Picture Rail Hooks

Picture Rail Hooks

Hook over a picture rail and provide an anchor from which cord or wire can be suspended to hang the frame below. Picture rail hooks are ideal for homes with plaster walls where it isn't ideal to hammer nails into the wall. They provide a method of hanging pictures without damaging walls. We stock picture rail hooks and picture hooks in various sizes and finishes.

Picture rail hooks are suitable for hanging a picture or mirror from a picture rail or dado rail. Picture rails are seen in homes and buildings where it isn't suitable to hang items from walls, this could be done to the material of the wall. The picture rail avoids damage to such walls. Hook over the picture rail and provide an anchor from which cord or wire can be run down from the rail to hang the frame below.

A picture rail, also known as a dado rail, is usually constructed from either wood or plaster and is installed 7 to 9 feet above the floor. Framed pictures, mirrors, and paintings are hung from these rails using picture wire and picture rail hooks. Picture rails are primarily seen in older homes with plaster walls where hammering in nails or screwing in screws to hang pictures may cause damage to the plaster wall surface. Also, the plaster may not be strong enough to support a nail with a photo frame hung on it. Picture rail hooks hook over over the picture rail and provide a method from which cord, wire, perlon or steel cables can be hung down from the picture rail to hang the frame below. LION stock narrow and wide picture hooks in brass, chrome, white and bronze finishes.