There are special clips made to hook onto the picture rail for this.
Hang paintings on plaster walls.
Drill a hole the same.
Place one hook on the wall at the location your picture loop or wire will sit.
If your picture hooks are too thick to fit into the hoop hanging off the back of your frame consider placing two hooks.
If the pictures are small and equipped with a wire on the back use a small picture hook and nail.
Screws and screws with masonry anchors for heavy items are your best choice for hanging things on plaster walls without picture rail.
Some older plaster walls have a thin strip of wood that runs around the perimeter of a room usually between 1 inch 2 5 cm to 1 foot 30 cm below the edge of the ceiling.
Check for a wall stud in the desired hanging location.
If your room has this you can simply drive a screw through the wood and use this to hang things.
With proper technique hanging pictures on a lath and plaster wall isn t a problem.
For pictures weighing five to 10 pounds drive your nail or hook at a downward angle into the wall.
For pictures weighing less than five pounds use an adhesive hook or velcro strip.
Consider installing a picture rail.
Tap on the wall with your knuckles until the wall makes a.
It is the way pictures were hung in order to not put holes in the expensive plaster.
If you have plaster walls follow these general guidelines.
Place a piece of painters tape over the marked location.
Mark the hanging location with a pencil.
How to hang art on plaster walls 1.
How to hang on plaster walls with a picture hanging system.
It is a wood molding mounted high on the wall from which you hang the pictures via wires chains or monifiliment line.
In today s video i run through the best options for hanging a heavy picture on a plasterboard wall.
If the walls are truly plaster and not dry wall.
Use a picture rail if you have one.
The ideal solution for hanging pictures on plaster is to use a picture hanging system like the all in one click rail cable hanging kit.
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