Anyone got any tricks for hanging multiple picture frames?

[MrBig]

I’ve got a run of 3 picture frames to hang, which all need to be at the same height.

Problem is, they are all strung with slightly different length wire and they are wide frames so need two fixing points.

I keep seeing these tools to measure the height between fixing point and top of frame but they seem to only work with one fixing point.

Any ‘tricks of the trade’ I’m missing?

[Mr Pointy]

Surely you just set the wall fixings at the same height & adjust the wire? or change the wire to a diferent fixing method - the two part interlocking type.

[miniman]

https://amzn.eu/d/iZc8wrf

[MrBig]

Mr Pointy said:

Surely you just set the wall fixings at the same height & adjust the wire? or change the wire to a diferent fixing method - the two part interlocking type.

Not as simple as that as they are heavy duty wires and they’ve been crimped. Was hoping to avoid messing with them to be honest.

[E63eeeeee...]

Can you hang some temporary fixings on wires from your picture rail, adjust until the levels are right then use those positions to fit your more permanent fixings?

[57Ford]

Can’t you just pull it reasonably taut, mimic the screws at the point of the crimps and measure to the top of the frame?

[juice]

Unless they are massive, why not use 3M command strips ?

[D44nny]

Start off by hanging all 3 off the same hook and marking where the top of each frame comes to. Then measure the difference between the lines. Use this measurement to adjust the height of the fixing e.g if the second frame was 2cm lover than the first raise the fixing for that frame by 2cm. This will result in all frames being level. Hope I've explained it ok

[miniman]

Just use the tool I posted above!

[Ledaig]

I just use a short length of wood with a screw in it.

Use the piece of wood to 'hang' the picture on the screw and mark where the top of the frame comes to on the wood.

Align this mark with where you want the top of the frame on the wall.

where the screw is - that's where you drill.

[MrBig]

For clarity, the frames are quite heavy and 4ft long. When I've hung one of them before I've found that the 2 fixings need to be at least 12" apart for it to be stable, which rules out a number of the conventional methods offered above.

[MrBig]

D44nny said:

Start off by hanging all 3 off the same hook and marking where the top of each frame comes to. Then measure the difference between the lines. Use this measurement to adjust the height of the fixing e.g if the second frame was 2cm lover than the first raise the fixing for that frame by 2cm. This will result in all frames being level. Hope I've explained it ok

That make sense and seems like the best option, thank you.

[biggiles]

miniman said:

https://amzn.eu/d/iZc8wrf

This - miniman is right. Took me years to discover this tool, saves a lot of time. Well-known kit in the art world.

[TX1]

D44nny said:

Start off by hanging all 3 off the same hook and marking where the top of each frame comes to. Then measure the difference between the lines. Use this measurement to adjust the height of the fixing e.g if the second frame was 2cm lover than the first raise the fixing for that frame by 2cm. This will result in all frames being level. Hope I've explained it ok

This makes sense and way I would go.

[James6112]

biggiles said:

miniman said:

https://amzn.eu/d/iZc8wrf

This - miniman is right. Took me years to discover this tool, saves a lot of time. Well-known kit in the art world.

That looks good to me too - ordered!
(a week after hanging 12 photo frames at my mothers house…)

[dhutch]

Hang them with an intentional random stagger....

[ARHarh]

dhutch said:

Hang them with an intentional random stagger....

This is what I would do. Trying to line stuff up.and failing looks pants. Deliberately staggering them will.look ok. It's either that or re-string them all the same.

[biggiles]

James6112 said:

biggiles said:

miniman said:

https://amzn.eu/d/iZc8wrf

This - miniman is right. Took me years to discover this tool, saves a lot of time. Well-known kit in the art world.

That looks good to me too - ordered!
(a week after hanging 12 photo frames at my mothers house…)

The tool will help.

While we're on this topic - if you need to do a vertical set of pictures, have a look at STAS hanging systems to get them all in line. Easy. : https://www.hangingsystems.com/products/stas-zippe...

Saves a lot of time.

[paul.deitch]

Faced with that kind of problem I used this in lots of rooms in the house.
https://systematicart.com/shop-by-system/picture-h...

Dead easy to line up pictures however you want. There are light and heavy duty hooks.