How To Hang Heavy Mirror On Old Plaster Wall

To hang mirror on a plaster wall use a toggle bolt outfitted with a picture hanging hook.

How to hang heavy mirror on old plaster wall.

Mark the wall near the center of the top edge with a pencil or painter s tape. Hanging heavy mirror on plaster walls. Center the mounting bracket or cleat on the back of the mirror frame and level with its top edge. Hang a mirror using hooks step 1 hold the mirror in place close to eye level.

Use a power drill to carefully make pilot holes into the frame using the pre drilled holes in the bracket as a guide. Use a molly bolt. Called wall anchors or wall mollies these are small tapered plastic anchors that you push through the plaster after drilling a correct sized hole. Expand the anchor.

A variety of drywall anchors are available. Your mirror is too heavy for picture hooks alone but a wall anchor would likely do the trick to attach them to a wall made of drywall or plaster. Wall anchors have a hole in the middle that a. Drill hole through plaster large enough to accept the toggle bolt.

Interlocking brackets on the wall and the mirror provide secure and level hanging.