installing on dry wall

[Nina Falk]

I will soon be installing, in various locations, on dry wall...using Hang Your Glass standoffs. The heaviest piece is 12 pounds, most are less.
Using molly bolts, and two standoffs for the heavy pieces, does my work have a good chance of staying on the wall and not crashing to the floor anytime soon?

[jim burchett]

Yes

[Bert Weiss]

Considering that Hang Your Glass is still in business and growing, it can be done successfully. Common sense says that you have to be very careful about your gluing procedures and placement.

Look carefully at your drywall anchor system. Some are better than others.

[Nina Falk]

just because Hang Your Glass is successful doesn't tell me what kind of wall it will work on and how much weight the wall can take. the standoffs are sold according to glass weight, but not the wall composition.

[Bert Weiss]

just because Hang Your Glass is successful doesn't tell me what kind of wall it will work on and how much weight the wall can take. the standoffs are sold according to glass weight, but not the wall composition.

My point is simply that if people using Hang Your Glass system were experiencing wide spread failure, the company could not be successful. On the other hand, you will hear stories about failures. You have to follow all the procedures very closely.

Drywall anchors are all rated for weight. If you are using 2 points of attachment, they share the weight. 12 pounds is not a daunting task, even with downward shear strength pressure. The standoff glue is rated for so many pounds per square inch of attachment area. Anchors are rated for so many pounds. Find a smart finish carpenter to do the installation, and it will go fine. Hire an idiot, and maybe not so good...

http://www.toggler.com/products/plastic ... erview.php
http://www.toggler.com/products/snapskru/overview.php
These 2 are easy to buy and install and are rated over 100 lb each in the flimsiest drywall.

[Nina Falk]

thanks, Bert. I have to use hxtal, not the standoff glue that Hang Your Glass sells, because my pieces are transparent. I am feeling hopeful. I have an installer here in DC, but not in California, where some of the pieces are going.

[Bert Weiss]

thanks, Bert. I have to use hxtal, not the standoff glue that Hang Your Glass sells, because my pieces are transparent. I am feeling hopeful. I have an installer here in DC, but not in California, where some of the pieces are going.

The good news is that there are many more good finish carpenters around than glass workers. If you find one who is not scared of handling glass, you should be fine.

I would do a test with the hxtal on a throw away piece of glass. If you can break the standoff after gluing and a chunk of glass comes off with it, you are good to go. If they separate from one another cleanly, start to be nervous. You can always grind the glass off of the standoff and use it on a good piece. One of the challenges of hxtal is knowing when it is fully cured. Warmer is faster than cooler.

[Nina Falk]

have had many discussions with Hang Your Glass on hxtal. it's definitely the thing to use in my case. and yes you can use a heat box to speed the curing process.