How do you hang a mirror flat against a wall?

evoke

I have a fairly large mirror (approx 4' x 3') that I want to hang flat against a wall. I brought it over from my previous property where it was simply hung over a large screw in the wall with some strong wire. However, this caused it to lean.

I want to mount it so that it stays completely flat against the wall. It's quite a heavy mirror (around 10KG I would estimate).

tizerbelle

You can use mirror plates - like these about 1/3 way down page but they mean the screws are visible outside the edge of the mirror

Or you can use normal fixings at the top and then have a piece of wood or similar fixed near the bottom of the mirror so that it lies parallel with the wall but not flush with it.

Probably a better way that someone wiser will know about

gadgetmind

If you use picture straps and J hooks it should lie almost completely flat.

I prefer ones like these -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MIRROR-FITTINGS-INCLUDING-WALL-HOOKS-HEAVY-DUTY-INSRUCTIONS-GREAT-VALUE-/320791974684

The bit that goes onto the wall has a slot, so you can tweak to get everything level, and then you stick in two more screws to make it all rock solid.

gadgetmind

tizerbelle wrote: »

You can use mirror plates - like these about 1/3 way down page but they mean the screws are visible outside the edge of the mirror

I used some of the security fixing from those guys to hang a *huge* mirror, and they were great. You need to get the holes right first time, but we all do that. Don't we?

hieveryone

I stuck HUGE mirrors up in my house with mirror glue.

Yorkie1

The mirror in my bathroom has metal fixings attached to the wall. The ones at the bottom are rigid; the ones at the top are on springs so they move upwards to allow the mirror to slide in, and then they are released to hold it tight.

Even I can use them!

Difficult to describe properly but they are probably about 1-1.5" square against the wall (screw goes through a hole in the middle), and a slight U shape for the bracket.

If I can find a link I'll put it up.

Here you go:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-mirror-fixing-kit/46116

evoke

Thanks for the advice, all. This is a framed mirror and has a decorative, thick frame around it. It's like a very heavy picture, I would day.

MX5huggy

hieveryone wrote: »

I stuck HUGE mirrors up in my house with mirror glue.

And after I removed said mirror the wall needed to be replastered!

keystone

evoke wrote: »

Thanks for the advice, all. This is a framed mirror and has a decorative, thick frame around it. It's like a very heavy picture, I would day.

You need some nice big ones of these:


Screw plate to the back of the frame and then screw plate to the wall. Youy'll need at least one each side but I reckon that if the mirror is as big as you say I'd be thinking about 2. Yes they will be visible. No it won't trouble you once you are used to it and they are pretty diescrete anyway. No there is no othere really realiable way of doing it if you want the mirror flush to the wall.

Cheers

paddy's_mum

Stick an appropriately trimmed and sized sliver of cork to the bottom corner/s of the mirror which will bring the bottom edge out level with the top without doing damage to the mirror, its frame or your wall.....

best done with an old cork not the one you just took of the bottle. Alcohol, drills, screws and superglue are not really a good mix!