Hanging a picture using a French cleat 

I’m still very busy working on site full time, so unfortunately I do not have much time to make many videos. Amazingly it has been dry weather for over a week where I live in Darwen, today is a beautiful day! I hope you all have a great day ;-)

Nice little video that, i love using the French Cleat for hanging units in the shed, very strong if done right. Barry (West Kirby, Wirral)

I'd love to have a workshop like you. The amount of things I'd make.

Perfect timing with this video. We have just moved and I have quite a few pictures to hang. I never knew about the French Cleat method. Looking forward to trying it out. I am also looking forward to the flush mount method video. Thanks!

Wish I had that type of saw. Very well done.

Great vid, what a good use of a French cleat! Gives a lovely flush finish. Best practice using the envelope as nothing worse than trying to clean up red brick dust and even plasterboard gives off dust. Also use of screwdriver as opposed to powered driver as you get more control and I find the board does not bulge as much. Nice to see you still around and appreciate you have a living to earn - we get some great tips from you. All the best - Mike

Your garage/workshop is the British version of the great tv programme 'new Yankee workshop' lol, great video btw!

Great video. This system is perfect when hanging a cluster of pictures together, in a collage. It's the only way to get them all perfectly aligned! Keep up the excellent work! Superb channel Chez 😉

I've climbed up to that tower - knackering! Thanks for a super video as always.

Thanks for the video. Looks like Darwen Tower in the picture you are hanging.

What twit disliked this video ! I'm a metal worker and I just picked up a similar table saw to you for my wood work shed ! Thanks for the good tips as usual . I will use the envelope trick from now. Thanks for posting!

awesome video! this will help a lot next time I need to hang paintings.

French cleats are gold.

Thanks a lot, always love u videos. but I've found a new love with your table saw, it's just wow.....

really good clear instructions. thank you.

Wonderful great idea

I've learned a lot with your videos

Nice one Chez! - Have a great week!

awesome video

Cant understand why your videos are viewed in the hundreds of thousands.. really useful, practical, straight to the point and well 'video'd'. :) Keep up the brilliant work.

Great video mate! Love the tips

Neat idea, will file it away for future

nice job

very neat !!!

useful one Sir

Thanks always helpful

That saw looks a quality bit of kit. Evolution we're keen to send some tools to Veterans Garage but seem to have vanished recently 🙁

That looks like a picture of Darwen Tower to me 👍

you used the envelop method in a previous video a while ago, I have done it ever since haha great idea, also this method of picture hanging looks good!

When I do something like this, I also measure from the ceiling/coving to the wood to double check as the ceiling might not be perfectly straight and the picture could look crooked even though it's straight. Good video though.

This video marks a welcome return to form after that wheelbarrow video!

enjoy the video.

Nifty method - I like the ability to adjust horizontally after. I also like that you checked it for level after the first screw had been fixed. You did however forget the envelop taped to the wall for the 2nd fixing - probably not needed! Can the wall fixing be screwed in with an impact driver or would it be too powerful?

Can we please have a review on the best screwdriver set to buy

with older houses where floor or ceiling is not level with the earth ,would u measure by eye instead of still insist on spirit level ? whats ya view on this ?

Hi mate, just wondered are AEG giving out those drills to prominent review channels for reviewing? I've seen a few other fairly big channels with permanent AEG logos in the videos and their tools being used for instructional videos. Enjoyed the video. Those plasterboard fixings are great. I always drill a 2/3mm pilot hole first then screw in the fitting with a flat head, always find it does less damage to the board/better solid fixing than the brute force hand/drill method. Thanks Ryan

is there an alternative to fixing into plasterboard? just out of curiosity

Check out a "Fixing" called EZ Ancor, made of plastic, seems like a heck of allot less waste and has a better guide once you poke a hole through the drywall with a #2 Philips head screw driver.Sold by Home depot here in the U.S. It's a better solution then that metal Auger..

i was thinking of hanging some kitchen wall units to a wall using the french cleat system. Do u think plywood is the best material to make a strong cleat

what drill is that

Would you recommend your table saw, what make & model is it? Thanks!

why would people disslike such a video ? havnt they got better things in the world to hate ? laughs :|

what happend to the dewalt

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you just spent two hours to hang one picture... are you serious?