Light items screws and screws with masonry anchors for heavy items are your best choice for hanging things on plaster walls without picture rail.
Mounting on lath and plaster wall.
You may not notice the damage but as plaster comes loose from the lath it will eventually begin to sag and soon fall off the wall if the sagging continues unchecked.
In a nutshell a plaster wall is made up of lath attached to wall studs and covered in plaster.
Plaster is a hard durable material but it s also resistant to penetration.
Some older plaster walls have a thin strip of wood that runs around the perimeter of a room usually between 1 inch 2 5 cm to 1 foot 30 cm below the edge of the ceiling.
Keep the mount pressed against the wall.
If your room has this you can simply drive a screw through the wood and use this to hang things.
How to use wall anchors in plaster walls.
Plaster walls are made by nailing strips of narrow wood lath spaced 1 4 inch apart horizontally across the vertical studs.
Plaster is then pressed onto the strips of lath board with sufficient.
However plaster wall is making a comeback in some circles.
Mark the location of the mount s screw holes with a pencil.
Expect most mounts to have 4 or 5 of them.
But with a lath and plaster wall extra care needs to be taken to ensure the stud is found and it s not just the lath board that the television mount is being secured to.
Simply hanging something heavy on a plaster wall can result in damage to the wall and the object if you don t tap into the supporting structure behind the plaster.
While holding it in place look for the holes.
The same goes for lath and plaster walls.
Make sure the screw holes line up with the nearest studs.
Make sure these marks are clear so you know where to anchor the mount to the wall.
Hanging things on lath and plaster walls is a tricky business.
This was mainly due to the fact that they are easier to install and less brittle.
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