My wife and I are trying to hang a somewhat heavy picture frame from our wedding. We had it on command hooks and it was working great. But once a couple other pictures in the house fell and broke from the humidity, we decided we better put this one up with nails and hangers. Where we want it, we can't find a stud and I'm too cheap to buy a new stud finder right now. Does anyone know offhand how much weight drywall itself can take. We're using two nails/hanger combos.
DryWall question
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Put an anchor in the wall, they sell them at any hardware store, drill a hole put the anchor in, tighten it, run the screw out a bit and hang your picture. Drywall will not hold much weight at all.
You can buy a decent stud finder for $10 or $15. Money well spent and you'll have something solid to screw into.
Get a studfinder at Menards for $10 or a wall anchor that can support quite a bit of weight for a couple.
Since you live in Ankeny you can over to my house and borrow mine. But you are required to hold it up to your sternum and press the button to show that a "STUD" was found.
Since you live in Ankeny you can over to my house and borrow mine. But you are required to hold it up to your sternum and press the button to show that a "STUD" was found.
Come over, I live two blocks away, you can use my stud finder.... Or just tap it with your knuckle, when the sound changes, you hit a stud.
CycloneErik
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Just keep pounding nails until you hit something, shouldn't take more like 5 or 6 if you're lucky.
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:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh: Edison has nothing on us!!! :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:
I have used those gorilla hooks from the infomorcial and they work great.... Other than that I would definately use a drywall anchor. They make some really good ones now that you screw in by hand then put another screw into them...
CycloneErik
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Do you feed them bananas? Show them the Planet of the Apes movies? If you show them those movies, do they say, "Man, that's off the hook"?
You can find a stud in the wall by rapping and listening for the sound to become less hollow (harder to do on outside walls). That's my normal method. To be sure you can take a heavy needle and press it through the drywall to help verify where the stud is.
If you don't want to buy a studfinder or want to position it where there aren't any hooks Lowes/Home Depot have about a million different types of drywall anchors. Some leave big holes, some leave small holes, etc.
Or you can buy/borrow a studfinder or simply attempt to duct tape the picture to the wall. I don't recommend that last course of action though.
If you don't want to buy a studfinder or want to position it where there aren't any hooks Lowes/Home Depot have about a million different types of drywall anchors. Some leave big holes, some leave small holes, etc.
Or you can buy/borrow a studfinder or simply attempt to duct tape the picture to the wall. I don't recommend that last course of action though.
Most outlets are on studs as well you just have to figure out what side of them the stud is on and measure over 16 inches to find the next one.
Assuming the studs are 16 inches... I just helped redo a friend's sunroom that had some water damage, rip out the drywall and find the studs are about 30 inches apart... Nice...
That is a long ways apart. Did it cause problems being that far apart? Besides the fact I any sort of sheeting you want to hang you would have to cut.
I think it was an old porch that they closed in. The studs were just one of many problems, but it should be all good now...
