If you re in an office there may be several cubicle walls separating employees and cubicle walls are the natural enemy of clocks.
How high should a wall clock be hung.
For example if you have 8 foot ceilings 8 x 2 5 20 and 8 x 3 24.
Based on mantel height codes and recommendations from the national fire protection agency nfpa sources indicate that the bottom of the mantel must be at least 12 inches above the top of the firebox.
Should be hung at eye level in a seated position for example 6inches over a sofa back is the piano a baby grand or a console piano.
Hanging the wall clock requires securing it to a wall stud or wall anchor with a screw or nail.
This will give you the option to stand back and see how the artwork s size relates to your room and your furniture.
An appropriate height for your light fixture would be between 20 and 24 when measured from the ceiling to the bottom of the fixture.
If the clock is hung between chest and eye level at a height which is practical for all members of the house bar the kids then you will have your wall clock at the perfect height.
This might be hard to see from the picture but the ceiling beam is bit off to the right.
I hung my clock on the centre of the wall and not centered with the beam.
If your seating down in a room art etc.
Move the template up and down to find the perfect spot prior to hanging the picture.
I used my hang level tool and hooked it up in the keyhole.
Say have the top of the clock in line with the top of the doorway.
How to hang the clock.
On the back of the clock there was a metal keyhole bracket.
Weight driven clocks especially require sturdy hanging and may be hung as high as 80 inches from the ground.
Maybe 8inches 12 s above the baby grand.
This ensures the clock stays in place even if vibration is an issue as is the case with chiming clocks and cuckoo clocks.
The height of your fixture should be in inches somewhere in this range.
Image next you need to know what is the mantel projection distance from the wall.
Hanging pictures has nothing to do with how high your ceilings are to hang a picture.