How To Hang Stuff On A Plaster Wall

Scrub gently using a circular motion.

How to hang stuff on a plaster wall.

Mark the spot with a pencil. Screws and screws with masonry anchors for heavy items are your best choice for hanging things on plaster walls without picture rail. When finder passes over a nail the magnet will react. 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.

For lighter items simply screwing into the plaster with a 1 1 4 drywall screw is usually enough to get the job done. With your painter s tape rip off a piece and poke a hole in the middle of it with the pencil. If your room has this you can simply drive a screw through the wood and use this to hang things. Use a picture rail if you have one.

Attach the bracket to the wall with the anchor screws. This will help to give your plaster some extra support so it does not flake off around the nail hole. Put a piece of masking tape over the spot where you plan to put a nail. Therefore it s the strongest part of the wall and the ideal place to hang pictures from.

Work the soap into a small patch of suds on the cloth. Soak a non abrasive washcloth in warm water then place a bead of mild soap on the cloth. Measure the spot on the wall where the screw will go and mark an x. Rub the area of your wall down with your soapy cloth.

As mentioned earlier the wall stud is where the wooden lath attaches to the wooden frame behind the plaster. Make sure the screw holes align with the anchors. Step 1 move the stud finder over the plaster wall across the spot where the heavy object will hang. Step 2 if you are hanging small pictures on the wall the easiest way to accomplish the task is to use small nails.

Then slide the screws through the mount and into the wall.