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   scooter1 | Feb 20, 2004 07:50pm | #1

   I'd just use picture frame wire, you know the stranded types, in two eyebolts. I'd hang it using two moly bolts in the drywall.

   Regards,

   Boris

   "Sir, I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow" -- WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934

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   PlaneWood | Feb 20, 2004 07:51pm | #2

   I did that once.  I put a piece of popular 1/4" x 4" x ?' long onto the back of the frame (flush and horizontally) about 1/3 down from the top.  I then secured two large flat head screws into the wall studs.  I put matching slots into the bottom of the Popular piece with a 1/4" dovetail bit on my router and hung the mirror to the screws.  The mirrow was recessed about 1/2" into the back of the frame.  Make sure the screws in the wall are level.  Although it would have been easy to take the mirror down, we never did.  Left it there when we sold the house.

   PlaneWood by Mike_in_Katy (maker of fine sawdust!)
   PlaneWood

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   RoyinMD | Feb 20, 2004 09:46pm | #3

   Option one: You can buy special hardware (designed and built) for heavy mirror and frame wall mounting. It allows the mirror to hang secure and plumb. Hardware stores and many catalogs carry them.

   Option two: Metal french cleats. They have a much smaller thickness than wood.

   Enjoy, Roy

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   ASK | Feb 20, 2004 11:40pm | #4

   BigDonny,

   I got this from a glass man

   I used it on a BIG mirror in a powder room

   Hasn't fallen yet

   Use stranded wire rated for the weight of the mirror

   ASK

   
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   jgaiennie | Feb 22, 2004 04:25am | #5

   huh?

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   ASK | Feb 23, 2004 04:45pm | #8

   Sorry,

   I realized after I posted it that it wasn't self explanatory.

   This is the back of the mirror.

   The wire is attached on the bottom frame piece and strung through the two sides.

   The two circles in the middle of the mirror is where the studs were. Hangers were screwed to the studs and the wire was hung on the hangers.

   Hope this makes it clearer

   ASK

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   TomT226 | Feb 22, 2004 05:15pm | #6

   Use a "keyhole" router bit. Usually comes in 1/4" shank.

   If you have a drill press and can take the mirror out of the frame, make two marks about 16" apart (or whatever your studs are on) centered on the back of the top rail of the frame. Chuck a 5/8 or 3/4" forstner bit in your drill press, and drill two holes just a deep as the top shoulder of the keyhole bit. Draw two lines perpendicular to the center of the holes you just drilled up to the top of the rail. Make marks about 3/4" above the top of the two holes. Chuck your keyhole bit in your router, set the depth to the bottom of the hole(s), and follow the line up until the cutting head disappears. Stop the router, and remove. Drive two #8 pan head 2" sheet metal screws into your studs leaving about 1/4" under the head so that the screw head will slip into the groove. This makes a flush mount for any heavy mirror or picture to hang. The larger the hole, the easier it is to hit when you hang it up.

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   Curtis | Feb 22, 2004 05:26pm | #7

   Hello

   If you already have the mirrio on the wall, JUST CHEAT! I would use a peice of Double sided tape, and put a strip on the bottom and behind the mirror.

   It may not be fine wood working but it would keep the mirror from swinging and you will not have to change anything.+ the tape realy wont damage the wall or the frame just in case you (or your wife ) decides to change the bathroom in the future.

   C.A.G.