Calphalon wall pot rack: any clue how to get it on the wall??

Question

My husband and I received a whole set of the awesome cookware for our wedding a year ago, love it, but had nowhere safe to keep it from scratching. My parents bought us the wall mount for Christmas this year, but the instructions basically say "good luck on your own" for figuring out how to get it on the wall. I couldn't believe it doesn't even recommend items to buy from the hardware store to do it!

We don't mind doing it of course, but does anyone who's had experience hanging wall pot racks know what kind of things we need to buy to hang it on the wall?

Thanks!

Answer 1

It just depends on how the rack is designed. You want to find at least one stud. If it's not designed with 16" stud centers, just find one and put a sheetrock screw in it (if it will not show). For the other side, use a wall anchor. You want the kind that are metal and expand as you tighten the screw. How much it weighs will determine the exact anchor you will need. Some of them will hold over 100 lbs on a sheetrock wall. The weight of the entire unit will be divided by the number of anchors used to determine how much each of them will need to carry. If the unit weighs 100 lbs and has two mounting brackets, 100 lb anchors will be double the needed capacity (2-100lb anchors will support 200 lbs).

If worst comes to worst, take the rack to Lowe's and ask somebody (if you can find somebody).

Edit: I like 'Dav's' idea if the rack isn't designed for whatever stud centers you have. A piece of wood can be cut to accomodate your layout, regardless of the rack itself.

Answer 2

Oh Jeez! We've done this! That stuff is heavy!! You have to mount it into the studs in the wall. Use the lag bolts. The hollow wall anchors won't stand up to the weight. The suggestion about mounting a piece of wood to the studs then mounting the rack to it is excellent. The wood can be stained OR painted to match the kitchen. Don't use nails!

Answer 3

Go to the hardware store and ask for the really really heavy duty hollow wall ankers, the ones that mushroom out and are rated for hundred or more pounds each. Also see if you can locate the wall studs and see if you can put lag bolts through the rack into the wall. Personally, I would consider staining a piece of oak and lag bolting that into the wall studs, then lag bolting the rack to the piece of oak.