How To Hang An Old Window On A Wall

Like i mentioned before these windows are relatively lightweight and i usually hang them flush against a wall so i use the hooks and eyes with picture hanging wire to hang them.

How to hang an old window on a wall.

I originally bought some picture hangers for the back of each window that nailed into place. Step 4 cut two lengths of 12 gauge wire or fishing line equal to the distance you plan to hang your stained glass window plus 12 inches. How to hang an old window sash on a wall. Steph made a little cover and painted them the wall cover to hide the battery boxes of the fairy lights.

This ensures the window glass stays in its frame. The boxes are held in place with velcro. To the back of the window frame for displaying our finished project on a wall. I used a couple of different things depending on the size of the window.

Measure the distance between the hooks and place the screw eyes into the frame of your stained glass window the same distance apart. The depth of the shelf is up to you depending on what you want to display. Remember this window frame will be extremely heavy so you must use a kit design for industrial hanging. Learn how to fully refurbish an old window here.

Then we nailed two picture frame hanging hardware. Ok so thats what the wall looks like. Measure down from the top left corner of the sash to approximately one third of the total height of the sash and mark it. Follow the directions on the kit and consider using up to three hangers to fully secure the frame.

Lay the sash on the floor or a worktable with the side the you want to face the room down and the back side of the sash facing up. Then stain or paint the shelf to match the window finish and then mount it to the thick piece of wood at the bottom of the window which is called a rail. To repurpose an old window as a display shelf cut a piece of scrap lumber to the width of your window. This part goes on the wall.

Use a high quality picture hanging kit to hang the window. Insert a hook into two ceiling joists or wall studs that are side by side. Let me walk you through how i hung them. One part of the cleat goes in the wall the other on the window.