How to Install a Wall File

 

Have you ever wondered what you should do with those manuals you get with various appliances and other product information papers that you don't know what to do with, and then can't find them after you have put them somewhere?  Consider putting them in a handy location but up out of the way!  That way you can get to them when you need to.  This could also be used in a home office space for storing papers you want to keep nearby but off your desk space.

What you need: 

Supplies to gather.

Pick a Spot:
Consider putting a wall file on an inside wall of your clothes closet, or other closet that you may visit regularly.


Install Instructions:

• I bought a wall file from one of our nearby office supply stores.  The file cost me $12.  I think the price was high for that, but it is a metal file.  Anyway, you might be able to find one for less somewhere.
• I installed this in about ten minutes.
• I am placing my wall file on the inside of my clothes closet.  The top of the wall file is about 60" off the floor.  Then, I am placing it in the middle of the wall.  You can place it wherever is most convenient for you.
• Hanging Tip: When hanging things on sheetrock walls, I like to use the 'self-drilling drywall anchors' that are in the hardware section of most home centers.  I also like using a 4 in 1 screwdriver and a torpedo level to attach the file.

  

  "Self-drilling drywall anchors"

• After determining where you want the file, use the small phillips end of the screwdriver to punch a hole in the sheetrock wall.  
• Then using the larger phillips end, screw one of the drywall anchors into the sheetrock.  
• Next, get one of the screws that come with the drwall anchors and turn it nearly all the way into the anchor. 
• Place the wall file hole over the screw and tighten further. 
• Tip the other end of the wall file up and use the torpedo level to get the wall file level.  
• Mark the hole.  
• Use the small phillips end of the screwdriver to punch the second hole in the sheetrock. 
• Afterwards, insert another screw into the second anchor and then adjust as needed and give it the final tightening.

Make sure it's level!

My finished product!  Easy access yet out of the way!

Note: One thing of which to be aware, is when you poke a hole in the sheetrock, you may hit a stud.  This is not a bad thing.  Just find a different screw and screw the wall file to that stud.  It will be a tighter fit.  Should you move the hanger later on, you can simply remove the file and anchors and fill the hole with spackling.