Day 15 – Use Good Wall Anchors
Curtain rods, towel bars, and other wall mounted accessories are relatively easy to hang. The trick is securing them to a stud so they can hold up to the abuse. But, how often have you found that you don’t have a stud where you want it mounted? Probably 98% of the time, right? That’s where it is important to use good wall anchors (specifically for your type walls.) Today I’m talking about drywall anchors.
Day 15: Use Good Wall Anchors
You are probably thinking, “Okay, no problem. The towel bar I bought came with wall anchors. I’ll just use those.” And that would be a mistake!
Why? Because those freebie wall anchors get mangled and they won’t hold up to regular use. DO NOT USE those El Cheapo wall anchors that come with your curtain rods, shelves, towel bars, toilet paper holders, etc. In fact, don’t even save them if you don’t use them. PITCH ‘EM…NOW… JUST DO IT!
I am a big fan of the TOGGLER wall anchors
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I struggle with installing wall anchors flush to the wall. I never seem to get them installed correctly. Any tips?
Good advice…I learned the hard way. My curtain rod was continually coming off the wall. Went to the hardware store and the clerk recommended heavy duty metal anchors…did the trick. Posted your helpful hint as well.
too funny we just found those wall anchors after having a couple of crashes, if people listen to you they will save themselves a ton of trouble xx
Hi Brittany,
I really appreciated this post as I am getting ready to hang draperies in several rooms and I have had poor success in the past with the ones that come in the packages. Thanks for the information,
Also, I wanted to ask if you have ever removed a gas fireplace insert yourself? We have a gas insert I really dislike and the fireplace is an original wood burning one. I would like to remove the insert and convert this back to wood burning but I never see articles anywhere about how to do this. Also, when I research this topic on line, it is almost always about changing out the insert and putting in a new one. I am kind of at a loss as to whether we can remove the vent tubing up the chimney ourselves, or whether this is a job best left to the pros. I was just trying to find a way to reduce the cost of the project. Do you have any thoughts on this?