Mounting Into Plaster Walls

You can raise or lower the wire to get the picture to the correct height.

Mounting into plaster walls.

Turn the screw to mushroom the slotted sleeve against the back wall surface. The drill will stop once it is all the way through the plaster you ll feel it. Attach one end of a. Instead use plaster anchors made of metal like a molly bolt or a toggle bolt.

Hanging things on lath and plaster walls is a tricky business. Here are links to the product we used in this video. Screws and screws with masonry anchors for heavy items are your best choice for hanging things on plaster walls without picture rail. This is because most plaster walls are made as dividers and are made of one or two sheets of plaster.

When drilling into plaster you ll need to use a masonry bit. Get it in your drill and go for it. These ones that i use regularly take a 3 16 drill bit. Nonpointed versions require an installation hole and work well in old plaster and lath walls.

Plastic wall anchors don t work with lath and plaster walls. These sheets are not very thick and can easily break. Amazon affiliate http amzn to 1iofrse ryobi corded drill with c. Be sure to use one that s long enough to get behind the plaster and lath.

Drill a small pilot hole with a wood boring bit into each mark made through the mounting holes for each bracket. For instance drive a screw into the strip on the spot just above where you want to hang a picture. Installing the mount 1. Use an electric screwdriver to.

What you want to do is select the drill bit that it says to use on the side of the package of screws and anchors. Select a drill bit that is 1 8 in 0 32 cm smaller in. Driving anything much larger than a pin nail into. Drill a larger hole.

Get anchors capable of bearing at least 150 lb. Plaster walls without available studs mark the locations of all of the bracket mounting holes onto the wall using a level to make sure the brackets will be. Choose heavy duty plaster anchors capable of bearing the tv s weight. Drill pilot holes through the wall with a masonry drill bit.

For lighter items simply screwing into the plaster with a 1 1 4 drywall screw is usually enough to get the job done. Pointed mollys can be tapped into place with a hammer. Ch hanson 0304 magnetic stud finder.