Determine the weight of the item you ll be hanging onto the wall.
How to hang wall clock on drywall.
The only safe method of hanging a clock is to secure it to a wall stud with a long eye screw.
Plastic versions hold medium loads 10 pounds to 25 pounds in drywall and plaster.
How to hang a heavy wall clock.
These are the support 2 by 4 pieces of wood behind the drywall and.
This is how far my mirror sticks out from the wall.
How to hang your wall clock.
Now you may hang the clock on the wall.
Hanging the clock with a stud.
A heavy clock may literally rip a nail or screw out of the drywall immediately after installation.
Mark the stud with a pencil at the proper height based on the hanger on the back of the wall clock.
How to hang something heavy into drywall without studs.
Use the stud finder to locate a stud in your desired hanging location.
You can trim a plastic bolt flush with its nut after installation.
About 2 cm of the nail should stick out from the wall.
To check whether you have a stud at the location of your choice you can use a stud finder.
And then you hang your item.
As with the expansion anchor drive it in until it sits flush with the drywall.
Once you have fixed a location mark it.
Exciting picture i know.
Select a hollow wall drywall anchor rated to hold the weight of your item.
How to use them.
Fit the item to be anchored over the bolt then insert the toggle and tighten.
This was an old hole that i needed to patch up but i just stuck it in here to show you all.
Start by drilling a hole about the size of the tip of the threaded anchor.
A secure screw coming directly out of the wall works well for this clock.
Okay so then you just stick the hook in the wall and it will look like this.
Bore a hole in the wall large enough to accommodate the toggle.
The position that you choose to hang the wall clock should be supported by a stud.
Then take your power drill and drive the threaded anchor into the drywall just like you would with a normal screw.
Now position the nail on the spot and use a hammer to drive it inside the stud.