Please remember. Those screws can hold up to 200lb, but your drywall cannot. We don’t have issues with screws, our big problem is drywall is weak and it will brake away from the wall easily. So do your best to find a stud.
I asked for 3 quotes to hang a bathroom cabinet and put in tp roll and a door lock after our contractor somehow missed this and wouldn’t come back after he was paid. All three contractors would not touch another’s work. So after 2 years of the cabinet sitting on my toilet, I found this instructional u-tube video. I’m a 115 retired female. Bought me a drill and electric screw driver and watched this and put it in myself. Bought a gig saw and put in the tp roll. Haven’t figured out the door lock yet for the pocket door but maybe in a few months. Thank you.
Forgetting the most important consideration. That is that it doesnt matter what the anchor weight load is.. Its how much the drywall or substrate will hold before the anchor comes pulling out of the wall itself. Light weight drywall will not keep an EZ anchor in (the white ones) when using it to hold things like drapes etc. Which they advertise they can hold. . The anchor will hold up without breaking but it will come out of the wall. As for the toggles. If your suspending a plant hook for example where the weight load has vertical pull on the anchor, again it will often pull right through the drywall when a plant is fully watered even if it hasn't hit the weight capacity. Just considerations to keep in mind. The substrate definately matters.
Thank you thank you!!! My boyfriend and I have been fighting about where I want things to be hung because of no studs since we moved in to our apartment over 2 months ago! Literally every place I want something hung there is no stud. Now that I showed him this we can hang them no problem with the toggles! Can't wait to go get a crap ton of them lol.
This was incredibly helpful! I really appreciate the breakdown. I agree with others though, we really need to see the products before/after. You are familiar with these items, most of us are not.
That's really nice however on practice things are quiet different. On my experience, the weight that an area of sheetrock can hold really depends on how old the panel is. The older your wall is (20 to 30 yrs), the weaker is going to be and obviously less weight will hold. I personally've had bad experiences hunging heavy items relying only on what the product says. I have used anchors that claims to hold up to 75lbs with disastrous consequences. Based on my experience, i have a rule to use if i ignore the age of the house or more precisely the panel of sheetrock i'm going to use. I only hung up to 2/3 of weight of what the anchor label says for older houses and 3/4 for new ones then i carefully do some math to figure out how much weight will each anchor hold.
Thanks for this very helpful video. Made me a hero around the house. Also, I feel at ease now that I know the approximate weight capability of the hardware. Again, it was very helpful!
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Note: the weights aren’t the same for fixtures which are interacted with. If it’s a towel rack or curtain rod with sufficiently heavy fabrics these smaller plugs WILL loosen overtime.
Folks...please unserstand that dry wall will withstand a great deal of sheer but I is very weak if the weight pulls away from the wall. A flat screen tv should not be hung usint any of these methods. As mentioned below...a long piece of ply attached to the studs and the tv mount btackets mounted to the plywood is a good way to go. Also shelving presents its own problems. The methods in the video are mostly for a load that pulls straight down toward the floor.
Review TechAfrica is just jealous that he doesn't live in North America and I'm thinking he must be getting anxious to get his welfare check... It's only 10 more days and the month is over buddy...
Thanks for that clarification because I was considering this method for hanging some shelves that I have struggled to put up. Guess I'm back to square one
Is your mirror still holding up? I've got a really heavy old mirror, from a great grandmother, and I've got metal studs which are very hard to hit. I definitely don't want it to come crashing down!?
I love the snap toggles but man sometimes they work and sometimesfir some reason I end up with a screw that just keeps spinning. For a situation where you want to hand a tv like a plasma but do t have the studs right where you need then then simply have a long plywood board that you can bolt to the studs then screw your bar onto the plywood and it works perfectly.
+Rich Lo try putting bearing grease on the threads, a light coat. And take a pair of cutting pliers and deform the bottom of that toggle thing where it goes into the back of the drywall. Create a bur on the edge. The reduced friction on the threads and the increased friction on the toggle will totally guarantee it working.
Thanks for the video. I hung a 75 pound mirror in the bathroom through 1/2 inch drywall, no studs. I used four 3/16 inch snap toggles with a french cleat and it feels solid. The night before, I used one snap toggle in 3/8 drywall to test the weight for a dry run before hanging the bathroom mirror. I hung a 40 pound weight on it and I was surprised by the strength of the drywall and toggle.
Thanks for this! I hung a floating shelf. I was able to find the studs of 3 sides out of four, but for some reason the top right side stud was not there so the screw came off. I will try the drywall anchor.
The plastic on a snap toggle is used specifically for keeping the anchor on the backside of the wall in place. Once the screw is threaded into the anchor none of the plastic is relied on to hold weight. It’s the metal anchor on the back
Yeah , they didn't mention the anchor, how it attached and inserted. I wouldn't trust anyone who advises hanging a 75lb mirror on a single drywall anchor without a stud.
I wish more tutorials featured plaster walls. Lots of us live in a century home or early 50s houses that have plaster/lath where figuring this stuff out is a pain in the ass.
Hi I also live in a old home built in 1930 it has gypsum and shiplap ,and lath walls .pain in the ass, your right. Did you figure it out. I'm pulling my hair out. Mbogucki1
I strongly suggest that one hand start the screw/bolt into the snaptoggle BEFORE a tool is used. If not, the mismatched screw will quickly force the toggle wings out of the plastic wall retainer, destroying the assembly. Dammit...
That was great but it would have been more helpful if you allowed more time for each item. A close up of them for several seconds front and back of the drywall individually. Also if we could see the packaging.
The second anchor needs to be installed by drilling a hole with a bit just slightly thinner than the anchor. I tried it like your video and anchor broke. Your video shows that you skipped foward to the end .
What do you use to hang a mural, painted on a 3/4" sheets of 4'x8'' plywood to drywall? So it would be drilling through 3/4"'s of wood, the 1/2" of drywall. Also drilling a hole more than 1/4" would ruin the mural. Even then the holes would have to be strategically place to avoid the main art work.
Those snap toggle s are impressive.....especially not needing studs.Fast and @ 150 lbs ....that s 600 lb s of weight in a limited (wall tv) area.Excellent.
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Those Snap Toggles are rated for 75lbs each. That doesn't mean that the sheetrock alone would support all that weight of a 60"-80" TV. I see too many factors contributing to the weakness of the Sheetrock.There is Humidity, Gravity, Actual Sheetrock Damage and usually all bolts, nails, and supports start carving into the sheetrock. I wouldn't trust them with a Heavy TV.
Fantastic video. I need to hang a hood range on my kitchen, the studs are nowhere near the center, since I already installed the backsplash (glass and metal pieces, go figure wifey wants it that way) so now the holes to hang the hood range fall right on top of the metal pieces of the backsplash. The range is 20 lbs heavy, I am thinking of using the 75 lbs toggle bolt for it. This should hold it easily since it is almost 4 times the weight of the hood range. Any thoughts?
Thanks for your video. I bought snap toggles, on advice of hardware guy at Lowe's, to hang a header board for barn door flat rail hardware using provided 3" lag screws. I am not experienced so it takes ma a long time to make mistakes..LOL... But I think I am on the right track.
What would be the best to use if the wall has dense insulation behind the drywall? I tried the first toggle bolt but it couldn’t open because the insulation was blocking it.
Trying to hang 4 2’x8’’s that are connected to each other which forms a square from an old NY ceiling. The ceiling is the old tin tiles. Tried using threaded rods and snap anchors, but the tiles are hollow and will not support the weight of the 4- 2”x8”s, which are 8’ long. Any suggestions?
How to hang heavy items (closet rod and shelf for massively heavy amount of stuff stuff) on drywall that doesn't have studs but does have a metal firewall about .5" behind the drywall?
Which stud should i choose for a hollow wall to hang my project screen in the basement theater? All I have is a sponged surface beneath. I already tried few of the studs mentioned in this video and i have a ton of holes and screws that just came off
Do you think I could hang a very light canopy from the ceiling without it falling down? I imagine over time it is likely to fall through as the ceiling isn’t that thick
What would you suggest to hold 20 lb exterior wooden shutters on the inside wall with no studs and what should I put on the back of the shutters to attach it too?
What toggle do you recommend to hang heavy shelve when the toggle needs to go through a 1/2 inch wood that is liquid glue to the drywall and then to the drywall?
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3 weeks after hanging a shelf I made to hold my flat screen tv on, it came crashing down leaving me without a tv. I used dry wall plugs, then inserted the screws thinking the tv was safe? My new tv now sits on a table, safe from falling lol Thanks for sharing your video. Now I can use your examples :)
I used the white plastic anchor ones and once I drilled them in, they just went straight through the dry wall. Leaving holes. One enough fell in. What to do?
I need to install a TV mount (steel unit) to the side of a solid oak kitchen cabinet. The corner of the kitchen where the TV mount will be installed has porcelain tiles on one side (IE, kitchen back splash tiles), and an solid oak cabinet on the other side. I know that the TV mount requires two holes. What is the best mounting hardware I can use?
Ok I have a question… I’m trying to hang a some what light weight shelf on a very thin wall with no studs in a mobile home bathroom and I’m not having any luck.Can anyone give me some advice on what to do? Thank you in advance
for shelves, I would rather find studs, cut some ply or 1x2's screw them to the stud, then use that to attach the brackets for the shelves. Granted this is for in garage use and wont look as nice in the house, but it holds my 50+ tool box just fine!
I think this is the most important comment for this video. As others have mentioned, the hardware may hold your piece, but the drywall could eventually crumble or weaken. This is a bit of extra work, but will probably last forever. And this is what I'll be doing for some heavy items if I can't find a well-placed stud. I learned from Dad and that is what he used to do. Thank you for the comment.
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What I want to know, is how much weight will a plant hanger hook hold when there is no ceiling rafter to screw into just plain old dry wall. I have heavy plants to hang up but no ceiling rafters to screw into. Every one tells about walls but nothing about ceilings with no supports????
Hi, I'm trying to hang 20 lb wooden art panel outside, and the outdoor material is a wood paneling. Because the paneling isn't hollow on the other side, would a flat drywall hook work? Thank you for your time.
What size bolts/washer would you use to hang 96" L x 22-1/2" w x 1" thick commercial residential subdivision sign. I think it is solid oak. It is HEAVY. Hanging it to a brick wall?
Hi, I have an door mirror in a frame and I to take it out of the frame and hang it on my bathroom wall ,which hangers would be the best to use??? the walls are plaster wall with wood beams !!
I spent almost 40 years in building maintenance and I can attest to the fact that drywall will not stand a heavy weight pulling away from the wall for very long. Shear strength is pretty good but can you depend on the weight always pulling straight down? Find a stud and use it....ReviewtechAfrica got his panties in a twist because of my statements. Perhaps his plasterboard is not the same as Our dry wall (sheetrock), gypsum board. No knowledgeable painter, or plasterer will recommend just fastening shelving to the drywall regardless of the load.
I am ashamed to say that, until a few days ago, I don't think I've ever hung more than a small picture frame. I didn't even know what drywall was, but from the way that my wall crumbled after trying to hang something heavy, I'm pretty sure it's drywall. I'm recently divorced and I see no reason to hire someone else to do jobs that I'm perfectly capable of (as long as I educate myself on how to do so properly). With that said, I guess I need to start with something even more "beginner" than this video, like "what kind of walls do I have?" 😂 I'm laughing but I'm serious. I really want to learn the ins and outs of home improvement, maintenance etc so that I won't have to rely on anyone but myself. If anyone has tips on what I should be researching, please share as I'm sure that there's so much to learn that I never would've realized.
Good for you. Watch all the home building shed building videos on you tube that you can. I have learned so much. Then pick a project in your house like changing a light fixture but don’t feel safe or confident doing it after just 10 videos. I feel like people posting don’t always know to tell us everything somethings they think are common sense and they often as in all the time leave things out. I watched 100 shed building videos befor I built my shed. First thing I ever built other than a table and baby gate. Every video I learned something earth shatteringly new and crucial for the build.
Please remember. Those screws can hold up to 200lb, but your drywall cannot. We don’t have issues with screws, our big problem is drywall is weak and it will brake away from the wall easily. So do your best to find a stud.
Yep! Use any of these like this to hang up a big tv on a heavy duty swivel mount, and its coming down, along with your wall.
That’s my problem now. 😫
My house is from 1930s, walls are gypsum and lath, do you think it will pull out? Thanks Dante Opps
@@lindat9083 I don’t know 🤷🏽♂️ I never seen a 1930 lath before but I know it is thicker and stronger then drywall.
I want to install a pull up bar in between 2 hollow steal door frames. I’m having a hard time deciding what Anchors to use. Could you help me?
I asked for 3 quotes to hang a bathroom cabinet and put in tp roll and a door lock after our contractor somehow missed this and wouldn’t come back after he was paid. All three contractors would not touch another’s work. So after 2 years of the cabinet sitting on my toilet, I found this instructional u-tube video. I’m a 115 retired female. Bought me a drill and electric screw driver and watched this and put it in myself. Bought a gig saw and put in the tp roll. Haven’t figured out the door lock yet for the pocket door but maybe in a few months. Thank you.
Your 115?
Never pay before inspection
@@shane11887pounds
Forgetting the most important consideration. That is that it doesnt matter what the anchor weight load is.. Its how much the drywall or substrate will hold before the anchor comes pulling out of the wall itself. Light weight drywall will not keep an EZ anchor in (the white ones) when using it to hold things like drapes etc. Which they advertise they can hold. . The anchor will hold up without breaking but it will come out of the wall. As for the toggles. If your suspending a plant hook for example where the weight load has vertical pull on the anchor, again it will often pull right through the drywall when a plant is fully watered even if it hasn't hit the weight capacity. Just considerations to keep in mind. The substrate definately matters.
I'm so glad I read your comment before I destroyed more of my drywall. Thank you!
How do I fix a heavy plant hanger that will be very heavy on the side of my vinyl sided garage? Help😢
Any advice then on how to get curtains to actually stay up?
@@jeffchandler2521You don’t. Did you know that you don’t always get what you want?
Would be nice if you showed each hanger before installing it, so I know what to look for in the store.
Thank you thank you!!! My boyfriend and I have been fighting about where I want things to be hung because of no studs since we moved in to our apartment over 2 months ago! Literally every place I want something hung there is no stud. Now that I showed him this we can hang them no problem with the toggles! Can't wait to go get a crap ton of them lol.
Been trying to learn this for so long! Thank you so much!!!!! I'm hanging a couple of shelves tomorrow now, thanks to you guys :)
This was incredibly helpful! I really appreciate the breakdown. I agree with others though, we really need to see the products before/after. You are familiar with these items, most of us are not.
That's really nice however on practice things are quiet different. On my experience, the weight that an area of sheetrock can hold really depends on how old the panel is. The older your wall is (20 to 30 yrs), the weaker is going to be and obviously less weight will hold. I personally've had bad experiences hunging heavy items relying only on what the product says. I have used anchors that claims to hold up to 75lbs with disastrous consequences. Based on my experience, i have a rule to use if i ignore the age of the house or more precisely the panel of sheetrock i'm going to use. I only hung up to 2/3 of weight of what the anchor label says for older houses and 3/4 for new ones then i carefully do some math to figure out how much weight will each anchor hold.
David Qu
Thanks for this very helpful video. Made me a hero around the house. Also, I feel at ease now that I know the approximate weight capability of the hardware. Again, it was very helpful!
Nice tutorial, but would have love to see more of how it works from the back end and longer visuals of the results.
Watch this one . Helped me better to understand it. ua-cam.com/video/1SUF0xS5LiE/v-deo.html
@@sunderpalani thank you. Your video has better demonstration.
Agreed, they just rush through and it’s hard to understand how to use them.
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@Brian Trenton thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
Would have been nice if they actually hung something, as an example.
For what? Must be brain dead to not know how to hang something LOL
Yes I agree with you on that 🤩😉😉👍
@@GlitchedPepsi Not to see how to hang something, but to see the mount in action and to see if its claims are true
@@Jordan-ml2lr thats what Project Farm's youtube channel is for. He already did this on his channel.
It's so you can see both sides
Thanks, i needed the weight ratings and names, i was worrying about this for a while.
Perfect video. Gave me the knowhow to hang up a clothing rod into drywall. Working great!
Note: the weights aren’t the same for fixtures which are interacted with. If it’s a towel rack or curtain rod with sufficiently heavy fabrics these smaller plugs WILL loosen overtime.
Folks...please unserstand that dry wall will withstand a great deal of sheer but I is very weak if the weight pulls away from the wall. A flat screen tv should not be hung usint any of these methods. As mentioned below...a long piece of ply attached to the studs and the tv mount btackets mounted to the plywood is a good way to go. Also shelving presents its own problems. The methods in the video are mostly for a load that pulls straight down toward the floor.
Review TechAfrica is just jealous that he doesn't live in North America and I'm thinking he must be getting anxious to get his welfare check... It's only 10 more days and the month is over buddy...
I'm reminded of the hole in the dry wall from the knocks of just a door handle. Hanging seriously heavy stuff on it, no way!!
Thanks for that clarification because I was considering this method for hanging some shelves that I have struggled to put up. Guess I'm back to square one
Very helpful. I just used two snap toggle anchors to hold up a large heavy mirror. Very easy to use
Is your mirror still holding up? I've got a really heavy old mirror, from a great grandmother, and I've got metal studs which are very hard to hit. I definitely don't want it to come crashing down!?
@@roxannegreen1181 still holding strong!
Excellent demo, I enjoyed watching!
Thank you. Indeed, great video. Standard drywall fasteners just weren't cutting it for me. These toggle bolts like the snap one, seem just the ticket.
Super useful, thanks! I'm trying to build built in floating shelves and the side walls have no studs. This ought to do it!
How are your floating shelves holding up? I am looking to hang mine and I don’t have any studs. I’m worried that they won’t hold up
I’ve install a few in my ceiling when my Sheetrock was falling. They work great!
Best example of how bad editing can make a wonderfully useful video suck
Omg thank you i was thinking the same thing.
Try this guys. It will help you ua-cam.com/video/1SUF0xS5LiE/v-deo.html
...thinking the same thing!
Tbh this was very useful. I had a coat hanger fall and was ucnertain how to use some of the mounts. Watched this video fixed it in 10 minutes.
I love the snap toggles but man sometimes they work and sometimesfir some reason I end up with a screw that just keeps spinning. For a situation where you want to hand a tv like a plasma but do t have the studs right where you need then then simply have a long plywood board that you can bolt to the studs then screw your bar onto the plywood and it works perfectly.
+Rich Lo try putting bearing grease on the threads, a light coat. And take a pair of cutting pliers and deform the bottom of that toggle thing where it goes into the back of the drywall. Create a bur on the edge. The reduced friction on the threads and the increased friction on the toggle will totally guarantee it working.
+Derrick Blackburn okay. I can see that working.
Thank you for this demonstration. I wish it went just a bit slower when you showed us what it looked like on the back side of the drywall.
No fuss, no BS. Thank you very much!!!
Thanks for the video. I hung a 75 pound mirror in the bathroom through 1/2 inch drywall, no studs. I used four 3/16 inch snap toggles with a french cleat and it feels solid. The night before, I used one snap toggle in 3/8 drywall to test the weight for a dry run before hanging the bathroom mirror. I hung a 40 pound weight on it and I was surprised by the strength of the drywall and toggle.
excellent demo. thanks for adding in the weight for each anchor.
Thanks for this! I hung a floating shelf. I was able to find the studs of 3 sides out of four, but for some reason the top right side stud was not there so the screw came off. I will try the drywall anchor.
The plastic on a snap toggle is used specifically for keeping the anchor on the backside of the wall in place. Once the screw is threaded into the anchor none of the plastic is relied on to hold weight. It’s the metal anchor on the back
pl can you elaborate for me ?
Yeah , they didn't mention the anchor, how it attached and inserted. I wouldn't trust anyone who advises hanging a 75lb mirror on a single drywall anchor without a stud.
I wish more tutorials featured plaster walls. Lots of us live in a century home or early 50s houses that have plaster/lath where figuring this stuff out is a pain in the ass.
Hi I also live in a old home built in 1930 it has gypsum and shiplap ,and lath walls .pain in the ass, your right. Did you figure it out. I'm pulling my hair out. Mbogucki1
@@lindat9083 I sold the house and moved back into a condo. LOL
Thanks for showing all the options. Others have only used one type
Every time I’ve used anchors they always rip out of the dry wall after a few weeks
Yep... even the 75lb anchors. Beyond annoying
Thumbs down for the edits that cut each demonstrations off!
+1
giving you a thumb up for speaking my mind.
100 % agreed
jsc 😂😂
TECHGeek - they just went through everything way too fast. Didn't show any of them actually working. This should have been a 10 minute video at least
I strongly suggest that one hand start the screw/bolt into the snaptoggle BEFORE a tool is used. If not, the mismatched screw will quickly force the toggle wings out of the plastic wall retainer, destroying the assembly. Dammit...
I would love links to the products in the description
That was great but it would have been more helpful if you allowed more time for each item. A close up of them for several seconds front and back of the drywall individually. Also if we could see the packaging.
mollydog444 pause the video...
115!? Amazing!
The second anchor needs to be installed by drilling a hole with a bit just slightly thinner than the anchor. I tried it like your video and anchor broke. Your video shows that you skipped foward to the end .
Thanks for showing the different types but what about taking them off or installing on a wall that is already framed?
Thank you! This was so helpful.
What do you use to hang a mural, painted on a 3/4" sheets of 4'x8'' plywood to drywall? So it would be drilling through 3/4"'s of wood, the 1/2" of drywall. Also drilling a hole more than 1/4" would ruin the mural. Even then the holes would have to be strategically place to avoid the main art work.
Those snap toggle s are impressive.....especially not needing studs.Fast and @ 150 lbs ....that s 600 lb s of weight in a limited (wall tv) area.Excellent.
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Slow down!! I didn't catch half of it. Damn.
Those Snap Toggles are rated for 75lbs each. That doesn't mean that the sheetrock alone would support all that weight of a 60"-80" TV. I see too many factors contributing to the weakness of the Sheetrock.There is Humidity, Gravity, Actual Sheetrock Damage and usually all bolts, nails, and supports start carving into the sheetrock. I wouldn't trust them with a Heavy TV.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO! Thank you :)
Thanks good video to demonstrate all the different hooks and how to install.
Does the load bearing capacity multiply the more anchors you use? Ex. if a snap toggle holds 250lbs, will two support 500lbs?
Good question 🤔
Thanks so much for this!
so informative. exactly what I wanted!
Thanks, saw things I never seen at the hardware store.
Fantastic video. I need to hang a hood range on my kitchen, the studs are nowhere near the center, since I already installed the backsplash (glass and metal pieces, go figure wifey wants it that way) so now the holes to hang the hood range fall right on top of the metal pieces of the backsplash. The range is 20 lbs heavy, I am thinking of using the 75 lbs toggle bolt for it. This should hold it easily since it is almost 4 times the weight of the hood range. Any thoughts?
All things being equal, what is the max weight drywall will support before crumbling?
exactly what I needed I am going just to start my business, it will be very useful
Yes it would be ...if they let you see it ....but they cut the picture of to quick
"stud finder, huh?. How come it's not beeping at me then? 😏😎"
Thanks for your video. I bought snap toggles, on advice of hardware guy at Lowe's, to hang a header board for barn door flat rail hardware using provided 3" lag screws. I am not experienced so it takes ma a long time to make mistakes..LOL... But I think I am on the right track.
By the way. My walls have metal studs...
What would be the best to use if the wall has dense insulation behind the drywall? I tried the first toggle bolt but it couldn’t open because the insulation was blocking it.
I need to hang a 50 inch 30 pound tv on my plaster wall. Will the snap toggles work and should I use a 1/4 or half inch?
Good stuff! I hate trying to find a stud.even thiugh its easy id still rather just hang w.e it is anywhere.thanks for sharing!
very good video. thank you for making it easy to watch and learn.
Dustin Harris Happy to help!
This video is wrong if you live in earthquake areas. Use studs for heavy items
Complete beginners guide to drywall
Trying to hang 4 2’x8’’s that are connected to each other which forms a square from an old NY ceiling. The ceiling is the old tin tiles. Tried using threaded rods and snap anchors, but the tiles are hollow and will not support the weight of the 4- 2”x8”s, which are 8’ long. Any suggestions?
How to hang heavy items (closet rod and shelf for massively heavy amount of stuff stuff) on drywall that doesn't have studs but does have a metal firewall about .5" behind the drywall?
Thanks so much, no stud to hang my mirror. I put you on my bookmark;-) hope that's ok?
Which stud should i choose for a hollow wall to hang my project screen in the basement theater? All I have is a sponged surface beneath. I already tried few of the studs mentioned in this video and i have a ton of holes and screws that just came off
Do you think I could hang a very light canopy from the ceiling without it falling down? I imagine over time it is likely to fall through as the ceiling isn’t that thick
What would you suggest to hold 20 lb exterior wooden shutters on the inside wall with no studs and what should I put on the back of the shutters to attach it too?
What toggle do you recommend to hang heavy shelve when the toggle needs to go through a 1/2 inch wood that is liquid glue to the drywall and then to the drywall?
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what if it's a thin gyprock wall though?
3 weeks after hanging a shelf I made to hold my flat screen tv on, it came crashing down leaving me without a tv. I used dry wall plugs, then inserted the screws thinking the tv was safe? My new tv now sits on a table, safe from falling lol Thanks for sharing your video. Now I can use your examples :)
jojo if you were using plugs they are not for drywall. they work in brick, plaster, wood, and cement.
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks , does these instructions apply to plaster walls also.
I used the white plastic anchor ones and once I drilled them in, they just went straight through the dry wall. Leaving holes. One enough fell in. What to do?
Does anyone know what the 3 toggle is called? It would have helped if they were labled so we could easily buy what we want in the hardware store.
how effective are these in older houses, where the wall is made of lath and plaster
Can you use these anchors on plastered walls?
I need to install a TV mount (steel unit) to the side of a solid oak kitchen cabinet. The corner of the kitchen where the TV mount will be installed has porcelain tiles on one side (IE, kitchen back splash tiles), and an solid oak cabinet on the other side. I know that the TV mount requires two holes. What is the best mounting hardware I can use?
Ok I have a question…
I’m trying to hang a some what light weight shelf on a very thin wall with no studs in a mobile home bathroom and I’m not having any luck.Can anyone give me some advice on what to do?
Thank you in advance
for shelves, I would rather find studs, cut some ply or 1x2's screw them to the stud, then use that to attach the brackets for the shelves. Granted this is for in garage use and wont look as nice in the house, but it holds my 50+ tool box just fine!
I think this is the most important comment for this video. As others have mentioned, the hardware may hold your piece, but the drywall could eventually crumble or weaken. This is a bit of extra work, but will probably last forever. And this is what I'll be doing for some heavy items if I can't find a well-placed stud. I learned from Dad and that is what he used to do. Thank you for the comment.
i have a question.
its really necesary to do all that stuff on the back of the 150lb hangingthing? cause im working on a wall thats allready painted.
I love snap toggles they are awsome
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Wow this is really useful !!
Iv got a dry wall with double plasterboard and brick behind, what’s the best anchor to use ???
how do we go behind the dry wall to snap the screws ?
What I want to know, is how much weight will a plant hanger hook hold when there is no ceiling rafter to screw into just plain old dry wall. I have heavy plants to hang up but no ceiling rafters to screw into. Every one tells about walls but nothing about ceilings with no supports????
Hi, I'm trying to hang 20 lb wooden art panel outside, and the outdoor material is a wood paneling. Because the paneling isn't hollow on the other side, would a flat drywall hook work? Thank you for your time.
What size bolts/washer would you use to hang 96" L x 22-1/2" w x 1" thick commercial residential subdivision sign. I think it is solid oak. It is HEAVY. Hanging it to a brick wall?
Can I hang my 32 inch LED TV, weight 5kg, with these, on drywall?
Hi, I have an door mirror in a frame and I to take it out of the frame and hang it on my bathroom wall ,which hangers would be the best to use??? the walls are plaster wall with wood beams !!
Where can I get the 200lb-capacity flat drywall hook to buy?
Can the snap toggle hold a tv to a wood plank?
Thank you for this.
Thank you no one believes me when I say there are no studs
What about plaster walls and ceilings?
that was super useful
VERY cool! thanks so much :)
All of the anchors have to be perpendicular to the wall , also you have 2 little arrows on the head of the anchor screw ( the one that hold 75 lbs)
These guys totally ignore the material and strength of the dry wall
I spent almost 40 years in building maintenance and I can attest to the fact that drywall will not stand a heavy weight pulling away from the wall for very long. Shear strength is pretty good but can you depend on the weight always pulling straight down? Find a stud and use it....ReviewtechAfrica got his panties in a twist because of my statements. Perhaps his plasterboard is not the same as Our dry wall (sheetrock), gypsum board. No knowledgeable painter, or plasterer will recommend just fastening shelving to the drywall regardless of the load.
JIMMY TATE well said
@Katarina Krizaj duh - don't do it...
@Katarina Krizaj
Toggle bolt. You'll need to drill a hole in the stud large enough for the toggle to fit through.
@Katarina Krizaj best option is to take the walk down, add wood, then put the wall back up
Thank you!
Great video, and funny too. Thank you.
I am ashamed to say that, until a few days ago, I don't think I've ever hung more than a small picture frame. I didn't even know what drywall was, but from the way that my wall crumbled after trying to hang something heavy, I'm pretty sure it's drywall. I'm recently divorced and I see no reason to hire someone else to do jobs that I'm perfectly capable of (as long as I educate myself on how to do so properly). With that said, I guess I need to start with something even more "beginner" than this video, like "what kind of walls do I have?" 😂 I'm laughing but I'm serious. I really want to learn the ins and outs of home improvement, maintenance etc so that I won't have to rely on anyone but myself. If anyone has tips on what I should be researching, please share as I'm sure that there's so much to learn that I never would've realized.
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