When choosing furniture, regardless of its purpose and location in the apartment, you should pay special attention to such a seemingly insignificant aspect as furniture fittings: hooks, loops, handles, various decorative elements.
First of all, it is rational from the point of view of future operation, because wardrobes, cabinets and cabinets are used every day, which means that loops and hooks must withstand increased load. Aesthetic factors take on a secondary role, but they should not be underestimated either.
Furniture hooks: types and meanings
There are several types of hooks, differing in strength, appearance and materials used to make them.
In the assortment of manufacturers and in the price lists of trading companies, the furniture hook belongs to the class of front fittings.
Among the most popular types are the following:
- Single-track.
- Two-arm.
- Three-horn.
The name of each of them fully corresponds to their structure and capabilities. Hooks forfurniture can either be an independent product designed to be mounted anywhere, or be a fragment of a more complex structure.
Specific application of different types of hooks
Based on the structural features of furniture fittings, we can list several recommendations regarding its use:
- Single-track hooks are used when they plan to hang heavy or bulky items (outerwear, large bags and backpacks) on them, or if it is known in advance that there will be no need to place a significant number of items. Such fasteners are the most durable and able to withstand a serious load due to the even distribution of the weight of hanging objects.
- The most commonly used types of fasteners include a two-horn furniture hook, as it combines functionality and strength in optimal proportions. It can be used for storing one large, heavy item, or several small items.
- Three-arm furniture hook is not used as often as the first two types. Its design provides for the presence of one large horn and two smaller ones. If the weight is not properly distributed, these hooks can break or deform, so they are best suited for storing small and light items.
Functional characteristics and applications of hooks
Hookfurniture is designed for the convenience of storing a wide variety of household items made of textiles, often clothing. The presence of hooks in hallways, bedrooms, utility rooms and bathrooms helps to quickly and efficiently place outerwear, umbrellas, cleaning equipment, bathrobes, towels, and also provides quick access to these items.
Furniture hooks for the hallway deserve special attention, as most often they are located in visible areas and are subject to daily use. Specialists who design furniture for hallways prefer to use only high-quality, branded fittings. This principle applies to the selection of door hinges, handles, drawer closers and sliding door rails.
This approach allows you to use the furniture most efficiently and for a long time, avoiding premature wear, abrasion of the coating, deformation or breakage of fittings.
Furniture Hook Technology
For the manufacture of front furniture fittings, a variety of materials and technological methods can be used:
- Wooden furniture hooks.
- Metal fittings.
- Plastic elements.
- Synthetic hooks.
The variety of their varieties is due to a wide range of end-user requests: from the desire to achieve maximum savings when buying ready-made furniture to the implementation of unique design developments in the manufacture of home furnishingsfor individual projects.
Installing furniture hooks
As independent products, hooks are attached to hangers, walls, inner surfaces of cabinets. These works are carried out by masters in the production and assembly of furniture or in the process of repairing a room. Also, there are cases of self-installation of hooks on purchased pieces of furniture and on the walls of rooms. This greatly enhances the performance of cabinets, wardrobes or hangers.
The installation procedure does not require qualifications, however, for a satisfactory result, a minimum experience in conducting such events, as well as possession of skills in handling tools, is required. Of decisive importance for the quality of the installed hook is the correct marking of the surface intended for fixing, taking into account the strength of its material and the accuracy of installation.
Why you should call a specialist to install hooks
Hurry or inattention can lead to such unpleasant consequences:
- Formation of extra holes.
- Violation of the integrity of the furniture body, wall covering, seam between tiles (chips, cracks).
- Instability of the fixed hook, rapid destruction of the base used to attach it (plastic siding, drywall, MDF).
- Damage to the wiring in the wall.
- Disproportion of the type of hook with the weight and dimensions of the objects hanging on it. As a result, fast wear of fittings.
To furniturehooks for clothes and other things were installed correctly, and also served as long as possible and with high quality, it is advisable to use the services of a master. In addition, these pieces of furniture need careful and careful handling.
How to attach hooks
Craftsmen who professionally assemble cabinet furniture practice several ways to mount furniture hooks:
- The stud mount is only suitable for mounting single hooks. The self-tapping part of the stud is screwed into the wall or into the furniture body, then the hook is screwed onto the metric thread that the stud is equipped with.
- Installation with a screw or self-tapping screw can safely be called the most common method of mounting hooks. Holes are made on the marked surface, a hook or a hanger with several hooks is applied, self-tapping screws (screws) are laid and they are screwed to the end with a screwdriver or drill.
- Application of vacuum suction cup. A single-horn furniture hook equipped with a suction cup is installed on a section of tile washed and degreased in any convenient way (soap, dishwashing detergent, alcohol). This method is useful for installing individual hooks in bathrooms and kitchens in tiled areas.
Furniture hook: how to choose the right fittings
Often, pieces of cabinet and upholstered furniture are bought separately from each other and in different places, so there is a serious risk of purchasing products with different fittings. The best way outthe situation is the selection of furniture with fittings of the same color (metallic, chrome, gold) and in the same style (classic, hi-tech, provence).
In addition to the obvious external parameters, you should ask the manufacturer, the materials used and the coating technology. The nature of the room in which the furniture hook will be placed is also essential, since the microclimate of the room, the intensity of use, the level of humidity, the number and weight of hanging objects directly affect the service life.
