Since the lath is thin and has bounce to it, it will be harder to screw into without a pilot hole.

How to hang things on lath and plaster walls. Hanging heavy frames on the wall can be tricky, and with all the. These flatten against the back of the wall so the item holds. Find the lath decide the ideal location for your hanger, and mark it with a pencil.

Dense lath and plaster provides some insulation, fire resistance, soundproofing, and more. Since you won't need to screw into a wall stud, you should use an anchor screw like a toggle bolt or a molly bolt. Hanging other light items from plaster walls step 1:

Take the covering strip off the back of the hook, then stick it to. Easy how to on finding a stud in an old building with plaster and lath walls. Hang your picture screw in the screw, or the picture hanging hook, into the pilot hole.

You have to use wall anchors which you tap into a drilled hole and the back of them open up as you screw into them. Drill a small hole in the wall, and note to. I prefer if the screw hits the wood lath behind the plaster.

In this diy video, i’ll show how to hang stuff on plaster and lath walls using a molly bolt. For lighter items, simply screwing into the plaster with a 1 1/4” drywall screw is usually enough to get the job done. Measure the spot on the wall where the screw will go and mark an x.

Hold the tv mount up to the wall so that its screw holes align with the locations of the studs you found in step 2. Spot the lath spotting the lath will have to use the drill to see. Mark the locations of the screw holes with a pencil.