Hercules Hooks Review - Part III
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
23.5 Pounds Hanging On Hercules Hook
A few weeks after I bragged about how well the Hercules Hooks worked in hanging our heavy portrait, wouldn’t you know it - my wife had me move the portrait a few inches down :) When I removed the hook, to my surprise, I saw that is was 2/3 of the way straightened! It looked somewhat like the hook did in my first Hercules Hook trial that failed when my daughter pulled the hook out of the drywall.
Two things come to mind: 1. Either the hook is straightening slowly with time under the heavy load . . . OR . . . 2. The hook is catching on the insulation of this exterior wall and thus can not function quite like it should.
At any rate, I rehung the heavy portrait with one screw in a stud and one hercules hook in the drywall. This allowed me to hang the photo centered where we wanted, yet gave me a little insurance with the picture wire draped over the screw. I would recommend this solution for any very heavy portrait or mirror.
With respect to the question: “Will the hook straighten out under heavy weight if properly hung?” I decided to conduct another trial. I have hung 23.5 pounds of weight on a hook and will check the condition of the hook after several weeks and perhaps check it again after several months. The weight is shown pictured on the left. The hook is in drywall that has no insulation in it, thus it is allowed to function as designed.
Stay tuned!