How to Mount a Coat Hook Into Drywall
A simple screw will often not hold a coat hook in soft drywall material. Because drywall is not a hard material like wood, it is best to use a drywall anchor to hang your coat hook or anything else. These anchors are essentially fat, plastic screws that have hollow centers threaded for a metal screw; some of them also have tips that spread open when installed to provide extra strength. Does this Spark an idea?
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Place the coat hook over the desired location and insert the pencil into the screw hole to mark the wall.
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Use the drill and the Phillips tip to screw the drywall anchor into the wall where the pencil mark is. Tighten the anchor until it is flush with the wall.
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Hold the coat hook hole over the hole in the center of the anchor, and insert and tighten the screw until it is flush with the coat hook.
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