A picture rail hanging system is a great solution for placing a gallery without damaging the walls. Since there can be a large number of paintings, the question of their arrangement always arises as well as it comes the creative decision to create a home or public gallery. Rails for paintings are a supporting structure. The structure itself is a rail, the profile of which consists of aluminum, and serves as a guiding element. This profile is paintable and thanks to the anodized layer it adds a matte effect. Their length, as a rule, is two meters or three meters.
The category depends on the area of the room. The structure is fastened with the help of grooves on special fasteners, which are very close to the grooves. The gap with this fastening is minimal — about one millimeter. Picture rail elements are installed at the junctions of the ceiling and wall. The aluminum profile, due to its properties, holds the entire load of the equipment.
The gallery suspension is equipped with a tip that moves along the rail groove. There are two types of tips — ‘Twister’ and ‘Solidslider’. Picture rails systems have a number of advantages:
- free movement of paintings along the wall (up-down, left-right);
- possibility to move the canvas an unlimited number of times, while the wall does not deteriorate;
- the ability to create a multi-level exposition and place several paintings completely evenly;
- smooth suspension under sloping ceilings and the ability to hide the rail under the ceiling cornice;
- painting of rods to match the walls or wallpaper, the possibility of highlighting paintings;
- exceptional ease of installation, does not require a specialist for installation. You can easily install the system yourself;
The peculiarity of the ‘Solidslider’ tip is that it can only be inserted from the end of the rail, the ‘Twister’ tips can be inserted into the groove at an arbitrarily chosen location of the guide rail.
What Other Types Of Profiles Exist For Hanging Picture Rails System?
Lines and Cables for hanging pictures are rolled into a special tip Cobra or Twister, inserted anywhere on the rail, move along the groove of the picture rail and do not allow the hangers on which the picture hangs to fall. In suspension systems, a transparent fishing line is used, which makes it almost invisible and a cable that has a braided structure. Fishing lines and cables for suspension systems have different lengths, which will always allow you to choose the size you need.
A simple rule for selecting the required length of fishing line is the height from floor to ceiling minus 1.5 meters and you get the right length of fishing line for hanging paintings rails, which will provide you with a margin for hanging paintings at eye level. Hooks for picture hanging system. Hooks for pictures on a fishing line or cable can withstand a load of 5 kg to 20 kg each. Hooks on the rod are designed for a load of 40 to 100 kg. Photos (diplomas, etc.) can be hung on one fishing line and one hook, if their size is not very large (15×20, 20×30).