Be prepared to spend extra time to reinstall mounting hardware or replace with better
How to take a high quality product and make it a low quality experience. We bought the mirror to jazz up a new bathrooma small splurge to go upscale. The mirror really is as nice as it looks and happy we made the choice. BUTyou wont enjoy putting it up: 1) no templateno biggie? try hanging an oval mirror straight at the right height when the hooks on the back are at random locations. 2) Which brings up the bigger challenge. The rings for hanging are installed randomly on the backtwo rings that should be symmetrical are at different heights, different angles, different measure from the center of the mirror. I knownot a life or death issuebut really? on a $200 mirror? and 3) the mirror has old school rings with two hooks sent along in the package to install on the wall. Sticker on the back explicitly states dont run a picture wire between the rings; have to hang a hook for each ring in EXACTLY the right spot (because the hardware will pull off the back of the mirror if its pulled sideways?). Successful installation is frustrated by the fact that the over-sized hooks are bigger than the seat in the rings so there is no definitive set point for where the ring hangs on the hook (againhow do you hang an oval mirror straight? By getting it exactly in one place. ). And even big-box cheapie mirrors have moved on to the simpler stronger Z strip systemlevel striplevel mirrorboom, its done and strong. Which again isnt gonna make or break your whole projectbut it may very well break your vanity top because this is a HEAVY mirror and if either of the two hooks is loose in your drywall, down will come your mirror.
Which all sounds very chippiebut really? For a $200 mirror???
Be prepared to spend extra time to reinstall mounting hardware or replace with better
How to take a high quality product and make it a low quality experience. We bought the mirror to jazz up a new bathrooma small splurge to go upscale. The mirror really is as nice as it looks and happy we made the choice. BUTyou wont enjoy putting it up: 1) no templateno biggie? try hanging an oval mirror straight at the right height when the hooks on the back are at random locations. 2) Which brings up the bigger challenge. The rings for hanging are installed randomly on the backtwo rings that should be symmetrical are at different heights, different angles, different measure from the center of the mirror. I knownot a life or death issuebut really? on a $200 mirror? and 3) the mirror has old school rings with two hooks sent along in the package to install on the wall. Sticker on the back explicitly states dont run a picture wire between the rings; have to hang a hook for each ring in EXACTLY the right spot (because the hardware will pull off the back of the mirror if its pulled sideways?). Successful installation is frustrated by the fact that the over-sized hooks are bigger than the seat in the rings so there is no definitive set point for where the ring hangs on the hook (againhow do you hang an oval mirror straight? By getting it exactly in one place. ). And even big-box cheapie mirrors have moved on to the simpler stronger Z strip systemlevel striplevel mirrorboom, its done and strong. Which again isnt gonna make or break your whole projectbut it may very well break your vanity top because this is a HEAVY mirror and if either of the two hooks is loose in your drywall, down will come your mirror. Which all sounds very chippiebut really? For a $200 mirror???