As a lifelong renter (I move around too much to justify buying a house), I am more than familiar with the many rules you have to abide by when you pay to live in someone else's home.The golden rule is that you aren't allowed to make any permanent changes without permission.That includes hammering in picture hooks or drilling holes.
It turns out some clever souls have come up with drill-free solutions to common needs, and they're available free on the internet, so anyone with a 3D printer can make them.I know that you already know this, but it has to be said: You print and use these items at your own risk.If something falls off the wall, or your print wasn't strong enough, or the adhesive you used was wrong, that's entirely your responsibility.
Test any mounted support before you use it to hold something expensive! 3M Command Strip Shelf by Neese Manufacturing Perfect for things under eight pounds Close This 3M Command Strip Shelf uses, as you might suspect, 3M's heavy-duty Command strips.Since this little shelf was designed to have plenty of surface area for adhesive strips, you can obviously use whatever brand or alternative model you want, but the weight-bearing calculations were done using those specific adhesive strips.The ideal printing orientation for this one is a little unintuitive, but you basically want to print it with the wall-side surface at the top.
This looks pretty unbalanced, but the curve of the print has been worked out so you can make it without using supports.The demo photo provided by Neese Manufacturing shows the shelf next to a bathroom sink and mirror, but if you actually read the product specification for 3M command strips, it specifically says they are designed for adhesion to surfaces like painted walls and concrete.So they might not be the right choice for tiled surfaces, and indeed in that photo the shelf is not secured to a tiled wall.
Honeycomb Wall mount for adhesive pads by igor_kovalsky It's the bee's knees You might have seen those cool honeycomb storage walls that you can print out and organize all your tools, but what if you aren't allowed to drill into the walls to mount them? A Maker World designer called igor_kovalksy came up with a simple yet brilliant solution with these honeycomb wall mounts for adhesive pads.They're designed to work with store-bought adhesive hooks, which Igor has linked to in the print description.Close These printed pads basically act as an interface between those adhesive pads and the honeycomb wall organizers.
I haven't had enough time to try this, but I absolutely want to try this wall-organizer setup now that I know I can just use some removable glue.Adhesive Hook Collection by Lukas This is going to save me so many sore thumbs I don't know about you, but one thing that makes me feel at home in a rented place is hanging my own wall decorations.However, I actually dislike hammering picture hooks into walls, even if I have general permission for it.
So, in the end, I tend to simply use the hooks that previous tenants have already installed.Where I live at the moment, there aren't too many of these.So I have a stack of posters, wall scrolls, and framed images that I haven't put up.
Then I found this adhesive hook collection, and it looks like it could be the answer to my problem.The set has a variety of hook styles, so there should be at least one that works optimally for the type of item you want to hang.Lukas doesn't specify which adhesive pads to use, so I guess you'll need to go with what looks right, but the baseplates are quite large, and a thinner pad would probably be better.
The rationale here is to spread the weight of the object over a larger surface area.So you probably don't need the strongest stuff that will be a pain to remove when you move out.Pegboard wall-mounting solution by Combo I pegged this as a genius idea Unlike the honeycomb system above, this is a solution to the traditional pegboard setups people have used in garages and workshops for ages.
A designer named Como came up with this no-drill mounting solution for their own modular pegboard panel.It relies on drill-free screws that are linked on the model's page, but even if you can't find those exact ones, you'll likely find some way to make it work.Even if you have to learn how to modify 3D prints.
IKEA is a great place to stock up on items for house if you're starting a new tenancy, but some IKEA products can be 3D printed instead.
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