thoughts on hanging an oriental screen..
Went to the mother in laws this weekend, and hung some curtain rods for her, and was presented with an interesting problem/ task
To hang a 4 panel oriental screen onto a wall. The screen consists of 4 roughly 14 inch long panels secured to each other with pairs of hinges. The panel is decorated on both sides so putting any hardware into the panel is out of the question, and the panel’s weight is around 45-55 lbs. It will be mounted onto a stick framed, 5/8″ drywall interior wall.
Thoughts thus far
1) Make a U shaped tray out of a pretty wood that can be screwed (and then plugged) directly to studs for the screen to rest in
2) Make a bunch of J hooks out of 1/8″ by 2inch Aluminum flat stock and hang the screen off of that, with a few additional hooks upside down at the top to capture the screen.
Anyone have better ideas?
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hang it just like a picture..
hooks, wires, cleats, screw eyes or any combination there of..
go look in the hardware section of a better store...
you spot right off what ya need..
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Thats the catch, my mom is a watercolor painter so I have hung a zillion paintings, so if I could attach hardware to the back of the screen it would be easy, but the goal is to not attatch anything to the screen.
That would be too easy.
Jeff
Since you said you don't want to attach any hardware to the screen, I think your idea of a sort of "plate rail" is a good one. May still want to add some upside down hooks to keep the top from pulling away from the wall. An alternative for the wooden rail would be a "C" or "J" channel of aluminum or painted steel screwed through the drwall into the studs. The top could maybe be held in by a couple of those spring-loaded screen door closer dealios that grab the door and snap it shut as it closes (not the pneumatic closers).