How do I hang a notice board?
Creative Solutions provide fittings for all their notice boards, so you’re already half-way there. On occasion, our production team has been asked to install the boards personally, to ensure a flawless final aesthetic.
If you’re tackling the job yourself, however, here’re a few pointers. Firstly—and this might sound obvious—donot drill directly above or below light switches or plug sockets. In the vast majority of rooms, cables run vertically up from light switches and down from sockets. To avoid this unnecessary safety risk, any decent DIY store will stock sensors to locate electric cables behind walls. So, if you’re not sure what you’re drilling into, it’s certainly a smart purchase. As a handy extra, they also detect water pipes.
Clearly, the type of fitting you require depends on what you’re fixing the notice board to. Think about the surface you’re working with. Is it a solid wall or a hollow stud wall? Also, use appropriate fixings for the weight of the notice board.
For heavier notice boards—such as the Keylock Internal Pin Board Notice Board—you’re going to need a screw fixing with an adequately-sized wall plug, to make sure the weight of the notice board can be supported. A decent power drill will be required to create the pilot holes.
With stud/ hollow walls, plasterboard is fixed to vertical timbers called studs and horizontal timbers called noggings. Find a timber to screw into and you’ll be left with a solid fixing for the nail or screw. In order to hang heavy notice boards or whiteboards on a stud wall, you must locate the fixing positions directly into the studs.
Ideally, you’ll need two people to hang a notice board. One person’s job is to hold it in position; while the other can give guidance on height and positioning from a good vantage point. Final tip: use a spirit level!