Mounting hooks on an indoor door?

I have a row of attached hooks I want to mount on my closet door to hang housecoats and whatnot.





Do most doors have some internal bracing that I should be trying to screw into? Are they in standard locations? I can%26#039;t find my stud finder.





As a matter of preference do you think the inside or the outside of the door is better? Why?





Thanks!

Mounting hooks on an indoor door?
I%26#039;ve hung hooks on the inside of closet doors so as not to obstruct the look of the door and to maintain the value. My doors are six panel, colonist styled and thus hollow core. If I am hanging a single hook, I generally screw it into the wood without using mollies or anchors. However, I hung a multi-hooked one on the back of my laundry room door and used anchors. I intended on hanging coats from it which are heavy so the hooks needed extra support. My doors don%26#039;t have studs inside of them, so the mollies were necessary so that the hooks didn%26#039;t fall out in the future. You can purchase anchors in the hardware aisle at the home improvement store. They are usually either metal ones that expand as you screw into them or plastic ones. Either will work, but since my doors are painted white the plastic ones blend into the door color and are less noticeable.





I really hated it when my renters put hooks on the outside of doors because the holes are difficult to repair and never look right. I considered it damage.
Reply:Depends on the door and which direction it swings. If it%26#039;s a solid wood door, aim for the meatiest part. If it%26#039;s hollow core luan with no panels, you%26#039;ll need a molly and you can put it anywhere. Generally doors swing in so you would want to put the hooks on the inside so when the door is open, the what nots are hidden from sight. When the door is closed, they are right there.
Reply:not a good idea 95 percent of your closet doors are hollow nothing to brace to on the inside .So if you hang it it%26#039;ll probrobly fall.
Reply:most interior doors are hollow core doors. the only solid areas are the edges and top and bottom. on the edges there will be no more than 3 inches solid, and top and bottom will have around 4 to 6 inches. if you use a coarse thread screw and be careful not to over tighten the screw when installing the hooks you can hang light things on the hooks like a robe or towel but no more than 2 or 3. the door panel is only and eigth inch thick so more pressure or wieght will most likely rip out the screws and chip the door panel.
Reply:There isn%26#039;t anything you should be trying to hit inside the door so don%26#039;t worry about that. But for me I like things like that to be on the inside, I just like the cleaner look once everything is shut. Hope this helps you out.



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