What type of wall hooks do I need to hold a heavy item on wall ?
Question:I'm tidying up the garage and I want install some wall hooks so that they will hold and secure 2 really heavy metal folding sunloungers on the garage wall.
Is wall hooks even the correct term for what I need? Give me the tools and I can do the job. However I don't know what type of hooks I need... and the only hooks I've found so far seem only suitable for holding something lightweight such as a picture.
The hooks I'd need would sort of need to extend quite some distance outwards, so that the metal frame of the sunlounger can fit on each hook. I'm thinking like 3 metal hooks for each sunlounger. Any idea of where to find suitable wall hooks for heavy items?
Atm these stupid sunloungers take up too much space on floor of garage. She bought them for sunbathing in the garden. The number of arguments I've had with her for buying them behind my back in the first place.. too expensive and heavy and they take up loads of space when just on garage floor.
(rant over)
Thanks.
Answers:
Go with Gizmo on this, except you will more likely need 8 or 10mm wall plugs, as the screw threads are quite large on the hooks I'm thinking of!
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.
You need to search for hooks rated for the weight of what you are hanging and make sure that you hang it in a wall stud or it will pull out of the wall.
Head over to a discount store like WalMart or KMart.
In the tools section, you'll find large threaded hooks with red rubber coating over the hook part.
Screw the threaded end into a stud in the garage wall, and you're good to go.
Go to B&Q they do packs of hooks for garage tidy up just what you need. Ask for heavy duty hooks for hanging up ladders and the like. You will also need a 6mm masonary drill and rawlplugs while your at it to mount the hooks.
No Problem, Most DIY stores, or even £1 shops carry the kind of thing you meen. They're extended hooks up to even 6inches long. Should you not be able to screw them into wood, you may need to 'plug' the wall for a good fixing.
Good luck
Why dont you do what we did in our garage to hold the ladder. Just put up a couple of shelf brackets, the sort that are L shaped. They will sit nicely on those.
Hi,
Not much experience of this lol, but i know that my dad uses a pair of right angle, steel, screw on shelf brackets to hold up a pair of big ladders in the garage back home. They're usually used for heavy duty shelves (e.g. in garages/workshops) but work just as well as hooks. obtainable from any hardware shop, then screw them to the wall and slot the loungers though. Seems to work for my dad, none of the vast array of junk has fallen on his treasured MGB-GT!
Go to Lowe's web site and look at the Gladiator products. It is more expensive than buying hooks, but does a nice job.
You can buy hooks that are up to 6-8 inches Long after the threaded screw bit, They can be a standard rounded hook or a squared off type. Just drill and plug the walls with decent size and quality plugs and they screw in the same as the smaller ones do. You can get them in most DIY stores and Ive even seen them in the Aldi. We used them to hoist a roof box high up in our garage when it was not in use, along with 2 bikes, the lawnmower, leaf blower, bla bla bla. Go ahead... reclaim your floorspace. ;-)
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