How To Hang An Old Window On A Wall

This part goes on the wall.

How to hang an old window on a wall.

I used a couple of different things depending on the size of the window. I originally bought some picture hangers for the back of each window that nailed into place. One part of the cleat goes in the wall the other on the window. The depth of the shelf is up to you depending on what you want to display.

How to hang an old window sash on a wall. Insert a hook into two ceiling joists or wall studs that are side by side. To repurpose an old window as a display shelf cut a piece of scrap lumber to the width of your window. This ensures the window glass stays in its frame.

The lights were randomly taped into place inside the frames. Measure down from the top left corner of the sash to approximately one third of the total height of the sash and mark it. The boxes are held in place with velcro. Remember this window frame will be extremely heavy so you must use a kit design for industrial hanging.

Measure the distance between the hooks and place the screw eyes into the frame of your stained glass window the same distance apart. Ok so thats what the wall looks like. I have a window i still need to hang and i want to add more but i still love it now even not finished. If you give a hook a small tap with a hammer then it bites into the wood enough that you can usually screw it in by hand without drilling a guide hole first.

Lay the sash on the floor or a worktable with the side the you want to face the room down and the back side of the sash facing up. Follow the directions on the kit and consider using up to three hangers to fully secure the frame. Let me walk you through how i hung them. Then stain or paint the shelf to match the window finish and then mount it to the thick piece of wood at the bottom of the window which is called a rail.

To the back of the window frame for displaying our finished project on a wall. Steph made a little cover and painted them the wall cover to hide the battery boxes of the fairy lights. Step 4 cut two lengths of 12 gauge wire or fishing line equal to the distance you plan to hang your stained glass window plus 12 inches. Like i mentioned before these windows are relatively lightweight and i usually hang them flush against a wall so i use the hooks and eyes with picture hanging wire to hang them.