The doors are made with a thin sheet of plywood attached to a frame.
How to hang a mirror on a pocket door wall.
Pick a spot to hang the mirror.
One is the mirrored pocket door that leads from madison s bedroom to the jack and jill bathroom.
If you re not hanging the mirror on a stud you may want to insert a wall anchor.
Take a look at wall hanging tips.
Always mark the center of the stud and keep in mind utilities might be attached to it if the stud is near a light switch outlet or faucet.
Then buy some hanging hooks that are strong enough to support that weight.
The other side of the pocket required the plywood pieces to be attached to the drywall before it was screwed to the pocket door wall studs.
What s inside my wall.
A mirrored pocket door is a double whammy because you get a door and a mirror in one.
Large mirrors can make a room seem bigger or be a focal point of your decor as long as they stay on the wall.
This can also be accomplished if you don t want to ruin the integrity of the molding around the door frame.
This home depot guide will teach you how to hang a heavy mirror on drywall or a plaster wall how to hang a heavy mirror without a stud or directly.
It only took a few minutes of extra time to do this.
Reinstall the door and then install the door guides on the inside and outside of the door at the mouth of the pocket.
Remove the door and then install drywall over the door pocket using construction adhesive and 1 inch drywall screws.
To hang a wall mirror start by weighing the mirror using a bathroom scale.
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Hang a mirror on a hollow core door with hollow wall anchors.
Once you have hanging hooks mark where you want to hang the mirror on the wall and drill a hole for the hook.
The plywood splinters easily and most screws will pull out of the wood when they have any weight on them.
Finish the joints with drywall tape and several coats of drywall compound.
Securely hanging a heavy mirror is an easy project but successful results do require attention to detail and using the right hardware.
Since the pocket door wall studs were normally 3 4 inch deep the 1 2 inch plywood never had a chance of touching the moving door.