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Plantation walls are older than most in western Broward, and that is the whole story of this job. Houses across 33317 and 33324 date from the 1950s through the 1980s, so behind the paint you may find hard plaster over lath, a plaster skim on concrete block, original stud partitions, or newer drywall from a later remodel - sometimes three of the four in one house. Each takes a different bit and a different anchor, and plaster in particular cracks if it is drilled the wrong way. We read the wall first and let that decide how the mirror or the picture is carried. The year the house went up tells us most of it, so say it when you get in touch and the written quote follows from that and a photograph or two.
Gold Hands Miami hangs pictures and mirrors across the City of Plantation and the Broadview Park streets beside it, covering 33317 and 33324: old mirrors taken off and the wall repaired, heavy mirrors over bathroom vanities, multi-panel mirror sets above a fireplace, gallery walls set out as one composition, tapestries and unframed canvases, medicine cabinets, floating shelves, curtain rods, wall clocks and ceiling-mounted projector screens. Text the decade the house was built to (786) 788-8714, with one photograph of a bare wall in each room, and that is enough to write the quote. Here the age of the plaster matters more than the weight of the frame.
Insurance covers the work, which counts for more than usual in houses of this age where a careless hole finds something it should not. Mounting and hanging is squarely our work. Electrical is not. Bring power to a bathroom cabinet, or swap an old fixture for one that wants a new box, and it belongs to a licensed electrician; permits follow the same rule. In a 1950s house that boundary comes up more often than in a new build, so we flag it at quoting rather than halfway through.
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Every job gets a free written estimate with the scope, prep and materials named — not a vague day rate. Gold Hands Miami is insured. Work that legally requires a licensed trade is referred to a licensed pro.
1950s to 1970s ranch houses in Plantation and Broadview Park
The modest ranch and minimal-traditional houses that fill 33317 were built when hard plaster was still normal, and plenty of them still have it. Plaster is unforgiving: drill it with the hammer action running and a chunk of the surface breaks away around the hole, leaving damage several times the size of the fixing. Done properly it is a sharp bit, rotation only through the plaster, tape over the spot to stop the surface travelling, and then the fixing chosen for whatever is behind - lath, block, or a stud. Plaster is also strong once it is intact, which is why it is worth the care rather than the speed.
The other feature of these houses is that they have been changed. Sixty or seventy years of additions, converted carports and remodelled bathrooms mean the wall in one room has nothing to do with the wall in the next, and terrazzo floors and original fittings sit alongside 1990s drywall. Nobody can tell which is which by knocking from across the room, so each wall gets checked where the piece is actually going. That is the difference between a mirror that hangs for a decade and a repair call in a month.
Jacaranda, the golf-course streets and gated HOAs in central Plantation
Central Plantation around 33324 is quieter, greener and mostly single-storey, with 1970s and 1980s houses, villas and townhomes and a run of golf-course and gated HOA communities. Construction here is largely concrete block with drywall inside, which means the interior partitions behave predictably and the perimeter walls need a masonry anchor and a hammer drill. Ground-level living has a practical upside for this work: fewer stairwell walls, fewer awkward two-storey drops, and a straightforward path for a large mirror from the front door to the room it belongs in.
Where there is an association, the usual small formalities apply - a certificate of insurance to management, names left at a gatehouse, work kept inside the hours the community allows. Name the community when you book and that is arranged in advance. Inside the house, the common ask in these homes is refreshing rather than fitting out: replacing the builder mirror over a vanity, hanging the art that came out of storage, putting three floating shelves and a clock up in a room that has just been painted. All of that fits in one visit, and if the day has an opening it gets finished in that visit rather than booked weeks out.
Rentals and small apartment buildings in Plantation's Broadview Park
Broadview Park is an unincorporated pocket of Broward rather than part of the city, and along with the smaller houses it has a scattering of low-rise apartment buildings. Rented walls have their own rules. Anything we put in has to come out cleanly at the end of the lease, so light and medium pieces go on fixings that leave a hole the size of a pin rather than a plug, layouts are planned so a gallery wall needs the fewest fixings possible, and every position is agreed with you before a hole exists. We can also come back at move-out to patch, sand and repaint so the wall reads as untouched.
Landlords and managers here tend to think in units rather than items: a mirror over every bathroom vanity, a medicine cabinet changed out, a couple of pictures in a living room, turn after turn. That work is best batched - several units in a visit, one quote, consistent heights across the building so nothing looks improvised. If a unit's existing mirror is glued to the wall, say so when you book; taking one off a 1960s bathroom wall without wrecking the board behind it is the slow part of the job, and it is worth pricing honestly up front.
Neighborhoods and ZIP codes we cover in Plantation
- Plantation — Broadview Park (33317)
- Plantation Central (33324)
Picture & Mirror Hanging in Plantation — questions we get asked
What will it cost to hang everything on my list in Plantation?
No number gets invented on the spot; it is worked out first and put in writing. What moves it is the length of the list, how much the largest piece weighs and how wide it is, what each wall turns out to be - plaster on lath, plaster on block, or later drywall - whether a ladder is needed, and whether something already glued to the wall has to come off before the new piece goes on. Tell us the age of the house, add a few photographs, and you have a fixed quote without a visit.
How do I know who is coming into my house in Plantation?
You will have the name in advance. Insurance stands behind the company, so if a drill finds something it should not, or a frame gets marked, putting it right is our problem rather than yours. In an older Plantation house that is not a theoretical point - walls of this age hide old wiring and pipework, and the value of cover is precisely that it covers the day something unexpected is behind the plaster.
My Plantation HOA has rules about contractors. Does that slow this down?
Not if we know before the day. In the gated and golf-course communities we send a certificate of insurance to management, get names onto the gate list, and set the appointment inside the community's work hours. Interior hanging almost never needs architectural approval - that is for things visible from outside - but if your association is stricter than most, a quick check with them costs a phone call and avoids a wasted morning for both of us.
Can a heavy mirror go above the fireplace in an older Plantation house?
Usually, and how depends on what the wall turns out to be. A chimney breast of masonry with a plaster skim takes a masonry anchor and holds very well when it is drilled with a proper bit rather than punched through. A framed wall calls for a cleat lagged into two studs so the weight rides on the framing instead of on two hooks in board. Loose or drummy plaster is the one case where we say no to the original position and propose another spot. A photograph of the chimney breast normally tells us which of those three you are dealing with.
I am renting in Broadview Park. Will the holes be a problem when I move out?
They should not be, if it is planned. We use the smallest fixing that will actually hold each piece, keep the number of holes down by measuring instead of trying positions, and get your agreement on the layout before anything goes in. On the way out we can fill the holes, rub them flat and touch in the colour so the inspection finds a flat wall. Tell us at booking that the place is rented - it changes the hardware we bring, not the price of the job.
The bathroom mirror in my 1960s Plantation house is stuck to the wall. Can it come off?
Yes, and in these older houses it is among the jobs we are asked for most. A builder mirror from that era is usually held on with clips and a bed of adhesive that has had fifty years to cure. It comes off in one piece where the glass allows, with the pane supported the whole time because a sheet that size gives way toward the person carrying it. The adhesive is cleaned off afterwards, the wall is filled and rubbed flat, and the replacement mirror or cabinet goes up on real fixings rather than glue.
Can you hang a gallery wall so everything is spaced evenly?
Yes — we lay out the arrangement with paper templates or laser measuring before drilling a single hole, so spacing and alignment are right the first time.
How do you hang a heavy mirror safely?
For anything over about 25-30 lbs, we typically use a French cleat or heavy-duty toggle anchors rather than a single hook, so the weight is distributed and secure.
Other work we do in Plantation
- Ceiling Fan Installation & Repair in Plantation
- Door Repair & Installation in Plantation
- Drywall Repair in Plantation
- Faucet Installation & Repair in Plantation
- Furniture Assembly in Plantation
- Garbage Disposal Installation & Repair in Plantation
- Light Fixture Installation in Plantation
- Interior & Exterior Painting in Plantation
- Shelf Installation in Plantation
- Toilet Installation & Repair in Plantation
- TV Mounting in Plantation
Need picture & mirror hanging in Plantation?
Send photographs of the job to (786) 788-8714 and a written quote comes back naming the scope and the materials. The quote costs nothing, and nothing reaches the invoice that was not on it.