Setting up a wall with mirrors

[Hal65]

I'm looking to get a mirror about the length of a bed and 5 or 6 feet high. I think a single piece will help sidestep issues with mounting multiple pieces (although if this is impractical, I may get a few pieces and stack them horizontally).

 

Questions about this.

 

1) I need to be an non-destructive as possible. Is it safe to just rest some tall mirror panes against my bedframe, which is flush to the floor? The mirrors would lean back against the wall with about 2" of lean.

 

2) Should I go to the Local HomePro/Homeworks, or find a smaller place that builds mirrors for a project of this size?

[KittenKong]

A mirror leaning against a wall should be entirely safe until someone or something touches it. But I would not want a large unattached glass sheet anywhere near my bed, thanks.
Have you considered mounting (glueing) several smaller mirrors, or even one large sheet, onto some sort of wooden backing and frame? That could be made quite solid and given a built-in slope. That should not move or break under any normal circumstances and would not need to be attached to the wall at all, just positioned flush with it.

 

I was in a glass shop the other day that cuts mirrors to size and I was quite impressed by the choice of styles and colours etc. HomePro only stocks pre-cut small mirrors where I am, but you could use those in a frame as I mentioned. Certainly much easier/safer to transport and work with several of those rather than one large sheet if you are doing it yourself.

[Kwasaki]

11 hours ago, Hal65 said:

I'm looking to get a mirror about the length of a bed and 5 or 6 feet high

Plan A.  Do you have suitable clearance & access for this size, no Plan B.

 

11 hours ago, Hal65 said:

I need to be an non-destructive as possible.

You would have to ask about standard mirror strengths,  an mounted acrylic mirror would be better IMO.

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11 hours ago, Hal65 said:

find a smaller place that builds mirrors for a project of this size?

Google for mirror manufacturers outlets.

[eyecatcher]

If you have ever confronted a piece of glass 2mx 1.8m at only 4mm thick you will appreciate very very quickly that it weighs more than you could ever move on your own.

You are talking like the weight of a bag of cement and trying to carry or move it with your palms together pressing on the glass.

Try it on the edge and you can lose your fingers in a second.

 

I ordered the glass for our house in large sheets so we could just cut it up...but moving one piece just 6 inches nearer the wall entailed me and the wife trying to do it together in a carefully planned proceedure to prevent serious accidents.

loading it onto two old bike tyres and slide is my tip

 

Its not a job to be taken lightly believe me.

 

acryllic glass is an alternative but i understand you often get the "end of the pier" hallof mirrors where you are going to look a complete spacker

[Hal65]

Good tip on the weight, didn't come to mind how heavy mirror glass is. 

 

I may just end up getting several pre-framed mirrors from big C instead. I don't want the frames but it seems like a much safer project, a good thing for a clumsy guy like myself

[chickenslegs]

I would get the mirror pre-drilled so that you can fix it to the wall. I believe that Hafele has screws for fixing mirrors (with domed, polished fittings that fix over the head of the screws).

 

Before fixing to the wall I would glue the mirror to a sheet of thin plywood (or polycarbonate) so that, if it gets broken, you don't have shards of glass falling onto you. Make sure you choose a glue that will not react with the silvering of the mirror.

 

As mentioned, the mirror will be very heavy and not easily maneouvered through the house, so have a plan, proper wall fixings, and plenty of help.