Using your drill bit, drill a clean and straight hole into the wall, through the plaster and lath.

Hang heavy picture on plaster wall. Make sure to remove the. For pictures weighing five to 10 pounds, drive your nail or hook at a. For pictures that weigh up to 50 pounds, you can use 2 hangers spaced evenly along the back of the picture.

In this diy video, i’ll show how to hang stuff on plaster and lath walls using a molly bolt. I’m gonna use a smaller, ux6, fixing with the 4 millimeter diameter screw. Drill holes into the marked areas.

Screw the long wooden plaster screws into the two drilled holes. I got to hang some. To hang really heavy pictures on plaster walls.

For pictures weighing less than five pounds, use an adhesive hook or velcro strip. Using this system, pictures and frames are hung using cables that are attached to a rail. That’s why you can hang your pictures any height.

Hanging heavy frames on the wall can be tricky, and with all the. If you hit wood, the drill will continue requiring pressure. Mark the wall stud areas with masking tape.

These walls tend to crack and break with the slightest of pressure or drilling. I prefer if the screw hits the wood lath behind the plaster. Make sure that you keep its use minimal if you absolutely have to use it.