HOME/DiY/MUSiC: Guitar Hangers

Most of today has been given over to the dull but necessary chore of paperwork/admin. I had several piles of paper in numerous locations. I got most of it sorted. Sooo boring!

Paperwork… yawn!

We already have two guitar hangers, on the wall at the head end of our bed, his ‘n’ hers! But there are still several guitars w’oot hangers. So I’ve put two more up.

Messy holes filled wi’ Polyfilla.
Screws help keep drying plaster out of the wall-plugs.

As usual, drilling holes in our walls is a right pain in the arse! It’s easy to do. But the resulting holes are very messy and ragged. So I’ve had to mix a bit of plaster filler to help cement the wall-plugs in place.

Filling other imperfections wi’ spare plaster.
The walls are quite rough and pitted!

The Polyfilla info’ says it’ll be dry in 60 minutes. I gave it more like two or three hours before I screwed the fittings in place. But I’m going to leave actually hanging any guitars until tomorrow. Give it 24 hours to really go off!

The tools for this job (not inc. hammer drill!).
The fittings, ready to go up.

At end of play the hangers are in place. But I need to be patient, and wait till tomorrow evening. Before I test their strength by actually hanging guitars on them. On occasion in the past I’ve been told eager, and they come out of their holes. Don’t want that!

Looks ok.
This one’s a bit wonky. But that’s what happens with drilling in these old walls.

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