Hanging Ikea mirrors

storker

Greetings DIYers.

I have two long Ikea mirrors to hang. The mirrors are mounted by putting two screws into the wall, leaving a cm or so sticking out, and resting the holes in the back of the mirrors on that. My problem with this, and a lot of things that need to hang in our house, is that there's isn't enough space behind the plasterboard before you meet brick, to sink a rawlplug and screw even halfway.

I was looking at a hack where my you can treat the mirror like a picture and string wire across the back and hang it on a heavy duty picture hook, but that doesn't sound terribly secure and the mirrors are for my daughters' bedrooms, so I want to be sure nothing is going to come crashing down. I also think that would leave the mirror at a bit of an angle to the wall, which might look a bit weird.

I also have two metal notice boards to hang in the same why. I don't know why Ikea insists on hiding the mounting holes (or whatever they're called) out of sight, making it even harder to mount.

Advice appreciated. For a dad, my DIY skills are (very) limited...

mloc123

drill into the brick and use a masonry plug instead, will be much more solid than just hanging on plasterboard

punisher5112

Drill through plasterboard with 5.0 or 5.5 size drill bit into brick or concrete.

Get Rawl plug red colour and push through.

If there is room between board and wall you can get special plugs etc which can take weight just check weight of mirror and pick one suitable to hold it.

Depending on weight, you might get away with using command strips.

Could be worth a look. Only downside is that they're a bit on the hefty side, price-wise.

colm_c

How heavy are the mirrors? I'm guessing because they are ikea, they will be fairly light.

Have a look at some plasterboard fixings, I've used them for a few large mirrors without problem as the mirror weight/force is straight down.

BrokenArrows

OP just drill the brick. Thats what you're supposed to do, not just drill into the plasterboard.

storker

Thanks all. I may have been unclear about the brick: there is a gap of a bit over 10mm between it and the plasterboard.

BrokenArrows

storker wrote: »

Thanks all. I may have been unclear about the brick: there is a gap of a bit over 10mm between it and the plasterboard.

Personally i think the easiest thing to do would be to drill into the brick a full dept of a masonry wall plug. Then use some longer screws so that you can fully screw them into the wall plug but also leave enough screw that it can reach through the gap and plasterboard to hang the mirror on.

Use some good thick screws so that the length hanging outside of the brick doesnt bend. I dont think it will bend anyway because those Ikea mirrors are pretty light.

cletus

I have a timber frame house, so most everything I hang is on plasterboard, unless I'm lucky enough that it lines up with a stud.

I use hollow wall anchors like in the link below, they work for all but the heaviest of items (tv's, bike racks etc). I've hug full length Ikea mirrors with them and had no issue

https://www.ie.screwfix.com/rawlplug-intersets-m6-x-52mm-pack-of-20.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Shopping&gclid=CjwKCAiAweXTBRAhEiwAmb3Xu2Y8tSxpLPuFibtb7RGJX9rgrqO4N4yfzQEfjZrRzxHzx4kLF44F2RoCYCwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

BrokenArrows

cletus wrote: »

I have a timber frame house, so most everything I hang is on plasterboard, unless I'm lucky enough that it lines up with a stud.

I use hollow wall anchors like in the link below, they work for all but the heaviest of items (tv's, bike racks etc). I've hug full length Ikea mirrors with them and had no issue

https://www.ie.screwfix.com/rawlplug-intersets-m6-x-52mm-pack-of-20.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Shopping&gclid=CjwKCAiAweXTBRAhEiwAmb3Xu2Y8tSxpLPuFibtb7RGJX9rgrqO4N4yfzQEfjZrRzxHzx4kLF44F2RoCYCwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I think the OPS problem is that because the brick is just behind the plasterboard normal anchors like this wont fit inside.