Mounting a Mirror

[dtmpower]

I have been roped into hanging a mirror at my mother in law's new house.

The wall is solid (masonry/blocks?)

The mirror is about 5kg quite a big thing , 100cm square.

Will it be ok to just drill a say 6mm hole and put a rawl plug in and hang it off a screw ?

The mirror frame already has a string fastened for hanging.

[miniman]

Personally I would go for a pair of brown plugs and screws about 3 inches apart.

[dtmpower]

miniman said:

Personally I would go for a pair of brown plugs and screws about 3 inches apart.

Sounds good to me ! 2 screws to share the load ?

[Gingerbread Man]

I'm with miniman, so that'd be a 7mm hole.

[miniman]

dtmpower said:

miniman said:

Personally I would go for a pair of brown plugs and screws about 3 inches apart.

Sounds good to me ! 2 screws to share the load ?

Also makes it slightly less prone to going on the slant at the slightest nudge.

[Dogwatch]

Also check the fixings on the back of the mirror and maybe replace the string with proper picture hanging wire (the gold coloured stuff).

[netherfield]

Dogwatch said:

Also check the fixings on the back of the mirror and maybe replace the string with proper picture hanging wire (the gold coloured stuff).

Certainly use wire,we once had a mirror,the string gave out,fell down and put a gouge in the fireplace top and then fell over and gouged a polished table.

On top of frightening the st out of us thinking someone was trying to break in to the house.

[Simpo Two]

I saw a picture spontaneously fall off a wall once. It was in a pub and it landed on top of the customer sitting beneath!

[dtmpower]

netherfield said:

Certainly use wire,we once had a mirror,the string gave out,fell down and put a gouge in the fireplace top and then fell over and gouged a polished table.

On top of frightening the st out of us thinking someone was trying to break in to the house.

Well I am back - someone must have agreed with you as it had 2 sets of fixings, one string and one gold wire - I removed the string part and it's up on 2 chunky screws into no.8 plugs.

My old drill didn't enjoy it much. The final 8mm hole was hard going think the masonry drill bit is passed it's best.

Simpo Two said:

I saw a picture spontaneously fall off a wall once. It was in a pub and it landed on top of the customer sitting beneath!

Having just got home this is not what I wanted to read

I am sure it will be ok.

Thanks generally for the advice - yet again PH proves itself as the one stop shop for advice.