Hanging a mirror on the wall

[keyplus90]

I want to hang a mirror on the wall as my wife would not let me get away anymore. Problem is that the mirror has two hanging plates at the back but near about in the middle. One bit up towards right and one lower towards left corner. I just can not mark where to make holes on the wall to hang it straight. Any trick please. Thanks.

[terambulan]

Borrow the wifes tape measure.......and mark measurements on wall.

Don't forget manners wen borrowing from wife and return pronto as else she will strangle you with it tonite!

[keyplus90]

Haha � terambulan � nice try. But she is not here and can not strangle me. But she would be back over the weekend. So I better do it before she comes back as I do not want to die yet. Thanks but do I measure from the corners? You know I am hopeless with these things. Already have broken on mirror that fell off the wall in the middle of the night.

[keyplus90]

Now that is really clever. Thanks Cleversod. It does sound very simple but I never thought about that. No wonder you are called cleversod. Thanks. And yes it does have holes in the bracket where it will hang.

[dundurn]

Remember to work out which way round it needs to go on the wall! Whichever side of the cardboard you can see when it's on the back of the mirror needs to be against the wall when you mark up the holes. When you've marked the wall check again that you've done it correctly by holding the mirror up against the marks. In certain cases it may be preferable to check this entire process a couple more times just to make really sure!!

signed

the man who once sawed 2" off the top of a door to make it fit over the new carpet

[keyplus90]

Thanks Dundrun. That is how you learn. Few people do say its not Do It Yourself. It is Destroy It Yourself. lol