What is the best way to mount a large heavy clock on plaster and lat walls without making holes in the walls? Does anyone know of some way to hang things less obtrusive so when I move it I don’t have a anchor hole to fix?
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I really can't imagine any way to hang things without making holes. Well, there's glue. But that would make a much bigger mess when it came time to remove it.
There are picture hooks for heavy pictures which use several "pins" to secure the hook to the wall. When used with drywall, the pin holes are pretty small and easily repaired. For plaster, it depends on the condition of the wall. It may leave a similarly small hole (assuming you can actually manage to drive the pins into the plaster) or it may shatter the plaster requiring repair work anyway.
Since you have lathe behind the plaster, your best bet might be to use a small drill bit to ensure that the chosen location will catch the lath, then use a larger bit to bore a clean hole in the plaster and secure a heavy duty hook with a screw.
Plaster can hold a great deal with nothing more than a small hole and close fitting nail. Pick up the smallest carbide drill bit you can find, drill an angled hole and simply incert the nail. When you move there's just a small hole to fill.
Beer was created so carpenters wouldn't rule the world.
sure it is called picture rail and wire hangers
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Ah, Pif, you beat me to the punch!.....
I figured if any one was going to come up with that it would be you, :)
Geoff
Edited 5/20/2007 7:58 pm ET by Geoffrey
I'm not THAT old!
;)But we use them soemtimes since these old houses had them.what is a shame is the remuddling and repairs from the sixties and seventies left some places with SR over the plaster cielings and butted and caulked to the picture rail leaving it looking like a goobered up piece of bedmold.
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