Hook furniture: types and description

When choosing furniture, regardless of its purpose and location in the apartment, it is necessary to pay special attention to such a seemingly insignificant aspect as furniture fittings: hooks, hinges, handles, various decorative elements.

First of all, this is rational from the point of view of future operation, because wardrobes, cabinets and cabinets are used every day, which means that loops and hooks must withstand the increased load. Aesthetic factors play a secondary role, but they should also not be underestimated.

Furniture hooks: types and meaning

There are several types of hooks, differing in strength, appearance and materials used to make them.

In the assortment of manufacturers and in the price lists of trading companies, the furniture hook belongs to the class of front accessories.

Among the most popular types you can list the following:

• One-way.
• Two-round.
• Trident.

The name of each of them fully corresponds to their structure and capabilities. Hooks for furniture can be both an independent product designed to be fastened anywhere, and be a fragment of a more complex design.

Specificity of application of hooks of various types

Based on the features of the furniture hardware structure, you can list several recommendations regarding its use:

- One-horn hooks are used when they plan to hang heavy or bulky things on them (outer clothing, large bags and backpacks) or if it is known in advance that there will not be a need to place a significant number of items. Such fasteners are most durable and able to withstand a serious load due to a uniform distribution of the weight of hanging objects.

- The most commonly used types of fixing accessories include a two-rope hook, as it combines functionality and strength in optimal proportions. It can be used both for storing one large, heavy object, and for a few small things.

- Three-trimmed furniture hooks are not used as often as the first two types. Its design provides for the presence of one large horn and two smaller ones. If the weight distribution is incorrect, breakage or deformation of such hooks is possible, so they are best suited for storing small and light objects.

Functional characteristics and scope of application of hooks

Hook furniture is designed to conveniently store a variety of household items made of textiles, often clothing. The presence of hooks in hallways, bedrooms, utility rooms and bathrooms helps to quickly and efficiently place outdoor clothing, umbrellas, cleaning equipment, bathrobes, towels, and also provides quick access to these items.

Separate attention should be given to furniture hooks for the hallway, as they are most often located in visible areas and subject to daily use. Specialists who design furniture for hallways, prefer to use only quality, branded accessories. This principle is relevant for the selection of door hinges, handles, closers for drawers and guides for sliding doors. This approach allows the most efficient and long-term use of furniture, avoiding premature wear, abrasion of the coating, deformation or breakage of the fittings.

Technologies of production of furniture hooks

For the manufacture of front furniture fittings, a wide variety of materials and technological methods can be used:

• Wooden furniture hooks.
• Metal fittings.
• Plastic elements.
• Hooks made of synthetic material.

The variety of their varieties is due to a wide range of requests for end-users: from the desire to achieve maximum savings when purchasing finished furniture to the implementation of unique design developments in the manufacture of home furnishings for individual projects.

Installation of furniture hooks

As independent products, hooks are attached to hangers, walls, internal surfaces of cabinets. These works are conducted by masters in the manufacture and assembly of furniture or in the process of repairing the room. Also, cases of independent installation of hooks on purchased pieces of furniture and on the walls of premises are not uncommon. This greatly improves the performance of cabinets, wardrobes or hangers.

The installation procedure does not require qualification, however, for a satisfactory result, a minimal experience of carrying out similar activities is necessary, as well as possession of skills in handling tools. Determining value for the quality of the installed hook has the correct marking of the surface intended for fixing, taking into account the strength of its material and the accuracy of the installation.

Why to install hooks is to invite a specialist

Haste or inattention can lead to such unpleasant consequences:

• Formation of extra holes.
• Violation of the integrity of the cabinet furniture, wall cover, seam between tiles (chips, cracks).
• Instability of the fixed hook, rapid destruction of the base used for its fastening (plastic siding, drywall, MDF).
• Damage to the wiring laid in the wall.
• Disproportionate hook type with weight and dimensions of objects hanging on it. As a result, fast wear of accessories.

In order for furniture hooks for clothes and other things to be installed correctly, and also to serve as long as possible and accurately, it is advisable to use the services of a master. In addition, such furniture elements need careful and careful handling.

Hook attachment methods

Masters professionally engaged in the assembly of cabinet furniture, practice several ways of assembling furniture hooks:

1. The attachment to the stud is only suitable for single-hook hooks. The self-tapping part of the stud is screwed into the wall or into the cabinet of furniture, then the hook is screwed onto the metric thread, which is equipped with a hairpin.
2. Installation with a screw or a screw can be safely called the most common method of installing hooks. On the marked surface make holes, attach a hook or a hanger with several hooks, put screws (screws) and twist them to the end with a screwdriver or a drill.
3. Application of a vacuum sucker. Equipped sucker hook furniture single-loaf set on washed and degreased in any convenient way (soap, detergent, alcohol) section of the tile. This method is convenient for the installation of individual hooks in the bathrooms and in the kitchen in the areas tiled.

Hook furniture: how to choose the right fittings

Often, body and soft furniture items are bought separately from each other and in different places, so there is a serious risk of purchasing products with differing fittings. Optimal way out of the situation is the selection of furniture with accessories of the same color (metallic, chrome, gold) and in one style (classic, high-tech, provence).

In addition to the obvious external parameters, you should ask the manufacturer, the materials used and the technology of coating. The nature of the room in which the furniture hook will be placed is also of great importance, since the room's microclimate, intensity of use, humidity level, number and weight of hanging objects directly affect the service life.