Hanging Things Plaster Walls

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.

Hanging things plaster walls. I hope this helps you in your old house decorating or perhaps new house decorating with heavy objects. They can generally support pictures of up to 20 pounds. Adhesive picture hooks are the best way to prevent damage when hanging a picture but pre drilling the hole will usually prevent cracks and chips from forming as well. Nails will chip away the plaster and you ll end up with a large hole in the wall where nothing will be able to be hung.

Instead use a screw because they won t break the plaster wall. Screws and screws with masonry anchors for heavy items are your best choice for hanging things on plaster walls without picture rail. As mentioned earlier avoid using nails on plaster wall because they will likely cause the drywall to crack. Though there are several methods of locating studs or supports behind the wall the most reliable is using a magnetic stud finder.

The best option mostly depends on the weight of the picture in question. 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. If your room has this you can simply drive a screw through the wood and use this to hang things. Of course you can try this with other size screws but this size pretty much works for anything i need to hang.