Re: [VAL] Hanging "stuff" on aluminum walls

["D Welch" <jtdjtd@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Allen,

I guess it depends on the weight of the stuff.  I regularly hang framed 
pictures just by screwing into the aluminum, being careful not to over 
tighten which will enlarge the hole.  My magnetic knife rack is just 
screwed up too although the knives jump off underway.  If you look at 
what is attached where, you will see that anything with any weight to it 
is NOT attached to the walls, but to the cabinetwork instead.  In my 
'73, there is a pretty sizeable piece of plywood as a backing plate 
where the TV shelf is attached to the laminate walls .  Things get 
pretty wild in the trailer when you are on a bumpy road.

If you can get a fastener into a rib you might get away with it, but in 
general, heavy things need to be  on or near the floor. If it's just the 
pot holders and the garlic powder screws might be OK.

Daisy