Overview
Service availability
Mirror & Artwork Hanging is available in 62 West Midlands towns
We cover the B, CV, DY, WV, WS, WR postcode areas daily and the wider ST, TF, SY, HR districts on scheduled runs. Same-week slots are usual, next-day is common outside peak weekends, and every job is confirmed in writing with a fixed price before a crew is booked.
Mirror & Artwork Hanging across the West Midlands
Hanging art is quick when the wall cooperates and genuinely risky when it does not. A large framed mirror is 15 to 40kg of glass at head height, and the failures we get called to are almost always a picture hook driven into plasterboard or into the crumbly face of old lime plaster.
We work out the wall first, use a fixing rated for several times the piece's weight, and set the height from your eye line and the furniture below it rather than from a default number. Gallery walls are set out on the floor and templated on paper before anything is drilled.
It is also our cheapest service, and the one most worth combining: adding a set of pictures to a TV mount or blind fitting visit costs a fraction of booking it separately.
Hanging is a load problem disguised as a decorating job. A 1.2m leaner mirror in a modern frame is 30kg or more, an antique overmantel with plate glass can be twice that, and both are usually destined for the least reliable wall in the house — the chimney breast or a stud partition.
We specify the fixing from the actual weight, hang from two points wherever the frame allows so the piece cannot pivot, and set the height from the room rather than the tape: eye line for a single piece, and a consistent centre line across a group so the arrangement reads as one thing.
What's included
Fixing rated for the weight
Every hanging fixed with an anchor rated well above the piece's actual weight — heavy mirrors get D-rings and a security fixing.
Set out before drilling
Gallery walls templated on paper and taped up so you can approve the layout before a single hole is made.
Levelled and centred
Laser-levelled and centred on the wall or the furniture below, whichever the room reads from.
Detection first
Pipes, cables and studs scanned before drilling — non-negotiable in period property.
Any wall construction
Solid brick, lath and plaster, dot-and-dab, stud partition, tiled walls and concrete each get their own method.
Cheapest as an add-on
Combine with TV mounting, shelving or blinds in one visit and the whole booking costs less.
Weighed before it is hung
Heavy mirrors and framed pieces weighed on site so the fixing is chosen from a real figure, not an estimate.
Gallery walls set out on paper first
Full-size templates taped up and adjusted with you before a single hole is drilled.
Transparent pricing
Mirror & Artwork Hanging prices in the West Midlands
| Job | Price | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Single picture or light mirror | from £35 | Levelled and fixed, 20–30 minutes |
| Heavy or oversized mirror | from £55 | Two fitters, security fixing |
| Gallery wall (5–9 pieces) | from £95 | Templated and set out before drilling |
| Added to another booking | from £15 each | When combined with a mounting or fitting job |
| Gallery wall, 5–9 pieces | from £120 | Templated, laser-levelled and hung as a set |
| Heavy or antique mirror over 30kg | from £95 | Two fitters, two-point security fixing |
Prices are indicative regional starting points and are confirmed in writing before anything is booked. Town-level prices are shown on each area page below.
Local knowledge that changes the job
Lath and plaster, and where the studs actually are
First-floor walls across the region's Victorian and Edwardian stock — Moseley, Handsworth, Kings Heath, Leamington, Bearwood — are lath and plaster on stud. The plaster face itself holds almost nothing; the load has to reach either a stud or a proper toggle behind the lath.
Stud spacing in these houses is irregular, often 350–450mm and shifting around old doorways, so we scan rather than assume. That single step is why a heavy mirror we hang stays hung.
Tiles, chimney breasts and rented flats
Bathroom and kitchen mirrors mean drilling tile, and a cracked tile on a rented flat is an expensive mistake. We use a tile bit at low speed with masking, drill the grout line where the layout allows, and seal the hole against moisture behind the fixing.
In city-centre apartments around Brindleyplace, the Mailbox and Coventry's centre the interior walls are often metal-stud partitions with a single board layer. Those need cavity toggles rated for the load — a plastic plug simply spins in the hole.
Overmantel mirrors on period chimney breasts
The overmantel above a reinstated fireplace is the most requested position in the region's Victorian and Edwardian homes, and the brickwork immediately above a flue is often soft, lime-mortared and locally weakened by old flue repairs. A mechanical plug there can feel solid on installation and let go months later.
We locate the flue, keep fixings clear of it, and use a resin anchor where the brick is soft. On a working fireplace we also check the heat at the frame position — heat cycling loosens fixings and, on an antique frame, dries out the gesso until it cracks.
Rented flats and city-centre apartments
In the Broad Street, Digbeth and Coventry city-centre blocks, most walls are metal-stud partitions with plasterboard, and most tenancies limit drilling. Metal stud takes a completely different fixing to timber — self-drilling toggles rather than woodscrews — and a lot of failed hangs in those buildings are a woodscrew spinning in a steel C-section.
Where drilling is restricted we hang from picture rail where one exists, or use a rated adhesive system for lighter pieces and tell you honestly what its limit is. We do not put a heavy mirror on adhesive.
Grouping art in period rooms with picture rails
Most pre-1930s homes across Moseley, Harborne, Leamington and Wolverhampton still have their picture rails, and they are the most under-used fixing in the house. Hung on cord or chain from the rail, a whole wall of art can be repositioned later with no holes at all.
The catch is that period ceilings and rails slope. We set the drop from a laser line rather than measuring down from the rail, so the pieces are level with the room even when the rail is not — which is almost always.
Check your postcode
Is Mirror & Artwork Hanging covered where you live?
We cover every postcode area in the map below. Type your postcode and we'll take you straight to the page for your town, with local pricing and the access notes our fitters use.
Postcode areas we cover
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Enter the first part of your postcode, e.g. B93 or CV5, then press Enter.
Before you book
What to have ready for your Mirror & Artwork Hanging job
Give us the piece, its weight and the wall. Heavy mirrors on soft period masonry are the job most often under-fixed.
Have this ready — What's being hung, roughly how heavy, and on what wall — and the quote comes back with a firm price rather than a range.
Weekday replies land within one working hour. Nothing is booked and no deposit is taken until the price is confirmed in writing.
- 1Weigh it if you canAnything over 15kg needs rated hardware into the substrate, not a plasterboard plug.
- 2Say if the wall is metal studConverted warehouse and city-centre flats need specific toggle fixings.
- 3Have a rough layout in mindWe template gallery walls on paper first so nothing is drilled twice.
- 4Note the furniture belowWe centre to the room or to the piece beneath — whichever reads correctly.
- 5Keep the fixings suppliedEven where we upgrade them, the originals show the intended hanging method.
Mirror & Artwork Hanging by town — all 62 West Midlands areas
Every town has its own page with local pricing, access notes and the practical detail our crews expect to find on the ground.
Birmingham, West Midlands
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in AstonB6
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in Kings HeathB14
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in BournvilleB30
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in Alum RockB8
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in LadywoodB16
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in Selly OakB29
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in ErdingtonB23
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in HarborneB17
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in MoseleyB13
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in EdgbastonB15
- Mirror & Artwork Hanging in Sutton ColdfieldB72
Dudley, West Midlands
Herefordshire
Sandwell, West Midlands
Shropshire
Solihull, West Midlands
Staffordshire
Walsall, West Midlands
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Related services
- TV MountingFrom £60 per TV
- Shelf InstallationFrom £40 per job
- Blinds & Curtains FittingFrom £45 per room
- Wallpaper HangingFrom £90 per wall
Back to West Midlands handyman services.
When the job is a move, not a fixing
Plenty of mirror & artwork hanging enquiries start as something else — a house move, a store collection or an office change. These pages price that side of the work properly rather than squeezing it into an hourly handyman slot.
picture and mirror packing for a West Midlands move
Mirror cartons, corner protection and crating for anything valuable.
From £180 per propertyremovals that take art down and hang it again
Gallery walls photographed before takedown and reproduced at the new house.
From £320 per movelong-distance moves with fragile artwork
Bespoke crates and a surveyed load plan when the pieces travel beyond the region.
From £780 per move
Every removal service we run in the region is listed on West Midlands moving services, and the fixing side sits on West Midlands handyman services.
Other West Midlands services
Most jobs in the region touch more than one trade — a tenancy clean before a move, an assembly visit after a delivery, or an office contract that needs both. These hubs price each side properly.
Cleaning across the West Midlands
Domestic and specialist cleaning priced per job, from Birmingham terraces to Coventry new-builds.
- Cleaning services — The full regional cleaning index.
- End of tenancy cleaning — Deposit-standard cleans with an inventory-clerk checklist.
- Regular domestic cleaning — Weekly and fortnightly slots with the same cleaner.
- One-off deep cleaning — Top-to-bottom reset for kitchens, bathrooms and neglected rooms.
- After builders cleaning — Plaster dust, silicone smears and paint spots removed.
- Carpet cleaning — Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and rented carpets.
Commercial & office work
Out-of-hours contracts and business moves across the Birmingham, Solihull and Coventry business parks.
- Commercial cleaning — Contract cleaning with keyholding and audit sheets.
- Office cleaning — Daily or evening desk, kitchen and washroom rounds.
- Office removals — Weekend relocations with crate hire and IT decommissioning.
- Clearance services — Licensed waste carriers with transfer notes.
- Disinfection cleaning — EN 14476 fogging and touch-point rounds with a certificate.
Handyman & assembly across the West Midlands
Insured trades for fixing, mounting and assembly — with the wall-type notes each area actually needs.
- Handyman services — The full regional handyman index.
- Flat-pack assembly — Wardrobes, beds and units built and levelled.
- IKEA assembly — PAX, BILLY and KALLAX runs, anchored to the wall.
- TV mounting — Brick, dot-and-dab and stud walls done properly.
- Shelf installation — Floating and bracketed shelving, load-rated.
- Bed assembly — Divans, ottomans and bunk frames.
Verified customer feedback
What West Midlands customers say about our Mirror & Artwork Hanging
Feedback collected after completion and lightly edited for length. Our overall score across all services is 4.5 from 3082 reviews on Trustpilot.
- ★★★★★
Metal-stud partition sorted
“Converted warehouse flat, so the internal walls are metal stud and useless for normal fixings. He used the right toggles, laser-levelled the whole gallery wall and it's dead straight across nine frames.”
- ★★★★★
Heavy overmantel mirror, resin anchored
“Big antique mirror onto soft period brick. He resin-anchored it rather than trusting a plug, which is exactly what I'd read you should do. Sits perfectly centred over the fireplace.”
- ★★★★★
Templated first, drilled once
“Set the whole arrangement out on paper on the wall before touching a drill. Slower than I expected, but nothing was drilled twice and there are no spare holes to fill.”
Mirror & Artwork Hanging in the West Midlands — FAQs
Q1.How much does picture and mirror hanging cost?
A single picture or light mirror starts at £35, a heavy or oversized mirror at £55 with two fitters, and a five-to-nine-piece gallery wall at £95. Added to another booking, extra pieces are from £15 each.
Q2.Can you hang a heavy mirror on a plasterboard wall?
Yes, with the right anchor. We locate studs where possible, and where none line up we use cavity toggles rated well above the mirror's weight. A standard picture hook in plasterboard will not hold a heavy mirror.
Q3.Will you help plan a gallery wall?
Yes. We lay the pieces out on the floor, template them on paper and tape the layout to the wall for your approval before drilling a single hole.
Q4.Can you hang something on a tiled wall?
Yes. We drill with a tile bit at low speed, work through the grout line where the layout allows, and seal the hole so moisture cannot get behind the tile.
Q5.Is it cheaper to book several pieces at once?
Considerably. Because there is a one-hour minimum, hanging six pictures in one visit costs a fraction of six separate bookings — and it is cheaper again if combined with a TV mount or blind fitting.
Q6.How heavy a mirror can you hang?
There is no practical ceiling with the right fixing and two fitters. Over about 30kg we use a two-point security fixing chosen from the weighed figure — resin into soft period brick, toggles into metal stud, direct into timber studs where they line up.
Q7.Can you hang a mirror above a working fireplace?
Yes, with two checks first: the flue position, so fixings stay clear of it, and the heat at frame height. Heat cycling loosens fixings and dries out the gesso on antique frames, so occasionally we recommend raising the piece.
Q8.How do you plan a gallery wall?
With full-size paper templates taped to the wall and moved around with you until the arrangement is right, then hung from a laser line. Nothing is drilled until you have seen the layout at actual size.
Q9.Can you use the picture rail instead of drilling?
Where one survives, yes — cord or chain from the rail lets you reposition later with no holes, which suits rented period homes. We set the drop from a laser line because the rail itself usually slopes.
Get a fixed price for mirror & artwork hanging today
Tell us the job and your town and we'll confirm the price, the crew and the slot in writing — from £35 per job.