How To Hang Heavy Objects On Plasterboard Walls

Hanging heavy objects on the wall can be tricky and with all the options available out there downright confusing.

How to hang heavy objects on plasterboard walls.

Unfortunately there are no plasterboard fixings. All you need to do is pre drill a hole slightly narrower than your screws then use the drill to drive a screw into the hole. Then you screw into the anchor so everything stays in place. 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. 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.

If your walls are made of plaster or drywall one option is to affix the object to a spot on the wall directly into a stud. If you love my content and would like to send me a couple. 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. Studs can help support the weight of heavy objects.

How to hang heavy objects on plaster. In today s video i run through the best options for hanging a heavy picture on a plasterboard wall. Make sure you leave half an inch out of the wall so you have space to hang your artwork. Though there are several methods of locating studs or supports behind the wall the most reliable is using a magnetic stud finder.