How To Hang A Large Mirror On A Brick Wall

Drill a small hole into the brick wall for each of the clip locations using a masonry bit.

How to hang a large mirror on a brick wall.

Weigh the mirror you want to hang and go to the hardware store. Mark the template where the hanging hardware is located. Trace the mirror on old newspaper or any wide paper and cut the template. Heavy items such as mirrors or large pictures require extra care if they are to hang securely.

Set the mirror down. Note if you ve used wood glue to secure the mirror s cleat be sure to wait until the glue is completely dry before hanging the mirror. Mark the location of the top edge and the center of the frame. D rings and picture wire the mirror must have a frame around it to hang a mirror this way.

Lift the mirror into place and lock the two cleat hooks together. Hold the mirror against the wall at the desired position. Place a scrap piece of wood that is approximately half as long as the mirror is wide underneath the hanging wire on back of the frame. It is important to select an anchor to use with your mirror.

They should fit together like jigsaw pieces. Mark where the hanging hardware meets the wall. 1 mark the place on the wall where the mirror will hang using a pencil by holding up the mirror. Insert a masonry anchor into each of the holes so the top of the anchor is flush with the brick.

The anchor acts as a support for not just the brick wall but also the mirror. This requires attaching d rings to the back perimeter of the mirror frame wrapping wire around the d ring and then attaching one or two hooks to the wall and hanging the mirror by the wire. If you hang a heavy mirror to brick it could pull itself out of the wall and take chunks of brick with it.