Fixings for mirror

lamonfn

LandyAndy said:

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

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately the link isn’t working on my tablet. Do you have a description or screenshot so that I could have a further look please? 

lamonfn

lesalanos said:

Were there no screws in the packaging?  

No, no screws. Think it’s so they don’t give wrong fittings for your specific wall type. Bit of a pain though!

lamonfn

knightstyle said:

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

Thanks. So with these, can I leave a fraction of the length of the screw out to slide the mirror bracket onto it? Think it looks as though I can

lamonfn

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.

I tried the metal self drill plasterboard fixings but it just popped back out the wall when I tried to hang the mirror on it. It only seemed to secure properly when the screw was all the way in which obviously doesn’t enable the mirror to be attached. 

I appreciate what you say about not needing as big a mirror but it was nice and cheap and, as well as letting me see myself, it nicely fills a blank space on my wall....saves me faffing about with pictures etc.

lamonfn

Grenage said:

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.

Had a wee look at this online and looks good. Not sure if worth it for just this wee project though!? From looking at one of the videos sort of looks as though the hollow wall anchors could work well though as I seem to be able to leave a length of the screw out for hanging mirror on?
 (Sorry for my distinct lack of terminology and general dimness haha....I’m a total novice in case you hadn’t guessed!)

lamonfn

Catsacor said:

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 !

Bit of both for me. Fills up a blank space nicely, makes small room look a bit bigger...and means I don’t have to dance about trying to see if my shoes look ok haha! 

jennifernil

lamonfn said:

Grenage said:

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.

Had a wee look at this online and looks good. Not sure if worth it for just this wee project though!? From looking at one of the videos sort of looks as though the hollow wall anchors could work well though as I seem to be able to leave a length of the screw out for hanging mirror on?
 (Sorry for my distinct lack of terminology and general dimness haha....I’m a total novice in case you hadn’t guessed!)

If you have plasterboard walls, there may be something else you want to hang up in a while.  The setting tool is not expensive, consider it a good investment which will last you a lifetime.