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Locate the nearest ceiling joist where you want to hang your hook. A joist is one of the beams that supports a ceiling, and it's the securest place to fasten a hook. The easiest way to locate your ceiling joists is by using a stud finder [2] X Expert Source Gino Colucci Get over 16000 woodworking plans. Learn how to build anything from furniture to birdhouses out of wood. Clear and detailed plans that guide you through the process of each project step-by-step. Fixing to Dry-Lined Walls These plastic plugs are not much different from standard wall plugs, except that they are generally shorter and wider, and they spread more when the fixing screw is inserted and tightened. Cheap and easy to use, but only suitable for light loads. As with a normal wall plug, a hole of the correct size needs to be drilled into the plaster (slightly smaller than the plug) before the plug is inserted. Poly-Toggle or Nylon Toggle Screw the swag hook onto the bolt, and continue screwing until the hook is flush against the drywall. It’s helpful to pull down gently on the bolt while screwing the hook into place to keep it from just spinning in place.

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Decide where you’ll be installing the ceiling hook for your plant and make a small mark with a pencil. Step 2Use an electric drill to drill a pilot hole into the ceiling joist. The pilot hole will allow you to screw the hook screw into the ceiling by hand without it binding up or breaking [5] X Expert Source Gino Colucci All plasterboard fixings are designed to do basically the same thing: Increase the area of the plasterboard which is put under stress by the object hanging from it. However, not all of them do this in the same way and not all of them are suitable for all applications. As a general rule, use plastic or metal screw in fixings for light loads, plastic anchor or spring toggles for medium loads, and metal spring toggles for heavy loads. Plastic Expanding Anchors Holding the wings on the toggle bolt closed, gently insert the bolt (hinge side first) into the hole in the ceiling drywall. Cavity fixings work in a similar way to plastic or poly toggles. They are pushed into a pre-drilled hole and then the action of the machine screw turning in the fixing spreads four wings outwards to grip against the inside face of the plasterboard. Most cavity fixings have a toothed flange to grip the outer surface of the plasterboard. This needs to be pressed firmly into the surface of the plasterboard to stop the fixing turning as it is tightened. I have previously attached shelves and all kinds of things to drywall WALLS, no problem, and also reading here I mostly found about attaching/hanging things to/from walls, too, but I am a bit concerned about how much would a drywall plate be able to hold something hanging straight down from it.

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Unfortunately, I have no idea about what specific kind of drywall plate it is or how it was attached; at any rate there is only a fixed place that I can hang the plant from so that it doesn't prevent me from opening window.Plasterboard Fixings– When hanging anything heavy from a plasterboard wall, it is always better to use more fixings than you might normally need. Using four plasterboard fixings instead of, say, two fixings, will greatly help to spread the load of the wall unit, shelf, etc, and therefore reduce the chance of the fixings pulling out of the wall. A toggle bolt cannot be screwed into a wooden joist, so make sure you're drilling into a hollow area.