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- Summary
- Hanging a heavy picture is a little more involved than
- hanging a lightweight picture with a hook. These steps
- show how to use a strip of wood (the batten) cut at
- an angle along its length, to make a very secure
- attachment for the picture, while still allowing it to
- be removed from the wall easily:
-
- 1 Cutting the batten
- 2 Drilling clearance holes
- 3 Attaching one batten to the wall
- 4 Attaching the other batten to the frame
- 5 Hanging the frame
-
- Tools
- Jigsaw, drill, screwdriver
-
- Materials
- Screws, batten, wall plugs
-
- Step 1 - Cutting the batten
- Battens can be used to provide the extra support that
- heavy pictures need. Use a piece of timber about 50mm
- by 20mm,which is slightly shorter than the width of the
- picture. Cut the timber 16mm from the top at an angle
- of 45 degrees toward the centre. One piece is going to
- attach to the wall, the other piece to the picture.
- Because of the angle, one can be hung on the other.
-
- Step 2 - Drilling clearance holes
- The battens will fit together in the manner shown -
- the lower piece will be attached to the wall, the upper
- piece to the picture.Drill holes through the battens so
- you can attach the halves of the batten to the picture
- and the wall. Note that these holes need to be very
- slightly larger than the shaft on the screws that will
- be used to fix them.
-
- Step 3 - Attaching one batten to the wall
- Position the half batten on the wall and ensure it is
- horizontal using a spirit level. Mark the position of
- the holes on the wall with a bradawl. Drill the holes
- and attach the half batten to the wall with the upper
- edge on the outer side as shown.
-
- Step 4 - Attaching the other batten to the frame
- Screw the other half of the batten to the frame with
- the lower edge on the outer side as shown, that is,
- with the angle of the cut facing down as a mirror
- image to the batten attached to the wall.
-
- Step 5 - Hanging the frame
- You can now hang the frame batten to the wall batten
- as shown.
-