WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, the 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:08.679 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. I 3 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:12.759 Am Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer, custom home builder, custom 4 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:17.280 home Designer. Most importantly, today, your guide to turning your 5 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:22.000 ordinary house into something truly extraordinary. Guess what we're talking 6 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:26.320 about today? Big construction stuff? No, no, no, no no. 7 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.960 We're just gonna keep it simple and sweet today. But 8 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:32.520 we're gonna address an issue that a lot of people 9 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:36.119 have issues with, and that is how to hang stuff 10 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:40.840 properly in your home. So today's show, how's it hanging? 11 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:43.200 Uh? Not well for most of you. 12 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.719 Not only what to do, what kind of walls you've got, 13 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:52.079 what kind of hanging implements, and you know, and hardware 14 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:55.280 you're gonna use, but where and how on a wall? 15 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:57.759 What you know, how high? Where? 16 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:01.520 Left right? Otherwise, all of that we're going to go through. 17 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.760 So from the I guess, the practical kind of construction 18 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:06.439 side of it, if you want to call it, it's 19 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:11.200 not really construction decor tips all the way into the 20 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:15.719 design of how you want to frame and hang art 21 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.519 and family photos and the like on your walls. That's 22 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.400 today's show, and of course we're going to take calls 23 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:25.040 as we do, and if we do it all right, 24 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.840 we're going to bring some light into your morning and 25 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:31.000 hopefully make you feel glad that you were here. The 26 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:36.560 team is here for you again. Week two, Tony Sorrentino 27 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:41.879 on the board. Good morning, Tony morning. I'm just gonna 28 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:45.400 leave it at that. Yeah, everything's back to normal next week. 29 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:48.640 I'm just leaving it there right there. It is always 30 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:53.560 such a joy to work with Tony. Tony's our master chef. 31 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.400 He is our wizard of all things. You know, board 32 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:01.239 op here at the station and do it while Yeah, 33 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:04.959 you've been doing it a while, and so whenever, whenever 34 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:06.640 I get a chance to hang out with Tony, it's 35 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:08.639 just the best thing my world always. 36 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:08.759 Man. 37 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:12.520 Producer Ritchie is standing by, uh not by a mic, 38 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:15.840 but ready to take your calls. Oh I could call 39 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:18.319 on the board already. I know, I haven't even said 40 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:19.680 the phone lines are open. 41 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:21.879 Well, guess what. The phone lines are open, and Producer 42 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.039 Richie is standing by to take your calls. The number 43 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:28.199 to reach me eight three three two Ask Dean A 44 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:32.120 three three. The numeral to ask Dean eight three three 45 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:40.479 two ask Dean to ask Dean two pep ask Dean, 46 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:44.439 all right, A three three two as Dean, anything you 47 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:46.479 want to talk? You know, I'm talking about hanging stuff 48 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:49.039 inside your house today. You know, we're taking a we're 49 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:51.919 taking a break from the heavy, sweaty labor of building 50 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.479 your house and now we're just talking about some decor 51 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:59.120 elements that are super practical. Especially you know around the holidays, 52 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:04.080 you're gonna start thinking about moving stuff around, hanging things, and. 53 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.360 It's just a good time for it. So, uh, that's 54 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.759 what I'm talking about today. But when it comes to calls, 55 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:14.520 you've set the agenda. Anything construction, design, DIY, whatever the 56 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.960 case may be. Give me a call. We'll put our 57 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:18.719 heads together. We're going to figure out what's going on 58 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:21.479 with your house. I promise you A three three two 59 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:25.719 Ask Dean. Lines are open now. Jackie Ray at the 60 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:27.840 news desk, Good morning, Jackie, Greetings. 61 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:28.400 How are you? 62 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:33.199 Greetings? Oh, I got a greeting. So we're using the 63 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:34.479 Queen's English. 64 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:39.199 Teachings and salutations. How are things there in the booth? 65 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:44.080 Things are great. Here. I'm with Tony. Of course, life 66 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.879 with Tony. It sounds like a sitcom. It's a sitcom. 67 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:48.680 It's a new sitcom life with Tony. 68 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.080 We're all going to do me Jackie, will all be characters, 69 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:55.719 and it's all going to be around Tony Sorrentino. I 70 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:58.319 love it life in times of Tony Sarantina. I wish 71 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:04.360 you could see his face right now. Canceled send a 72 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.599 gross the table from me. There she is, Oh my gosh, 73 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:12.159 just look at you, my better half, my design partner, 74 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:14.520 my best friend. We're gonna take a bike ride today, Yes, 75 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:16.920 you and me. Let's got's after the show. We're just 76 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.360 going to jump on the bikes and go to go places. 77 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:22.839 Tina is here. 78 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:27.519 Oh no, it's that was so good. 79 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:33.560 Welcome home. How you doing good? Yeah, you're feeling it? Okay? 80 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:36.480 Well, first of all, super excited because the Dodgers won 81 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:36.959 last thing. 82 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:41.199 It wasn't quite as exciting a game as Game one. 83 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:42.160 I mean, how could it be. 84 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:46.959 But they keep waiting till, you know, eighth ninth inning 85 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:48.480 to really spice things up. 86 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:50.560 I know, right, we got to the we got to 87 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:52.160 the last two innings and now all of a sudden, 88 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:54.279 we're biting. I was sitting there the whole game, like, 89 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:56.839 you know, this is kind of nice. It's just you know, 90 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.360 my stomach isn't tied up in knots. I'm relaxed. You 91 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.160 were dozing off at one point during the game. You 92 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:04.519 woke up, You're like, what's happening? 93 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:04.680 Now? 94 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.319 We're still ahead, and it's fine. And then right at 95 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:10.439 the end, oh no, oh no, and then we pull 96 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.759 it out. So yeah, go Dodger. So today a break. Today, 97 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:17.079 everybody gets to rest except them they're traveling. And then 98 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:21.160 tomorrow night it all picks up yet again. Game three. 99 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:25.319 We're going to New York with two games under our belt. Yeah, 100 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:29.199 all right, shall we get to it? I think we should. 101 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.639 We are going to dive into how it is hanging 102 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:36.680 in your house. Here's the point. Sometimes getting your home 103 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:42.279 right isn't about all the heavy construction stuff. Sometimes it's 104 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:44.439 as simple as hanking a piece of art or a 105 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:48.000 cherished photo on the wall. But when you count up 106 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:54.079 the millions of scars and holes left on walls from 107 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:59.040 failed attempt, I don't think anybody can can do anything 108 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:03.680 but assume that hanging things in your home not as 109 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:06.439 easy as it looks, not as easy as it looks 110 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:08.639 at first glance. And so that is what we are 111 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.040 tackling today. Plus your calls. 112 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:15.279 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 113 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.800 KFI AM six forty. 114 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.920 Hey, whether you live in a condo or a cottage 115 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:24.240 or what's another c word, castle, if it's the place 116 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:26.879 that you call home, I'm here to take it to 117 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.519 the next level for you. That's it. It doesn't matter. 118 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.480 And today we're talking about something that is truly, truly 119 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:37.839 a universal struggle regardless of where you live, and that 120 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:41.720 is hanging stuff on the wall. And if you think, 121 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:44.879 if you think, if you're if you're a condo dweller 122 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:48.360 or an apartment dweller, and think that the rich and 123 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:53.199 famous have no problems whatsoever hanging stuff perfectly on their walls, 124 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:58.759 you would be grossly mistaken. I mean grossly mistaken. So 125 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.800 just take it for me. It's a universal problem. I've 126 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:05.879 seen it all and so that's why we're gonna dive 127 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.959 into it today. Plus of course, in just a bit 128 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:10.680 we're going to be going to the phones taking your 129 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.600 calls as we do. So the number to reach me 130 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:17.240 if you're interested in calling into the show and getting 131 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:21.279 your question about your home answered eight three three two 132 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:26.839 Ask Dean eight three three. The numeral two ask Dan. 133 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.800 All right, let's talk about your walls and stuff that's 134 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.120 going on. There are some basic steps here, and that's 135 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.680 what we're going to just roll through this morning. What 136 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:41.040 do you need to know first? What do you need 137 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:43.639 to know other than okay, the thing that you're hanging, 138 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.240 all right, fine, there it is. But what do you 139 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:47.839 need to know first? You need to know what the 140 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:52.240 wall condition is? Okay, and by wall condition, I mean 141 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.279 what is that wall made out of? How is it built? 142 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:58.959 What do you expect when you know you you go 143 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:04.040 to pierce the surface of that wall or attach something 144 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:07.480 to the surface of that wall. What's our expectation? And 145 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:11.600 we're talking about lots of choices here now, most commonly, 146 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:17.639 of course, drywall. The vast majority of homes and apartments 147 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:22.240 and condos and castles drywall on the wall, half inch 148 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:28.560 drywall on most walls. And behind that drywall are lots 149 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:33.200 of open void spaces. Now behind the drywall, might you 150 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:39.440 might find plywood or OSB oriented strand board, because that 151 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.960 wall may be, in addition to just being a stud wall, 152 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.080 it may be some form of sheer wall, meaning that 153 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:51.120 a diaphragm of wood is placed across the studs. First, 154 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.840 to give it some lateral side to side shifting support. 155 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:58.720 There's numerous reasons why there could be some form of 156 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:02.919 sheathing on that wall underneath the drywall. But our most 157 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.840 two common situations is that we've got drywall and then 158 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.440 just right on studs, and then drywall with some kind 159 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.759 of wood sheathing behind it. That's great if you got 160 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:16.039 wood sheathing behind the drywall. It's great if you know that, 161 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:21.320 because that means you've got, you know, some real strong, 162 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:26.480 secure surface to hook something into other than just the 163 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:30.600 drywall itself. It's not great if you've got sheathing behind 164 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:32.799 the wall and you don't know it, and you're trying 165 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:36.840 to use a typical drywall type hangar and it's getting 166 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:41.440 blocked by the wood sheathing behind. So again, wall conditions, 167 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:45.039 knowing them is key. So drywall that's our most common 168 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:48.720 situation for most homes. But a lot of older homes 169 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.639 across the country, a lot of older homes now here 170 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:55.000 in Southern California, because you know, time is passing. So 171 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:59.200 a century home in southern California is built in the twenties, 172 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:03.039 now at the point a hundred year old home, and 173 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:08.200 no doubt whatsoever since drywall was not a thing. It existed, 174 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:11.240 but it wasn't a thing for homes. Drywall wasn't a 175 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:13.919 thing for homes, by the way, until we get well 176 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:18.519 into the nineteen fifties. Okay, late nineteen fifties. So if 177 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:23.879 you own an early nineteen fifties house or earlier, chances 178 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.759 are you don't have drywall that you've got some form 179 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:31.279 of plaster walls. Now, plaster walls come in two forms. 180 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:34.919 They come in They always have a large coat of 181 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:38.759 plaster on them on the surface, but behind the plaster 182 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:43.399 you may have, you know, nearly three quarters or more 183 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:48.600 inches of plaster and then would laugh. In the oldest 184 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:52.519 of homes, you've seen this. If you haven't experienced it 185 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:55.120 in your own home, you've seen this. It's in every 186 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:59.960 classic movie with a rundown house or a broken wall 187 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:03.480 or whatever, and that is behind the plaster. They are 188 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:09.399 these wood slats running horizontally on the wall, right wood slats, 189 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:13.039 or in the secret passageway behind the walls, or in 190 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:15.399 between the walls and the haunted house. You see those 191 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:19.720 wood slats on the studs from the backside, and you 192 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:23.440 see the plaster has oozed through. That's exactly what it's 193 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.679 supposed to do. That's what those slats are for. They 194 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:28.360 originally they're put up with these gaps in between them 195 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:32.159 so that when the plasters applied, the first coat of plaster, 196 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:34.519 and there are multiple coats of plaster if you have 197 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:36.639 a wall like this, But when the first coat goes on, 198 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:41.600 it keys into it oozes onto the backside, and then 199 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:44.759 as it hardens, now it's locking itself in place, so 200 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:49.159 it stays on the wall. Anyway, plaster is at the 201 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:51.320 end of the day. Oh I didn't describe the second form, 202 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.480 all right, the other form, the newer form, the more modern, 203 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:57.840 the most modern form of plaster before it was replaced 204 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:02.039 by drywall altogether. Could you know a lot of people 205 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:05.039 mistake as drywall, because they'll they'll open up a part 206 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.360 of their wall and they'll call me and say, all right, well, 207 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:10.799 I've got a like a half an inch of plaster 208 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:14.320 on top of a half an inch of drywall. It's 209 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:20.039 not drywall, but it is gypsum based plasterboard which replaced 210 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.360 the wood lath. And that plasterboard actually has holes all 211 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:27.279 the way through it, and the stuff oozes through and 212 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.679 locks on the backside. Anyway, did not intend to give 213 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:34.639 you an entire lesson on plaster walls, But you need 214 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:37.879 to know that if you've got plaster walls, you treat 215 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:42.480 them very, very differently than dry wall walls. 216 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:43.080 Why is that. 217 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:49.120 Because drywall has its strengthen weaknesses the strength of dry walls. 218 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:54.480 It's very light and as a material for hangars, you 219 00:12:54.519 --> 00:13:00.720 can easily drill through or poke something through drywall because 220 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:03.600 it's that soft, and you can do it if you're careful, 221 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:08.639 very cleanly. Plaster is somesed. 222 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:09.519 It is a. 223 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:14.200 Kind of concrete in essence, and so poking something through 224 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:18.320 a plaster wall not gonna happen. Drilling through a plaster 225 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:23.440 wall with a regular drill bit, a wood or metal 226 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:26.639 oriented drill bit as opposed to a masonry drill bit 227 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:30.200 not gonna happen cleanly, all right, You end up with 228 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.759 a big divot out of the wall, or cracking or 229 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.879 chipping or flaking, the kind of stuff that you just 230 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:41.480 weren't planning on wanted to have happen just because you 231 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:44.600 want to hang a picture of Grandma up on the 232 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:48.440 bedroom wall. So very important that we know whether we've 233 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.039 got dry wall or plaster, we're gonna handle them differently. 234 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.279 And then of course, other walls that are kind of 235 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:57.080 self evident. Maybe the surface of the wall is wood, 236 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:01.720 maybe it's paneling of some form or another. Maybe we've 237 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:05.279 got a concrete wall, maybe it's a basement wall, you know, 238 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:08.799 a live in basement. Or maybe you've got some form 239 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:12.759 of just full on concrete or cinderblock walls in your 240 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:17.840 dwelling for whatever reason. Whether it's a solid surface meaning 241 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:20.759 that there's no gaps behind the wall, or a hollow 242 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.200 wall with studs. These are all the things we must 243 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:27.200 find out about your wall conditions before we move on 244 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:29.399 to the next step. And what is the next step? 245 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:33.159 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 246 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:34.759 KFI AM six forty. 247 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:38.840 Yes, Tony's playing some Halloween music because guess what what 248 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.240 is this? It's October twenty seventh. You know, I decided 249 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:45.480 not to do specifically a Halloween show this year. You know, 250 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:49.200 I like mixing it up. When Halloween falls like really 251 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:51.679 really close to the show or on the show, then 252 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:53.799 we're all in. Last year, I had my sister on. 253 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:57.519 We were talking about a house, the Kellogg House down 254 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:03.840 in oc where she does ghost tours of the Kellogg House. 255 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:06.679 She's expanded her repertoire. By the way, you should check 256 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:10.799 that out. But you know, so we approached it from 257 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:14.360 a ghostly and an architectural perspective. In years past, we've 258 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:18.159 done all sorts of fun stuff. This year Halloween, I'm 259 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:21.240 all in, We're all in. Tina's got her costume. We're 260 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:24.919 going trick or treating with the nieces and the grandchildren 261 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.720 and all of that, walking around with them. But it's 262 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:32.200 a little late. Is it Thursday or Wednesday? It's Thursday. Yeah, 263 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:35.120 it's a little lad. So anyway, I thought instead we 264 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:38.960 were just, you know, we'll play some cool, funky Halloween 265 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.360 music and we'll talk about something that haunts all of 266 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:46.840 you regularly, and that is hanging stuff poorly on your walls. 267 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:52.320 So there you go, haunted by that. All right. It's 268 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:55.360 not a good talie in, but I tried. AnyWho. 269 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.000 And by the way, when we're done with this segment, 270 00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:59.919 I think we'll be going to the phone. So there 271 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:02.240 you go, And now is your chance to call in 272 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:05.399 a three to three to ask Dan eight three three 273 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:09.320 to ask Dan. Okay, we've talked about wall conditions. That's 274 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:11.320 the first thing you need to know when you're trying 275 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:14.159 to hang something on your walls. You got to know 276 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:18.440 what you're going to be biting into. Next thing you 277 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.919 need to know is the weight of the object, because 278 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:24.320 not all hangers are the same or I'll put it 279 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:28.200 this way. Uh, if you've selected the style of hanging 280 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.480 device or hardware that you think is going to be 281 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:34.919 the best way to go, just know that in many 282 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:41.000 many cases that hardware comes sized in multiple sizes. Like 283 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:46.879 you're like, for instance, your classic nail driven hook, right, 284 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:49.840 you know what I'm talking about, little brass hook. It's 285 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:52.600 got a little fold over triangle on the top where 286 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:55.279 there's a whole two holes in it actually that align 287 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:59.240 the angle optimal angle of a nail into drywall. It's 288 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.240 a classic classic hook for hanging stuff on the wall. 289 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.680 You've seen them, you've used them. Those come from the 290 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.480 very very very small to the relatively big and beefy 291 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.640 when it comes to that, and they come weight rated. 292 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:17.599 So you need to know, you know, generally speaking, how 293 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:20.359 heavy this thing is, so that you don't use something 294 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:22.799 too big or too small. Use something too big, well, 295 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:24.559 it's not going to fall off the wall, but you 296 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:27.279 don't want that hook to be pushing the frame off 297 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:29.920 the back of the wall up at the top so 298 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.559 that it's hanging you know, at an angle that's weird 299 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:36.960 and nobody likes that look. So size the hangar to 300 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:40.279 the weight of the object. And then the third thing 301 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:43.480 we got to know is where are the anchor points 302 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:47.240 on the object itself? Okay, now when it comes to 303 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:50.880 I'll just talk about, you know, your classic photo or 304 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:55.000 piece of artwork, and there are various things that you 305 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:57.359 might find on the back if you've just if you're 306 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:00.319 framing this yourself. Of course, you get to choose what 307 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.519 you're doing, and I have a recommendation for you there. 308 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:06.920 But you may have just bought this artwork or received 309 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:09.240 it from somewhere to plaque or whatever. Here are the 310 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:12.279 most common anchor points. And what do I mean by 311 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.920 anchor points? I mean the thing that is on the 312 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:19.519 back of the item that is supposedly there for hanging it. 313 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:23.880 Most common, probably the cheapest as far as what the 314 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:28.440 manufacturers themselves are spending on it is that little toothed bar. 315 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.319 Okay. 316 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:32.319 It's a you know, an inch inch and a half 317 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:37.480 long depending and it's usually brass or aluminum, and it's 318 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:41.799 it's got two little finished nails that they drove it 319 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.079 into the edge of the frame with the backside of 320 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:47.039 the frame, and it's got little teeth at the bottom. 321 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:52.200 Now those teeth are handy in one respect in that 322 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:57.440 if for some reason you didn't quite get it hung 323 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:00.599 exactly dead center and you find that it's going to 324 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.039 tip one way or the other, then you just you know, 325 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:05.359 kind of bump it up and slide it over to 326 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.759 the next tooth until you get it centered. But the 327 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:13.039 toothed bar number one does not allow for much security 328 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:16.759 in terms of you know, for instance, an earthquake or 329 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:20.119 the wall rattles, because it's really designed to kind of 330 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:23.359 hook over the small head of a finished nail or 331 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.519 something like that. And if the nails sticking out too 332 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.000 far and the toothed bar sticks out from the back 333 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.920 of the frame, you again have that situation where you're 334 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:36.799 pushing the top of the frame away from the wall, 335 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:39.960 and now the thing is hanging at an angle. There's 336 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.799 a gap at the top and not at the bottom, 337 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:45.279 and it just doesn't look as clean as it could look. Okay, 338 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:48.720 So yeah, but there's some situations where the tooth bar 339 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:52.359 you know, goes okay. Also, by the way, since it's 340 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:56.079 the cheapest of all things for a manufacturer of frames 341 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:58.599 to put on the back of a frame. You will 342 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:03.759 find occasionally that it is it has not been meticulously 343 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:08.640 centered in the frame, so thankfully it's They're usually wide 344 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:11.759 enough that you can adjust it left or right, but 345 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:14.839 quite often the toothbar is not centered most of the time. 346 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:17.559 When Tina and I inherit something that we want to 347 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:19.359 hang and it's got a toothed bar in the back, 348 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:21.440 well we'll probably take a look at it and then 349 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:24.480 just pop that right off. We'll carefully pry it off 350 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:28.039 and abandon it and go for another form of hanging 351 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:31.559 that takes up less space and doesn't give us that 352 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:34.240 angle on. So there you go the toothbar. The other thing, 353 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:37.599 now this comes a lot with like wood plaques, is 354 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:40.799 the drilled hole. Right, So if you've got a plaque 355 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:44.880 that has been designed to hang on a wall, chances 356 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:48.359 are it doesn't have any kind of hardware on it. 357 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:51.000 It's probably got a hole drilled in the back and 358 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:54.599 then a little slot upwards so that the hole is 359 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:57.440 large enough to receive the head of a large nail 360 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:00.880 or a screw, and then it slides down onto that's 361 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:05.960 good for secure and it's also good for holding that 362 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:09.759 plaque flat against the wall. You just got to be careful. 363 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.720 Now we're going to be using the head of a 364 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.799 screw or the head of a nail. We've got to 365 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.880 make sure that we get that exactly where we want 366 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:21.359 that to go, because there's no left and right adjustment 367 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:25.920 on that kind of situation. And you should always double 368 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:29.400 check to make sure that whoever manufactured the plaque actually 369 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:32.720 got their hole drilled centered on the back so that 370 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.559 the thing is going to hang straight. And then there 371 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:38.039 are ways of accommodating for this, so don't worry, because 372 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:40.279 you can always use a little bit of you know, 373 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:42.799 if you find that the only way to hang a 374 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:45.640 plaque on a wall is to use the hole provided. 375 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.160 And once you hang it, you stand back and you're like, 376 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.599 the dang thing is crooked. 377 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.079 It's not. 378 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:53.039 They did not put the hole directly in the center. 379 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:56.759 It's not balanced. You don't have any other choices, though, 380 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:59.240 except to use that hole. Here's what you can do. 381 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:04.359 You get a little tiny piece of adhesive velcrow and 382 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:08.119 you're gonna stick one side onto the wall, the other 383 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:14.000 onto the bottom of the plaque, and then peel off. Well, 384 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:16.039 actually you can stick them both together, stick it all 385 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:20.400 onto the plaque, peel off the adhesive that's gonna face 386 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:24.279 the wall, and then line that plaque up exactly how 387 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:27.039 it's supposed to hang on that nail, and then push 388 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:28.920 it in the velcrow. 389 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.079 Is gonna grab. 390 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:31.960 It's gonna grab the wall, and even though it's technically 391 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:35.279 going against its balance point, it will hold it nice 392 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:37.920 and straight for you, and it won't hold it against 393 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:41.519 you out from the wall in any significant way of consequence. 394 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:44.240 So there you go. Right, So you got the toothbar, 395 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:48.960 you got the drilled hole d rings. D rings are 396 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:53.079 especially for larger pieces of art or frames. A d 397 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:56.279 ring is not anything a top of the frame, but 398 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:59.359 you'll they're on the sides of the frames down a 399 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:02.200 few inches. You're gonna there's a little kind of almost 400 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:05.200 a hinge plate and then a ring or a loop 401 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:08.640