The Manufactured Housing Forums

My daughter wants to hang a large shroud" from her ceiling to enclose her futon bed on the floor. Trouble is the drywall is so thin--I believe it's 3/8" thick--every hook, insert, molly bolt or anything else is pulled through the hole by the merest accidental pull on the attached shroud. Same problem with trying to attach shelves to a wall. The hardware pulls out of the wall.

We have never lived in a home where the drywall was so thin that everything had to be fastened to a stud. Now, our manufactured home is only 4 years old. We were told that it was built to the same specs as a stick built. We were lied to.

What can we do about hanging decorative pieces from the ceiling or hanging shelves from the walls?

RIck

No manufactured homes are built to the same specs as a stick-built home. If they were, people would be just moving them into town and parks would be non-existant.

Anyway, what you need to attach stuff to 1/4-3/8" drywall is a thin-wall anchor. Click HERE to see an example.

Mark
You gotta see my repair manual!

What is weight limit for these anchors?