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We also use these to reinforce the corners sometimes and they can also be used with the zbar so that the corners are all reinforced and the zbar works with the reinforced corners. These are usually for very high end homes and the "Look" is everything. We have one design company that always seems to design mirrors with very thin frames so we use the strainers to carry the weight. What I often do is when I install the zbar on the frame, I put a screw at the end of the zbar on the vertical side of the frame, even if I have to drill the holes in the zbar, so that the sides are connected to the top so it's not just the top carrying the load.Īlso, sometimes the mirrors have strainers glued with mastic to them and the zbar is attached to the strainer so that the frame is just trim and is not carrying the load.
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It has never happened in 48 years, but there is a first time for everything.Ĭlick to expand.I have on a couple of rare occasions used a zbar on the bottom along with the top, but the problem can be, if it isn't positioned perfectly, is it hanging from the top or sitting on the bottom? The one thing that I sometimes worry about when hanging bathroom mirrors, and we do a lot of very large ones, is that someday I'm going to drill into the wall and water will come squirting out. Behind where you need to fix, you can cut away the plasterboard and fix a wooden batten to the blocks of the wall, ideally with screws and an adhesive. I mark and then see if they're 16" on center or sometimes 24" on center. I have a stud finder and sometimes it works but I often find that using my knuckle and rapping on the wall to "hear" the studs can be even more accurate. When there are 2 of us hanging, we use a small shop vac and hold the nozzle underneath the drill to catch the dust while drilling. We used Zbar and drilled into the mortar between the tiles for the mollys. I have dealt with lath and plaster a couple of times in the past. Not on lath and plaster but on tiled walls. Just did 2 like that in two bathrooms in a house a couple of weeks ago. We have hung mirrors that are almost too heavy for two people to lift onto the Zbar. Some of these mirrors are 40+ inches by 100+ inches and are extremely heavy. We do lots of mirror framing and the installations.