Moronic picture hanging question.
Discussion
I would like to hang a picture frame up on a plaster board wall and with the frame came 4 little screws and two fixing things with loops on.
The instructions are sparse and say do not use a wire.
There are no hole in the frame to fix the fixings too.
How on earth do I do it? I've for a snotty awful head cold and can't make any sense of the instructions I found on the net
Thanks
The instructions are sparse and say do not use a wire.
There are no hole in the frame to fix the fixings too.
How on earth do I do it? I've for a snotty awful head cold and can't make any sense of the instructions I found on the net
Thanks
littlegreenfairy said:
GTIR said:
I'll be round in 5 minutes.
If only you could come and do it.I've just asked the husband where the hammer is kept and have been told to step away from any ideas to do with DIY.
He'll have a tube of No More Nails in the garage.
Women, know your limits.
If you got 2 of these with the picture, they screw onto the frame.
Make sure you don't go all the way through to the front.
Once attached, measure the centres and mark the corresponding centres on the wall.
Stick 2 of these in with the screw heads proud and hang the loops on the screwheads. Dont overtighten the plugs or they'll just spin in the wall.
Or Velcro.
Make sure you don't go all the way through to the front.
Once attached, measure the centres and mark the corresponding centres on the wall.
Stick 2 of these in with the screw heads proud and hang the loops on the screwheads. Dont overtighten the plugs or they'll just spin in the wall.
Or Velcro.
Pixel Pusher said:
Stick 2 of these in with the screw heads proud and hang the loops on the screwheads. Dont overtighten the plugs or they'll just spin in the wall.
Or Velcro.
From experience do not just screw these into the plasterboard. Drill a decent pilot hole first otherwise you'll find that half board crumbles around the screw.Or Velcro.
littlegreenfairy said:
GTIR said:
I'll be round in 5 minutes.
If only you could come and do it.I've just asked the husband where the hammer is kept and have been told to step away from any ideas to do with DIY.
Oh, I was just going to come round to give you a good going over.
Tsk. Silly me eh. What am I like.
Screw the eyelets to the frame about 1/4 way down from the top. Stretch a piece of picture wire between them and twist it off. Now from behind the picture take up the weight of the picture on your fingers to gauge the amount of stretch in the wire and measure this from the top of the frame i.e. the wire might be 3" down from the top of the frame when it's tensioned. Now knowing where on the wall you want to the top of the frame to be you measure down the same amount i.e. in my example 3" down from the where the top of the frame - and this is where you want your screws/picture nails to be. Use 2 x screws or nails because it's much easier to level up a picture on two hooks because it will not swing from side to side like on one hook. Hang your picture and level it up, job done... All assuming your walls are sound and the picture doesn't weigh an absolute ton! 
paul.deitch said:
I fitted gallery rails in all the rooms including the hallway and stairs so that I could hang anything anywhere and change it around. A bit like the old picture rails we used to have.
Out of interest, where did you get them from? I've occasionally looked for them but without any success (all the ones I've found have been less than unobtrusive).LooneyTunes said:
Out of interest, where did you get them from? I've occasionally looked for them but without any success (all the ones I've found have been less than unobtrusive).
Ikea do them. I have 2 ready to go up. The frame in question is 20x16 inches. I need a white board for shopping lists and reminders but they are all ugly so have framed some pretty wrapping paper in a nice frame and will use the glass surface to write on. Looks very pretty
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