Yesterday morning we were awoken to a temendous crash from within the house. Startled awake, I assumed there was someone in the house.

Deciding what to do, I realized I had to get up and make some noise. I started switching on lights, and cautiously moved into the hallway. What could have possibly made that noise?

I moved to the hallway and peered into the bathroom, creeping around every corner so as not to be surprised by any unsuspecting lurkers. There, on the bathroom floor - in a thousand pieces - lay our huge bathroom mirror.

Apparently during our remodeling the bathroom our hammering had shaken the mirror loose of its anchors. And at 3:30 that morning, it had decided to give. My girlfriend was awake at this point, and wandered out to see what the mishap was. I told her our bathroom mirror had fallen off the wall!

7 years! :D

BTW, that huge gray triangle in the bottom left corner is a piece of mirror!

Ohhhh you're in trouble now!

sweet mother of! At least no one was hurt...yet.

Yes I had to go stand in the corner by myself :(

Yeah we got it all cleaned up. Actually, it made a really good excuse to clean up our construction mess :)

7 years! :D

...as long as you DON'T say CANDYMAN five times (or is it seven?) while looking at the broken mirror, you'll be fine...:D

My goodness. That's too bad, Rick.......Is this covered under your household insurance? Especially since it was a result of the construction, etc., it may well be.

Liz

Yesterday morning we were awoken to a temendous crash from within the house. Startled awake, I assumed there was someone in the house.

Deciding what to do, I realized I had to get up and make some noise. I started switching on lights, and cautiously moved into the hallway. What could have possibly made that noise?

I moved to the hallway and peered into the bathroom, creeping around every corner so as not to be surprised by any unsuspecting lurkers. There, on the bathroom floor - in a thousand pieces - lay our huge bathroom mirror.

Apparently during our remodeling the bathroom our hammering had shaken the mirror loose of its anchors. And at 3:30 that morning, it had decided to give. My girlfriend was awake at this point, and wandered out to see what the mishap was. I told her our bathroom mirror had fallen off the wall!

7 years! :D

BTW, that huge gray triangle in the bottom left corner is a piece of mirror!

Things that go "bump" in the night indeed...

Thank goodness none of the kids were in there when it gave way...whew...of course, now you also have a reason to remodel the bathroom!!! hehehe...
Ken

...as long as you DON'T say CANDYMAN five times (or is it seven?) while looking at the broken mirror, you'll be fine...:D

Yes but what if I DID? Would he appear once for every PIECE?!

My goodness. That's too bad, Rick.......Is this covered under your household insurance? Especially since it was a result of the construction, etc., it may well be.

Liz


Actuallly, Liz we were going to replace it anyway. This just gives the gf an excuse to go shopping at Target again! :D

Yes if it had hit someone... sheesh.

Actually, now technically it gives us an excuse to remodel the bathroom mirror!!

Yikes! I'm glad no one was hurt...and that it wasn't actually someone in your house...shudder.

Emily

Yeah that would've sucked if the mirror fell AND we got robbed! :D

Seriously, though, it is a very good thing we all are safe. And now we know we really need to attach the next mirror to the wall really well!

Yes but what if I DID? Would he appear once for every PIECE?!

There's an easy way to find out... :p

And now we know we really need to attach the next mirror to the wall really well!

Construction Adhesive! PL400 or PL-GG/s. Liquid nails! Lots of the gooey stuff. It is cheap compared to the glass and stitches (voice of experience:mad: )

Await the final interior shots!

Very glad no one was injured.

Oh I'll speak with the foreman and see if we can remove the 7 year curse or just make it a 30 day warning:p

And now we know we really need to attach the next mirror to the wall really well!

...would be to make a funky mirror mosaic using the broken pieces.

Might get a bit bloody, though... :(

...as long as you DON'T say CANDYMAN five times (or is it seven?) while looking at the broken mirror, you'll be fine...:D

Think it's only three... Hope you didn't say "it" four times trying to tease it... Bwaaahaaahaaa! :eek:

...would be to make a funky mirror mosaic using the broken pieces.

Might get a bit bloody, though... :(

LOL I caught myself imagining a model somehow lying in or reflected in the pieces as I was cleaning them up :D Photography on the brain <-----------------------

I know Liquid Nails makes a mirror adhesive. But how do you keep the mirror up while it's drying? This one somehow had toggle bolts. Don't know how the toggle bolts attached to the back of the mirror.

Before and after shots coming. We've still got to paint, install the tub fixtures, and ... buy a new mirror :D

I hate it when that happens. I've got about three more years myself;)
Almost four years ago, just after we bought our house, same thing happened in the hallway near the front door. The previous owner had stuck these 5 foot by 3 foot mirrors on the wall with double sided sticky tape, and one fell right behind my then 5 year old son as he walked by. Good thing nobody got hurt, but it was scary. We immediately took down the other mirror in the hall, and the huge 6x6 ceiling mirror over the dining room table as well. Glad nobody got hurt over there. So now you've got 7 years of bad luck, and I've got about three to go:D
Sorry about your mirror-probably pretty expensive to replace.
Leon

It nearly happened to me in my second bathroom while remodeling the main one. I saved the day though, so I only have the usual bad luck :)

Thank goodness it was only a mirror. A guy in Arizona heard a crash of a window breaking in his kitchen and thought "break in". He phoned 911, crept down to the kitchen with his 22 to confront the burglary and on his kitchen table much to his shock he discovered....

a full grown cougar!:eek:

Ronnoco

One town over a mountain lion was reported yesterday(that's 5 miles away) . I may go track that thing tomorrow . Mountain lions aren't scary ;)

Found this nice chunk of mirror embedded in the tile/grout after cleaning up. We decided to leave it in as a reminder of what could have been :rolleyes:

An external removable frame/bracing structure is one way to support the mirror. Making hidden mounting brackets that are attached to blocks (a variation of the toggles you have) that are attached to the mirror with mastic (the technical term for mirror glue) is another way.

There are several schemes depending on size, appearance, and shape. The mirror can be drilled to have supports that go through the face of the mirror.

The simple way is to get the glazier people who cut and polish the mirror to hang it! Then if they break it, they just go make another one and you do not have to pay for two!

I would recommend using a cement board type of drywall since behind a mirror can get very damp. This type of board is much better than green board. It is the same kind of thing you use for tile in a wet area. Totally waterproof and can even be obtained with reinforcement like wire or fiberglass strings in it.

If you want more details on DIY let me know.

Be safe and happy remodeling!

Dude!!! SEAL THAT TILE AND GROUT ALREADY ;)

It's sealed :)

Damn, that stuff stinks!

You need to check how mirrors and pictures are hung. People almost always use the incorrect hangers. I have installed all my pictures and stuff with plastic anchors and screws. At work the construction works hanged a screen 6' with plastic anchors and it came down when a prof. pulled on the pull cord, luckily it missed him.

Well..... do it again were you left the shrine ;)

One town over a mountain lion was reported yesterday(that's 5 miles away) . I may go track that thing tomorrow . Mountain lions aren't scary ;)

Must be american cougars.:D :D :D Ours eat joggers!:eek:

Ronnoco

dogs, and kids that run ahead on the trail, and other things...



Must be american cougars.:D :D :D Ours eat joggers!:eek:

Ronnoco

True. As they are the same thoughout there range(which is small compared to yester years), they are ambush killers. I have indeed seen one in NJ, though the eastern mountain lion was extropated from NJ in like 1890. I have also seen the florida puma and one in ontario. ALL wild and they walk away abruptly.

Rick, if your going to leave that piece of mirror in the floor, make sure to seal it real thick with some sort of clear lacquer or something because you never know when you may slip and catch it just right and slice the bottom of your foot on a concealed edge. Just a thought.
Ken