# Help!  Gotta hang a 30-lb mirror, and need some advice

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 8, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-gotta-hang-a-30-lb-mirror-and-need-some-advice/662986 "2013-07-08T23:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevecoh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@stevecoh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stevecoh1)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-gotta-hang-a-30-lb-mirror-and-need-some-advice/662986/21 "2015-02-11T17:53:08Z")

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> [@gwendee](#):
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> Please don’t, especially on a mirror, which in most cases is heavier than standard picture glass.
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> It’s not a stupid reason. Hanging from wire exerts inward force on the sides of the frame which stresses the corners. If the corners fail your mirror will fall and break, and probably take some stuff out with it.

Hmm, evidently these warnings were not understood by the Chinese manufacturers of the Glacier Bay mirror with D-Hooks that I bought at Home Depot. The two hooks on mine differed in distance from top of frame by 3/32 of an inch, more than enough to make the mirror lopsided if I would have drilled holes for my drywall anchors level. No way to excuse that kind of sloppiness unless they figured you **would** hang by a wire. So I drilled mine offset and it looks good. Hooks were also not the same distance from the left and right sides and I had to compensate for that too. Probably should have brought the darned thing back but I’ve been to Home Depot like ten times in the past three days.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-gotta-hang-a-30-lb-mirror-and-need-some-advice/662986/22 "2015-02-11T19:25:02Z")

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> [@stevecoh1](#):
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> … Probably should have brought the darned thing back but I’ve been to Home Depot like ten times in the past three days.

If any store is used to customers making numerous visits in a short amount of time, it’s Home Depot.

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**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-gotta-hang-a-30-lb-mirror-and-need-some-advice/662986/23 "2015-02-12T19:11:30Z")

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On my mirror, I use 2 U channels, about 2/3 as wide as the mirror. The one on the wall faces up. the one on the mirror faces down. Mount the U channel to wall securely – find studs, etc. Mount the U channel to mirror securely also. Now place the outside of the mirror’s U channel into the one on the wall. The position of the mirror can be adjusted by simply sliding it in the wall’s U channel.

J.

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