Picture, Mirror & Shelf Hanging
Hanging things is easy. Hanging them level, at eye height, evenly spaced, and into something that will still hold a heavy mirror in five years is the part worth paying for. I lay the whole wall out before a single hole gets drilled.
No deposit. Pay when it's done. Or call John on (619) 928-6500.
What's included
- Layout planned and marked on the wall first, so you approve it before anything is drilled
- Height set to eye line, or to the furniture below it, whichever the room calls for
- Framing found, or rated anchors chosen to match the actual weight
- Everything hung, levelled and spaced consistently
- Heavy mirrors and shelves secured into framing wherever possible
- Bumpers fitted so frames sit flat and stop drifting crooked
- Holes and dust cleaned up
What I'll need from you
- The pieces, and any hanging hardware that came with them
- A rough idea of the arrangement — I'll lay it out and you approve it
- Clear floor space in front of the wall
- How long it takes
- About an hour for a small group, longer for a full gallery wall.
John
Working out where the stud is. It's never where you'd like it.
Can you hang a heavy mirror on drywall?
Into framing, yes, without hesitation. Where there's no stud where the mirror needs to be, I use rated toggles and tell you the weight limit rather than guessing.
How many can you do in a visit?
A dozen frames is a comfortable visit. Send a photo of the wall and the pieces and I'll tell you before booking.
Around the Home
Often booked at the same visit
Adding a second job to the same trip is the cheapest way to buy my time — the drive only gets paid for once.
Picture, mirror and shelf hanging in San Diego
Hanging things is easy; hanging them level, at the right height, evenly spaced and into something that will still hold in five years is the part worth paying for. In San Diego the material behind the wall decides the method, and it varies enormously across the county — lath and plaster in the pre-war neighbourhoods, standard drywall in the post-war tract, and steel stud in a lot of downtown and Mission Valley condo partitions, which needs different anchors entirely.
Heavy mirrors are where this stops being cosmetic. A large framed mirror over a console is thirty or forty pounds of glass at head height, and in earthquake country the case for getting it into framing rather than into two plastic plugs makes itself. I lay the whole wall out and get your approval before a single hole is drilled, mount into studs wherever they exist, and use rated toggles with a stated limit where they genuinely do not.
Send a photo of the spot. I'll confirm $79.
If the photo shows something that changes the price, you'll know before I drive out — not after.
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