How to Install a Bathroom Mirror

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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One of the most important features in a bathroom, as it is looked into everyday, a bathroom mirror must not only be straight but secure as well. Correctly install a bathroom mirror that will stay put, by following these simple steps.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Tape measure
Level
Cordless drill

Step1

Examine the mirror and make sure it came with four clips to hold it in place. Most mirrors are prepackaged with clips, but in case they aren't, measure the thickness of the mirror and then go to the hardware store to look for some L-shaped clips to screw into your wall and hold your mirror in place.

Step2

Place a level up against the wall with the top portion of the level positioned where you want the bottom of your mirror to be. Draw a straight line on the wall with a pencil. Draw the line longer than the width of the mirror.

Step3

Measure the width of your mirror. Mark two dots on the level line where the clips will screw into the wall. Position the clips at the corner of the mirror. Install the clips onto the wall using screws and a cordless drill.

Step4

Measure the height of the bathroom mirror. Use this measurement to mark two more dots with the pencil where the top two clips should go. Attach the bottom of the ruler to the lower clips and make the mark. Draw lines from the bottom clips to the top dots and use the level to make sure the lines are straight.

Step5

Verify that the space between the top dots are the same distance apart as the bottom clips.

Step6

Install the top two clips if measurements are the same. Make sure all clips are secure.

Step7

Put the mirror in place by sliding the top of it into the top clips and then popping the bottom of the mirror into the bottom clips.