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Default Hanging a heavy mirror on a plaster board wall

George wrote:

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Paul wrote:

Can I put two large screws with spring toggles, or similar, into the

wall
and just suspend the mirror off those?


I would use the screw-type plasterboard fixings.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...91620&id=11923

I have used these to hang radiators on the walls, and the radiator
weighs more when filled with water than any of the mirrors we have (and
that includes a mirror we have which is real plate glass and a heavy oak
frame).


Hah yes but don't forget some of the weight rest on the pipes as well you
know. :-)


Although not in this case because there's a long run of pipe under the
floorboard and the risers for the radiator aren't clipped to anything
much. With no radiator in place I can push the tubes up and down with a
little finger.