How To Hang Heavy Objects On Plasterboard Walls

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How to hang heavy objects on plasterboard walls.

If you can hang your heavy object in line with a stud and screw a long screw directly into the stud that s always the best option. Hanging things on plaster walls is easy if you have a drill and screws. In today s video i run through the best options for hanging a heavy picture on a plasterboard wall. A drywall anchor goes between the screw and the drywall biting into the drywall much more effectively than a screw would.

Simply hanging something heavy on a plaster wall can result in damage to the wall and the object if you don t tap into the supporting structure behind the plaster. Depending on what you re hanging or mounting you may want to use a specific kind of drywall anchor and there are several to choose from. Hanging heavy objects on the wall can be tricky and with all the options available out there downright confusing. Though there are several methods of locating studs or supports behind the wall the most reliable is using a magnetic stud finder.

Even more so if you live in an old house with plaster and lath walls. One of the questions i get asked regularly is how to fix heavy items such as a tv to plasterboard or drywall. Although plaster walls are thicker and denser than drywall they re also hollow so require heavy duty fasteners to secure weightier objects. Make sure you leave half an inch out of the wall so you have space to hang your artwork.

How to hang heavy objects on plaster. Studs can help support the weight of heavy objects. Unfortunately there are no plasterboard fixings. Then you screw into the anchor so everything stays in place.