How can I get coat hooks to stay on wall?!!

kimmee

Hope someone can help please!

I live in a brick built bungalow, the internal walls are very hard to screw anything on to - I have to use those things (technical term :rotfl:) with 'butterfly' clips to screw nails into. I guess the walls are just plasterboard. Anyway, about a year ago I fixed some coat hooks to the hallway wall, they hold about 4 coats each. One came away from the wall about 2 months ago and the other one is holding one by a thread - the screws are just about holding on.

Can anyone tell me how/if I can fix them to the wall so that they stay up permanently??

TIA

Sagz_2

Have you tried using 'no nails'?

kimmee

Norbertsmum wrote: »

Have you tried using 'no nails'?

Thanks Norbertsmum - the coat hooks are metal and the walls have a kind of bumpy wallpaper on them, would it work does anyone know. Sounds like a great idea if it will stick

phill99

The coat hooks need to be on a timber batten. This batten then needs to be screwed into the timber studs in the wall. They normally run at 600mm centres from floor to ceiling. (the studs are the timber that the plaster board is screwed into). Thius will give you a permanant solution to this problem.

Sagz_2

As phill99 says the hooks need to be screwed into a wooden 'backing' then you can use No Nails to stick it to the wall.

I'm carp at DIY and LOVE no nails :rotfl:

kimmee

Thanks to you both Phill99 & Norbertsmum - off to find some batten and to get No Nails - I've got the feeling I will love that to

phill99

No nails isn't likely to work I'm afraid due to the amount of pressure (The engineers call it 'Tension') that the coats will put on the hooks. The only solution is to srcrew the batten into the vertical studs in the wall.

kimmee

Ok, now probably a stupid question but how will I know where the vertical studs are please? (can you tell I'm not a DIY'er!!!)

phill99

Thats always a bit of a problem! You can tap the wall. It will sound hollow. keep tapping the wall but move along the wall. When it stops sounding hollow, there is something under it that is solid, and usually will be a stud, but it maybe a pipe. Best to get a stud detector. These are fairly cheap from argos etc, or see if you neighbour etc has one.

kimmee

Thanks Phil99 - don't think it will have any pipes as there are no radiators or water outlets anywhere near but my ex-hubby may have a detector so I'll have to smile nicely at him next time I see him LOL

Thanks again

Sagz_2

phill99 wrote: »

No nails isn't likely to work I'm afraid due to the amount of pressure (The engineers call it 'Tension') that the coats will put on the hooks. The only solution is to srcrew the batten into the vertical studs in the wall.

Beg to differ with you on that one Phil - I used no nails about 3 years ago to stick a board with coat hooks to a wooden door. One of the hooks has bent (I caught the dog tuggin on her lead that was hanging up) but the no nails didn't shift at all.