap on the cloth. Work the soap into a small patch of suds on the cloth.

As mentioned earlier the wall stud is where the wooden lath attaches to the wooden frame behind the plaster. This will help to give your plaster some extra support so it does not flake off around the nail hole. Pick up the tv mount and hang it on the wall. Put the hole over the x that you ve marked on the wall.

Put a piece of masking tape over the spot where you plan to put a nail.