Courtyard Villa Question on hanging pictures and things on interior walls
 

Hello, my wife and I recently purchases a CYV. It was built in 2021 and is a block and stucco construction house.

1) Am I correct in believing the interior walls are all standard wood studs with wall board over the studs and hanging items on those walls would entail mounting into the studs or using hollow wall anchors.

2) But then, what is the best way to hang light items like pictures and heavy items like TV's on the interior side of the concrete block exterior walls?


Thanks

It depends. Some of the interior walls may be metal studs, not wood. In particular, the builder uses metal studs for high walls to maintain straightness. For almost everything except a TV, hollow wall anchors or standard picture hangers should work fine. When hanging a TV, you will need to locate the studs and use the appropriate anchoring devices. If you have doubts, hire a professional to hang a heavy item. For hanging a TV, Tom at "villagesav.com" is highly recommended.

Walls on the concrete block side may be drywall attached to furring strips on top of aluminum foil covered foam.

Light items nail or nail hanger bracket. Heavier items toggles, real heavy items got find stud metal or wood. In my CYV only wood studs are in kitchen wall that I’ve found.

We have stopped using any actual wall fixings for some years, and gone over to Command Picture hanging strips.
Light, medium, and heavyweight grades
We even have two full length mirrors held up with them.
No holes, nails, just sticky back Velcro strips.
Work well, and never had anything fall from wall

I use Command strips for some things, but I don't think I would trust them for heavy pictures and mirrors, especially on painted drywall with an orange peel finish. Also, I have tried to use Command strips that I had stored for about a year, and the adhesion was totally gone. I don't know if the adhesive will weaken after installng an item, but the package has no expiration date.

Our long mirrors are resting on skirting board, but strips hold it to the wall.
We have plastered walls, vinyl emulsion paint, and adhesion is good.
We buy strips as required, never had any stored for any length of time, so not aware of shelf life.
Same as you, would not use with really heavy framed pics, or orange peel finish.
We have never had a problem with them.

There have been threads about bathroom mirror falling off the wall. They were all held with commercial grade adhesive applied in multiple spots on the back of the mirror. No other fasteners were used except they may have been resting on the top of the backsplash.
The consensus was to put up mechanical clips to hold them from falling when the glue fails.

I interpret that as never rely on glue alone to hold something heavy, and especially if it can cause damage or injure me if it falls, or becoming broken would not be wanted.

Same here. Had my tv hung professional but everything else is good old command strips!