How to Hang a Heavy Mirror or Picture

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  • Learn how to properly hang a heavy mirror or picture. Get tips on the right tools to use and how to hang a picture on drywall or other types of walls. Additional project details are available here: low.es/1H7YjXV. Shop mirrors and accessories here: low.es/1B29lNQ
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  • @jasongoodman3546
    @jasongoodman3546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    This appears challenging

    • @R0NiU0Fl1
      @R0NiU0Fl1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Exactly 😂

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree !!!

    • @MR-vg2qv
      @MR-vg2qv ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol always

    • @madamdardis
      @madamdardis ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a huge heavy wood framed mirror to hang. I’m nervous cos I’ve never done it before 🥴

    • @IgonDrakeWarrior
      @IgonDrakeWarrior 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ☠️

  • @1accon
    @1accon หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Spectacularly helpful - especially about putting the tape on the level! Glad I googled it and found this. Your video really helped us here in Berlin, Germany.

  • @Rockinhippiechic
    @Rockinhippiechic ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Okay, I just watched this, now... who can hang this big mirror for me?🤣

    • @chris76-01
      @chris76-01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I can hang anything. I've hung a huge TV (somewhere between 60-72 inches) on a metal stud wall and it's still doing good after many years. 😊

  • @ayankabroad3239
    @ayankabroad3239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Nice. I just hammered a random screw from my toolbox into the wall and eyeballed it. Little lopsided. May repeat.

  • @TheLangster
    @TheLangster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I think I’m too stupid for this, I’ll just let it sit on the floor

  • @sethd1125
    @sethd1125 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Why bother identifying the type of wall material (plaster or drywall) if you don't describe if that makes a difference in how to hang the item and what you might do differently?

  • @138boris
    @138boris 6 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    1. Buy a good heavy mirror.
    2. Measure up.
    3. Wonder why you bought the mirror.
    4. Throw it away...

    • @mindit808
      @mindit808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂😂 I'm almost at #4

    • @RoyMane
      @RoyMane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmaaaaao

    • @raheli7155
      @raheli7155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I actually just destroyed my heavy mirror 😂😂😂🔫

    • @therealog989
      @therealog989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      5. Damage the wall
      6. Call a handyman and him more than the price of the mirror to fix everything.

    • @sheenb5349
      @sheenb5349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😅😅

  • @motarski
    @motarski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Looks easy enough when I watch it. When I actually try it, well that's probably different youtube :)

  • @FuzzyFace73
    @FuzzyFace73 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's the "hang it on the hooks" part that is giving me trouble. They are behind the mirror, as are the rings on the mirror. The rings fall down when I am not holding them, and I cannot see them to line them up.

    • @samkw22
      @samkw22 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I saw on another video, someone put painters tape on the bottom of the rings to hold them up. Maybe try that!

    • @impamiizgraa
      @impamiizgraa 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      oooh what is the name of this video? Thanks for the tip but not sure I am visualising correctly!! @@samkw22

  • @argueallday
    @argueallday 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    This video would be a lot easier to watch and follow if, 1. the narrator spoke just a little slower, and 2, if there wasn't that awful, frenetic background music. Is that music really adding anything?

    • @lowes
      @lowes  4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Appreciate the feedback, Philip. In our more recent how-to's, we've pulled back some of the audio to make following the steps a little easier. Thanks for the tips.

    • @argueallday
      @argueallday 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lowes Thank you

    • @shawnise
      @shawnise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The background music is what my alarm rings to. When I first hit play I looked over at my alarm thinking I'd accidentally set it.

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have to agree ... he was speaking FAR TOO quickly ... as though trying
      to give the impression of " See how simple it is ... won't take you a moment " etc
      BUT the viewers watching this wouldn't be here if they were confident & so are obviously nervous about hanging a large mirror safely in the first place !
      ( more so in my case ... as it is to be placed on my main wall directly above a fluid filled radiator ) And so it needs to be really secure.
      The terrible uneccessary, HYPER music in the background only added to the stressful feeling ... and so it was difficult to concentrate when considering all these factors.
      BTW : there had always been a large mirror on that same wall since first moving into my home ... BUT there was no radiator below it at that time.
      I still want to hang the new mirror in the same place as it's the main wall and focal point etc ... but much more stressful due to it being pretty heavy, large & above the radiator.

    • @FlacomanXD
      @FlacomanXD ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can slow down the video.

  • @improvementTime10.3.17
    @improvementTime10.3.17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    0:35 use bathroom scale to check weight of frame to then compare to how much weight each type of hanging tool allows for
    1:44 can add bumpers to prevent scratching of the wall

  • @sweetscurlsmore7187
    @sweetscurlsmore7187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I have those hooks and it is supposed to carry a heavy mirror, but the hook looks so fragile

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have to agree with you ... some of the hooks already on some items ...
      look so feeble ... makes you nervous

  • @JRLOC
    @JRLOC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    1. Buy a heavy mirror or picture.
    2. Buy a table.
    3. Set mirror or picture on table and lean and anchor it to the wall.
    Enjoy!

    • @priscilla7864
      @priscilla7864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I hope you are joking 🙃. That’s very dangerous

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +3

      " BUY " a heavy table ? 🤨
      An expensive purchase that I could do well without 😆

  • @BrokeYuppie718
    @BrokeYuppie718 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I understood all the way until he they said to measure from the ring hole up to the top of the mirror then transfer it to the wall seems like it was backwards shouldnt you mark the wall with the distances of the two hooks then the distance of the ring hole from the actual mounting hooks itself to determine exactly where to make your hole in the wall to mount the mirror?? I dunno I got lost

  • @marioarita2162
    @marioarita2162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow this is exactly the info that I was looking for. Thank you.

  • @Heymimi
    @Heymimi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent tips, very helpful. Thanks!

  • @valeriegoberla1
    @valeriegoberla1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't get the rings to hang on the screw
    You make it look easy. Is there a trick to getting that done

  • @Everythingfreshandsassy
    @Everythingfreshandsassy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jeez Louise!!!! I had no idea Lowes offered so many service including a home improvements department! This is my new home!!!!

  • @mountainssea9642
    @mountainssea9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    If you don’t know whether you have drywall or plaster walls, you should not be doing this yourself 😂

  • @livelovelaugh473
    @livelovelaugh473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @Lowe's Home Improvement: Thank you for making and sharing this video. It was informative and helpful. I prefer this video over the Home Depot one.

  • @robertaddison8193
    @robertaddison8193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Very very helpful. Gives you the confidence to do almost anything.

  • @TheCountryMouse
    @TheCountryMouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Huh?!?! Lord have mercy. It can't possibly be this complicated to hang a mirror.

    • @MsMekia-dl3el
      @MsMekia-dl3el 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂😂. I was saying the same thing

    • @gabrielle9958
      @gabrielle9958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣🤣

  • @lynnepostings
    @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd like to know how to attach & tie a CORD ( not a wire ) to the back of a very heavy mirror. The cord is heavy duty BUT kind of slippy & I'm afraid that the knot/s will slip out of place & come loose etc !
    No one ever seems to bother explaining this for CORD tying etc

  • @ALISHA51784
    @ALISHA51784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Omg.. this is too much 😩

  • @tinabeltran4574
    @tinabeltran4574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m 4”11 wtf is eye level

  • @edwardcameron1665
    @edwardcameron1665 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes Jen

  • @PhyllisMN26
    @PhyllisMN26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    OMG, I can't hear the man talk as the background music is driving me NUTS.

  • @kennykolourinc1250
    @kennykolourinc1250 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    VERY IMPORTANT missing instructions how to “tie” the hanging wire to the D-Rings special knot must be tied so the wire does not slip untying the knot

  • @ytyler123
    @ytyler123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video.

  • @ratskullz_x
    @ratskullz_x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was gonna use a wardrobe door mirror to hang up but it's full length and very heavy so idk if it would work I don't have a scale though hmm

  • @cUser691
    @cUser691 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Desire vs actual skill level to do this -> hire handyman . No ego

  • @thomaswalz3515
    @thomaswalz3515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What if the mirror does not have a frame?

  • @carltoncurry9396
    @carltoncurry9396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank You

  • @lexielexie3653
    @lexielexie3653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    How much do you charge if we hire someone to hang a heavy mirror on our kitchen..Thank you

  • @penelopebranson3621
    @penelopebranson3621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Check to see what kind of wall for what? What if it isn’t drywall? What are those corner things you screwed in? Why are you talking so fast? Insert eye roll here

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😄😆😂 ... 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @jaynedecatte5995
    @jaynedecatte5995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I use drawing pins to fix everything to the wall

  • @jolsh
    @jolsh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Perfect and to the point

  • @biancaaustin5859
    @biancaaustin5859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will be sending this to my husband! Thank you ☺️

  • @FourQed
    @FourQed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worked great, thanks

  • @KathyEsquivel-l1t
    @KathyEsquivel-l1t หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You totally skipped how to set the anchor the only part I was interested in

    • @lowes
      @lowes  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for bringing that to our attention, Kathy. Here's a direct link on setting drywall anchors: www.lowes.com/n/how-to/how-to-use-drywall-anchors. We hope you find it helpful!😊

  • @ds61821
    @ds61821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best video for this. I love it.

  • @martinhanley9524
    @martinhanley9524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The music gets in the way

  • @Psalm.119.
    @Psalm.119. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what if you dont have 2 studs that line up with the location of those D-rings? seems like that has to somehow be in position.

  • @jtake9896
    @jtake9896 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you don't need to find studs for metal cleats right?

    • @JRLOC
      @JRLOC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try it and report back. :P

  • @Gef2112
    @Gef2112 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    thanks dad

  • @robertoflores1818
    @robertoflores1818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    jaja I googled how to hang a "HEAVY" mirror and I got this video 😣

    • @wallace631
      @wallace631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too... this video is useless - doesn't really give details on any of the steps.

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same thoughts here too !!!

  • @mikeniccum7512
    @mikeniccum7512 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. It worked fine.

  • @MWmota
    @MWmota 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video! Especially since that is my mirror!!!

  • @raheli7155
    @raheli7155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I destroyed my heavy mirror thinking that if I hang it on the wall, the house would fall. Now I’m regretting my life 😭

  • @TheChefSteph
    @TheChefSteph 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This is exactly what I needed. I have to hang a 50 lb. mirror today 🙄

    • @drchunkybiscuit9973
      @drchunkybiscuit9973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      By the look of your photo, I'd take it back down again!! 😉😆😂

    • @tammy4742
      @tammy4742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Dr Chunky Biscuit that was a bit
      unnecessary wasn’t it

    • @MonicaZ1810
      @MonicaZ1810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@drchunkybiscuit9973 how insecure and miserable are you? Attacking a random lady on a mirror video on youtube lol

    • @mountainssea9642
      @mountainssea9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@drchunkybiscuit9973 what a loser.

    • @richman117
      @richman117 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drchunkybiscuit9973 stfu ya virgin

  • @jeremyfoster8726
    @jeremyfoster8726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i don't have a level though

  • @louisquatorze9280
    @louisquatorze9280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video does not show a way to get the wire on the back of a heavy picture to hook on the hook already on the wall - without extra hands to help. The wire always falls flat so that the hook won't catch.

  • @jmciver100
    @jmciver100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much!

  • @RiverofLife95
    @RiverofLife95 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Ok, hopefully I don't get injured.. lol

    • @lowes
      @lowes  8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Nalanda Amir J. Safety first, always. But you got this. :)

  • @CRISSYBYOU
    @CRISSYBYOU 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This must be for pros not for regular homemakers like me

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +1

      👌 Exactly ... and me !

  • @ebonyeyez404
    @ebonyeyez404 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All this to put up a mirror?

  • @defluffy2487
    @defluffy2487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Exactly what I like
    To the dang point......
    I just watched a 15 minute video The explained to much and at the end I felt like I he was speaking Chinese. I didn’t understand jack 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😄😆😂 ... 👏👏👏
      You aren't on your own !

  • @talkindurinthemovie
    @talkindurinthemovie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is tew much. I didn't know I had to be a contractor. 😔

  • @dntfwdemppl
    @dntfwdemppl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I came in confident
    phuck

  • @MsLH208
    @MsLH208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice..

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You may have just watched it ... BUT have you TRIED it yet ?! 😄😆

  • @michaelcritchlow4373
    @michaelcritchlow4373 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding!!!!!

  • @kailasm
    @kailasm ปีที่แล้ว

    Please fit mine too

  • @LilReaper1010
    @LilReaper1010 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cleats seem better than wire, I wish I had some lol

  • @stephenapineru1588
    @stephenapineru1588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    step one: buy a mirror with a stand

  • @icorp3942
    @icorp3942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'd rather just pay someone to come and hang all of my decorations. lol

    • @cUser691
      @cUser691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @I Corp Agree- less aggravation especially since not everyone is handy. That’s all we need too is for a heavy mirror to fall.

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👍 With you on that one ! 👌

  • @supsteezy
    @supsteezy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Huh

  • @Joeyouth000
    @Joeyouth000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hanging the mirrors is a 2 man job, need to be very good at measurements, and have the right tools, need very good skills. not a easy job.

  • @alexwilder8315
    @alexwilder8315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This video is way too fast. I can't think this fast. It could be broken up into stages, which are introduced at the start of the video. And there could be a three second pause in between each instruction. It's GREAT content but just badly needs to be re-edited to be longer. It's fine, I'm willing go spend five minutes learning this. That's why I sat down with a cup of coffee before I looked this up. The picture is going to (hopefully) hang there much, much longer.

    • @zeplen300
      @zeplen300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You can always pause it to gather your thoughts, it’s not like it’s a live stream

    • @katielove9932
      @katielove9932 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just play it on slow speed and/or pause it if necessary and continue playing.

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shouldn't be needing/having to do any of this !
      The video shouldn't even be uploaded until the uploader has
      got things right himself BEFOREHAND !

  • @buddhism1019
    @buddhism1019 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hang a mirror 82" x 48" almost 125 lbs. Of course, hanging a heavy mirror would take longer than 3 minutes. Think ahead before you purchase it... It looks ridiculous and de-values your house when you hang the floor mirror, vanity, or body mirror on your wall … professional will know!

  • @nsanenthembrane
    @nsanenthembrane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Huh???

  • @pinturaskakobel5695
    @pinturaskakobel5695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perfect!!!

  • @MaziiMonetVideos
    @MaziiMonetVideos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok I’ll just call my dad cuz

  • @aurelia5614
    @aurelia5614 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Background music is absolutely distracting and annoying, however helpful the advice may be.

  • @Bromirez23
    @Bromirez23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too much work

  • @shadrach6299
    @shadrach6299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That mirror is WAY too high!

  • @1212Maps
    @1212Maps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good video...thanks. BUT LOSE THE SONG!! Annoying as hell.

  • @nicholasnoriega1205
    @nicholasnoriega1205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too much damn work lmao

  • @Mantis858585
    @Mantis858585 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't hang heavy mirrors or pictures in drywall alone. Find a stud.

  • @dean3583
    @dean3583 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The metal cleat system is a terrible idea, the wall wood stud is only 1.5" wide, the metal cleat is 6", you screw it to a hollow dry wall. Just figure it out.

    • @Winda25
      @Winda25 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      why in America everybody has empty walls?) I've never had such problem)

  • @sarahcolasanto837
    @sarahcolasanto837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Didn’t help me at all

  • @calvinjackson8110
    @calvinjackson8110 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too technical, too fast and awful distracting background. Not helpful.

  • @dickbing7461
    @dickbing7461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No help at all

  • @phoenixfire4640
    @phoenixfire4640 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i’m so confused. i need to hang a mirror that weighs like 60lbs

    • @jtake9896
      @jtake9896 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      each one of the anchors can take more than 30 lbs so use 2 anchors on the studs. usually with wide studs you can hold up to 50lbs

    • @sweetscurlsmore7187
      @sweetscurlsmore7187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      James Take I don’t have studs just dry wall., can I use the exact gold nail and hook hardware? I have that

  • @RiseUpTheKingdomOfGod
    @RiseUpTheKingdomOfGod 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks! Although I still am unable to hang my mirror harder then it looks lol ugh!! I need a husband!🙏🏼😅

  • @deedechi3551
    @deedechi3551 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    But what if it is a light mirror that can be hung by using the clear mirror clips...

    • @imapootytat
      @imapootytat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well this is a heavy mirror hanging video so...

    • @dionnethegirl
      @dionnethegirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🤣