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HANGING PAINTINGS ON CONCRETE > The walls where I live are not only plaster but really a concrete-type material with a layer of plaster over it. I'm guessing that's 2 layers of plaster over lath. The deeper layer may have sand mixed in, or otherwise be coarser and more mortarish. If this is the case, any nails driven into the wall should definitely have holes drilled, first. Otherwise (unless you hit a stud) when you hammer the nail it will drive through the two layers of plaster then *bounce* the lath back and forth while failing to punch through. The bouncing will disintegrate the plaster. > In the downstairs rooms there is molding but not in the bedrooms. Some of the paintings are really big and heavy - will definitely need two hooks for safety in distributing the load. Molding hooks worked pretty well in my mother's house (a solid old houses like yours), but even then they make me nervous when it comes to heavy frames. I don't think we hung anything heavier than a poster with only one hook. BTW, using molding hooks makes the tops of your frames hang away from the walls, so the pictures look like they are leaning toward you. In the moldingless rooms I'd be inclined to use a stud sensor and drive nails into the studs (with predrilled holes) for the frames, and let the studs influence where the frames will go. (I'm not into aesthetics, and it shows... :-) --David Krikorian The back layer is also about 1" thick, thinner/thicker in various places. --LAA |
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