[Buzz Bowman]

Hi folks,
My mother-in-law had a mirror come crashing down from her master bathroom wall yesterday. She was fortunately in another room when it happened. Just curious if anyone has had a similar problem... 12 year old Lantana

[jnieman]

Originally Posted by Buzz Bowman

Hi folks,
My mother-in-law had a mirror come crashing down from her master bathroom wall yesterday. She was fortunately in another room when it happened. Just curious if anyone has had a similar problem... 12 year old Lantana

I do know that mirrors have to be hung just right. You need more than one nail to hold them because they are very heavy. Mirrors many times will come with hanging instructions on the back of the mirror. Glad no one was injured.

[Buzz Bowman]

This was actually a full mirror that was glued onto the wall during initial construction. When it fell onto the bathroom countertop, it damaged and broke everything it hit. Sheeesh....this where she sits and does her makeup and hair

[asianthree]

With the different humidity issues it would not surprise me. Call warranty dept, find out who to replace it

[vorage]

Wow, what a mess that must have been. I'm so glad she was nowhere near when it gave way. I would definitely talk to the warrantee dept about it, even though hers is aged out. They may have some insight to the problem from other occurrences. I would also have that conversation with whoever installs the replacement. Makes me wonder what's holding ours up....

[Chatbrat]

Adhesive holds the mirror in all bathrooms- the mirrors had to come down when we installed granite, saw the adhesive

[villagetinker]

Interesting discussion, I think I am going to add 2 or 3 of the mirror hooks from ACE hardware. This way if the glue/adhesive fails the hooks will hold the mirror in place. I just need to find the studs.

[billethkid]

I would call home warranty to see if there is any category of responsibilty they could put this incident into and repair the damages.

If not then I would advise them to put out a warning to all home owners regarding the potential failure of glued on mirrors.

If someone were in that room when that happened there could very easily have been a serious injury.

[duffer2]

We had the same thing happen in our 1998 Designer. The mirror did not break as it was stopped by the medicine cabinet from falling. We put it back on the wall with mirror clips. This is a 5 ft mirror! In the other bathroom we added mirror clips to the 6 ft.

[graciegirl]

I think I read somewhere that Father Ed at St. Timothy had a two for one special on Poltergeists....................

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Buzz Bowman

Hi folks,
My mother-in-law had a mirror come crashing down from her master bathroom wall yesterday. She was fortunately in another room when it happened. Just curious if anyone has had a similar problem... 12 year old Lantana

What contractor/ sub contractors did the work?

Is there perhaps water leaking behind that mirror?

[Walter123]

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Whats it take to make you fall
All it takes is moistened glue
I hope it doesn't fall on you

[flyerguy]

Hope this isn't followed by 7 years of bad luck. Glad everyone is okay, could have been much worse.

[RickeyD]

This isn't funny !

[graciegirl]

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