Timeline for Molly bolt weight limits for wall shelving (no access to the 2x4's in the wall behind drywall)
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| Jun 10, 2022 at 16:34 | vote | accept | Adrien | ||
| Jun 10, 2022 at 16:28 | vote | accept | Adrien | ||
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| Jun 10, 2022 at 16:10 | comment | added | Aloysius Defenestrate | Would you consider a 1x4, painted out wall color, across the bottom of the standards? That could be properly attached to the studs, and would bear just about any amount of weight. The molly bolts would then be perfectly adequate. | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 14:23 | comment | added | Graham Nye | 'I'm guessing [the studs] jumped from 16" to 24".' Why guess? Get a stud finder and check. Then attach your uprights to the studs. Some unevenly spaced uprights partially hidden by books will look better than a heap of books on the floor covered in broken drywall. (I installed a wall full of skirting board to ceiling bookshelves (fully loaded) supported by uprights attached to the studs. They've stayed up for several years.) | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 12:07 | comment | added | crip659 | I would have less concern if they were sitting on the floor for some support of the weight, but total weight on just drywall would a big no-no for me. At least have the two ends anchored to studs. | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 11:28 | comment | added | jay613 | I think what's more likely than just randomly switching from 16 to 24 OC studs is just a shift in the stud positioning to avoid some obstacle in the wall. | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 11:26 | comment | added | jay613 | I wouldn't worry so much about consistent rail spacing. These aren't the most beautiful shelves in the world, no offense, and they'll be covered in books and stuff. I would find a stud in the general vicinity of the right hand end of the shelving, regardless of its spacing from the others, I'd use thicker shelves, and then most of the intermediate rails would be redundant. – | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 11:22 | comment | added | crip659 | My thinking is the more expensive the object, the more I want to anchor to studs. I would not trust drywall itself to hold more weight than one anchor. It is basically chalk held together with paper. | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 7:02 | answer | added | DIY75 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 6:08 | history | asked | Adrien | CC BY-SA 4.0 |