How Do I Use Drywall Anchors? | DIY Basics
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- Learn about the types drywall anchors and how to use them to hang items on drywall in this Lowe's video. Visit Lowe's how-to library today: low.es/1cNgdTV
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I appreciate that this is just 56 seconds, not a lot of goofy narrating and unnecessary detail. Well done!
Me too!
Agree
I concur
Yessss
Yeah another video was 17 minutes. I’m not watching 17 minutes about someone talking about wall anchors!
Zero fluff. 100% useful. Thanks!
Nice what the other guy said
I'm a novice & I'm hanging a mirror, this video I love! No needless chatter, no skipping over just the facts thank you!
I love the length of this, everything I wanted to know and none of the extra crap that most diy videos have, nicely done.
By far, the best DIY video I've ever seen.
Oh wow an actually useful to-the-point DIY video, refreshing. nice work!
Omg thank you for just posting a short and correct how to. Most videos (and recipies) are forever long with an unnecessary narrative.
I appreciate you
honestly a very well produced video. concise
Thank you for making this quick and painless. I was successfully able to hang my coat rack
Please make more videos like this because I’m half stupid when it comes to diy
Got the info I need and straight to the point. Thanks!
The music was groovin. Well done.
How do you know which size of the screw bit for the anchor?
What I did was got the screw I needed to put in the wall. I have a bag of mix matched anchors of different sizes. I just put the screw in different anchors.
-If it came out without twisting the anchor is too big.
-If you have to turn the screw into the anchor and met with a small amount of resistance about three turns in, it’s the right size!
-If it doesn’t turn at all then it’s probably too small (screw and anchor roughly the same size).
Hope this helps 👍
concise! Thank you
Brief but with everything we need to know, and it's even in focus!👏👍
I subscribed due to this great & precise video looking forward to a day of binging your content
Thank you for this, I was able to hang my living room curtains properly today!
Appreciate the quickness.
I see 7 min video, NOPE!
I see 3 min video, ehhh.
I see 1:30 min video, getting there.
I see 58 second video, BINGO!
I clicked, learned, did it myself. Done!
Exactly what I needed to know!
How do you determine the correct size drill bit to use with the anchor your purchased?
+Antonio Gonzalez if anchor diameter is shown on the package match the drill bit to it. If diameter isn't shown a good rule of thumb is using drill bit that's the same width as the narrow portion of the anchor. Thanks for watching our video.
@@lowes 5 years later and this video was super helpful for me and my gf right now haha Also this question and reply super helpful. Thank you Lowe’s!
Concise. Thank you
Great video Thanks ! 💗💗
I wish I had found this channel years ago. Good info, short presentation.
5/5 ⭐
I bought a fixer uppper and I can do all these complex things that I never thought I could do but I don't know how to use a wall anchor and I feel so stupid I don't know the basics so thank you for your right to the point 56 second video this has saved my day and I thank you for this upload!!!!
thank you!!! well done!!! :)
This was so efficient and easy to understand thank you
We're glad this was helpful, Carrie! 💙
Thx you
Thanks 😊👍🏾
Thanks Lowe’s
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I needed this. Idk what I'm doing but I just bought a power drill and I'm hanging shit
What size drill do I use
Is it normal to use a machine screw instead with these anchors? That's what I use (in case there is a wire) because they have flat tips.
drill a hole... put the anchor in... and the screw that it came with
I've known this for years, yet, I still have issues with them. I hate them.
Thanks for getting to the point and with the great visuals. I'm an artist with ADD so this is about all the attention I had for this subject. Just need my curtains to stay up! LOL.
I ate an entire chocolate croissant during the duration of this video. God that croissant was good. Wish I had another.
Sometimes just having an explanation can really help from constantly breaking these things
I hung a mirror using a plastic anchor and I’m really nervous that it will still fall down and shatter. I took a peek from the side of the mirror by lifting it and the anchor was sticking out the hole that was made.
Oooh, sounds like that's too much for that plastic anchor to handle. We'd recommend using toggle bolts ( low.es/2GCjYhf ) for much more holding power. Be careful!
I hate plastic wall anchors and struggle with them every time I use them. I hate them.
I have the hardest time getting anchors fully inserted into the drywall. I usually have to cut the anchors shorter, which isn't ideal because the anchors were provided with the item I'm trying to hang. Any tips? Should I just keep hammering the anchor until it goes in?
Anybody else? I’m having the same thing, and when I hammer too hard they break
For wood surface, you can just screw it directly
Good point. Thank you 😊
I used the recommended bit, but I can't push the anchor through at all 🤔
What if I don’t have a drill? Can I make the initial hole using just a screwdriver tip, place the anchor, then use a screwdriver to turn in the screw?
And what exactly happens between 0:35 & 0:36? Could have bloody sown that perhaps? Kind of the crucial part.
The flat metal brace has a hole in it for a screw. The little nub you see sticking off it is part of that. All the plastic bits beforehand are really just a way to get the metal anchor to the other side of the drywall through the small initial hole. In goes the screw, with some sort of hanging device being secured to it. Up goes the painting.
It looked like it would have just fallen out to me.
My wall anchors went through the wall, what do I do now?
XD
Why don’t they say what size to used for the drill?
I did exactly that! I had the right screws but the anchors went straight threw the wall!!??
What if there's a stud in the way? How do you get a drywall anchor through the wood?
Hi Edwin, wood is sturdy and doesn't usually require an anchor to hang items securely. If you want additional support for heavy objects, you can use metal hollow self-drilling anchors and toggle bolts. These are compatible with wood!
When I tried to put the screw in the anchor my dry wall split and pushed up and out. I don’t know what I did wrong
In slow- motion.. maybe?
You can slow the video down using the youtube settings.
Glad I stopped to look this up first. I was about to try to just hammer the anchor into the drywall... smdh
Do you have to use a drill?
I've been hanging things from drywall with no anchors for years with no problems. Am I magic?
maybe you have lathe and plaster. maybe you hanging light things. maybe you hitting studs
My anchors spin inside the drywall boring it out.
The "tap" part isn't going well
Every time I take my hammer to tap them in, I smush the anchor and I can't use it anymore.
What do I do now?
Hey Tommy! 👋 Here’s some tips for removing anchors: www.lowes.com/n/how-to/remove-unwanted-wall-anchors.
This second link is an updated guide that goes into more detail on using drywall anchors: www.lowes.com/n/how-to/remove-unwanted-wall-anchors.
That last anchor was too fast
Eww
Not helpful