Hanging a metal trellis

[Matt42]

Hi,

Can someone give me some advice on this? I want to put this rather heavy trellis up on our back wall of the house.

Two questions, should I just drive in some masonry nails with big heads (wall is solid though) or use raw plugs/screws? Secondly, what's the purpose of four hooks? The top two will be use to hang the trellis but the bottom two would have to be lined up so well to give it upward support once it's hanging, maybe just decoration and stop it swaying?

TIA

Matt

 

[Burnerman]

I'd go for 8mm Fischer plugs and 5mm gauge screws......the four hooks are for extra support, and you are correct - your drilling will have to be accurate for that.
Maybe you could hang the trellis on the top hooks, which will then give you accurate positioning for the lower ones.
John

 

[Matt42]

Can I get those from Wickes? My only other concern is that the spacing between the holes isn't much and if I drill (need a tougher drill bit?) then the two holes become one.... Seriously, this is why i generally pay better people than me to do these things, pay cheap pay twice and all that lol!

Edit - Yes, I thought to hang them first to drill the bottom holes to get the right positioning.

 

[Burnerman]

Wickes will have what you need, but you’ll need a drill with hammer action and of course a masonry bit.
When holes are really close together, and you aren’t sure of how solid the wall is, drill a small hole first (4mm maybe) and then expand to what you need. Once you have one good fixing you can then go for the other - although it may not be really needed!
Depending on what you intend to hang on the trellis, 6mm plugs may well be fine.
John

 

[Matt42]

I thought that. Two screws for each bracket may be overkill.