Fixings for mirror

lamonfn

Hi, I have recently purchased a full length Ikea Nissedal mirror and looking to fix to my plasterboard wall. The mirror has pre-attached brackets and instructions show that the screw on the wall needs to be left a wee bit out of the wall to enable the bracket to slide over it. The mirror is relatively heavy, weighing approx 10kg, so can anyone suggest a suitable fixing for this?

 

LandyAndy

I used these to hang a heavy mirror on plasterboarded wall.  No problems after three years. They are really substantial fixings.

https://buyrigifixonline.co.uk

stragglebod

https://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-duopower-wall-plugs-6mm-100-pack/1030p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKzpAUwQuto

lesalanos

Were there no screws in the packaging?  

stragglebod

If it's anything like every other IKEA product I've bought they only include the screws for assembling the item, not for attaching it to walls.

knightstyle

Get some hollow wall anchors from screwfix. They are great for putting heavy items onto plasterboard.

stragglebod

knightstyle said:

Get some hollow wall anchors from screwfix. They are great for putting heavy items onto plasterboard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3hjzPNe5wk

Steve_L

IKEA and other suppliers can't know what type of wall the customer has and can't include every possible type in with the product. I've used those screw-in plasterboard fixings for my IKEA mirror. Glass is heavy, but it's only exerting a shear force on the screw, fixing and wall.

It's a bit late, but you only need a mirror half your height, mounted with the top halfway between eye level & the top of your head and the bottom halfway between eye level and your feet, to be able to see all of yourself in it.

Grenage

As above, hollow wall anchors.  Make life easy on yourself and get a setting tool, they are cheap and stop the facing spinning and boring a hole in the board.

I didn't know they existed until a few years ago; they're brilliant.

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Steve_L said:

IKEA and other suppliers can't know what type of wall the customer has and can't include every possible type in with the product. I've used those screw-in plasterboard fixings for my IKEA mirror. Glass is heavy, but it's only exerting a shear force on the screw, fixing and wall.

It's a bit late, but you only need a mirror half your height, mounted with the top halfway between eye level & the top of your head and the bottom halfway between eye level and your feet, to be able to see all of yourself in it.

You're presuming the original poster was using this to look at themself, in many cases mirrors are strategically placed to  improve light levels in darker areas and it could actually be this that they're thinking of; I have 3 mirrors in my house that are simply used to create a sense of light in darker areas, not at all possible to see head and shoulders let alone full length !

Grenage

Agreed; we've goat loads of antique mirrors in our house, the other half loves them.

Obviously I make buff poses and admire myself in them all.