Questions tagged [shelving]
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Can a 36" shelf be supported by two brackets spaced 32" apart? [closed]
I am installing 36" wide, 24" deep metal wire shelves in a garage closet. There will be 4 shelves installed on top of each other. Specifically, I am installing these Fleximount shelves in ...
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In what orientation should this L-bracket be when hanging shelves?
I have a few L-brackets for hanging shelves. The brackets are asymmetric, where one L arm is longer than the other, just like a real "L" (similar to this).
Is there a preferred or recommended way ...
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How to hang over-the-sink drying rack/shelving from the inside wall behind overhead cabinet? (Rental-friendly suggestions needed)
As a former New Yorker who's never earned much, I thought I knew tiny kitchens. My current apartment, located far away in Texas (admittedly, downtown & in a big city), proved me wrong. While ...
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Can a walnut veneer be glued onto white melamine board?
I have some adjustable wall shelves I am installing on my wall. I am using the double slotted standards and adjustable brackets. See photo of the wall standards in place. After pricing out solid ...
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Please “weigh in” on my shelf weight question
I have two 2”h x 15”w x 2.5”d acrylic shelves to hang in my bathroom (almost zero storage for things I use daily—pedestal sink with no counter and a tiny medicine cabinet.)
Studs are 16” apart but ...
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Will my shelf be strong enough despite one of the brackets being in drywall anchors?
I just put up some shelves using brackets from Home Depot and Canadian Tire. You can see them in the image below. The brackets themselves are rated for much more weight than I'm putting on them (like ...
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How can I build pull-down shelving for kitchen appliances? [closed]
We have a small kitchen and small appliances take up space needed for other tasks when they're not being used. I'd like to build some pull-down shelves that use a spring, pneumatic or similar ...
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Shelving small closets - only 1 stud in each wall
I have 2 small pantry/closets, both about 22"x22" with small lips by the opening. I want to install some shelving in these closets, ideally ones that I can easily change the height of as ...
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How can I take apart a bookshelf?
I am trying to take apart the bookshelf in the photo (I need to be able to transport it in the car). I have undone the screws, but additionally it seesm to have nails and potentially glue. Is there a ...
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is bottom support or top support for a shelf better?
I am building a "railing" from 2x4 lumber that will sit 13 inches off of a wall by 6 foot across/wide. The rails will need to hold approximately 150 lbs spread roughly equally across the 6 ...
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Is it safe to use drywall anchors for a heavy bookshelf between two studs?
I want to put a bookshelf (heavy load) in a small alcove where I have access to three studs, two 11" apart (left side) and the other two 28" apart (right side).
I would like to mount ...
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Mounting a bathroom mirror cabinet with only one stud near top-center
I'm trying to mount a mirror cabinet over my sink. It weighs about 40lbs with the mirror doors attached and has a cross bar at the top for mounting: https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/enhet-mirror-cb-with-2-...
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Worn out shelf holes
I've just moved into an apartment that has really nice IKEA-style (or possibly IKEA) kitchen cabinets, in great shape, but some of the holes to hold up the shelves are worn out. Surely this has ...
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Are these shelves installed properly, or are they damaging the drywall?
We hired a handy person to mount some IKEA wall shelving a week ago. We haven't put anything on the shelves yet because the drywall around some of the screws appears to be bubbling/flaking. Not all, ...
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Center Support for Closet Rod
Hi all I'm new to home improvement but I need some help on my closet. I have a closet that's roughly 8 feet so I'm aware I will need some kind of support in the middle. I was wondering if there is any ...
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I want to add a shelf bracket to a sagging wooden shelf. What types of screws and wall anchors should I use?
Image: https://ibb.co/n0Bgz6D
I've been told to use wood screws but I'm confused if the wood screws go into the wall or should those be drywall screws. Also what anchor and what size of stew should I ...
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Conversion from wood stud hardware to metal stud/toggle bolts?
I currently am looking to install some shelf mounts that come with #10x1.8 in screws to drill into wood studs. Two mounts have a 55 lb weight capacity. Our walls have metal studs, so I need to use ...
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Should I mount brackets to the wall or the shelves first?
I've planning to mount some shelves using these IKEA Lerberg brackets
Should I mount them to the wall or the shelf first?
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How can I mitigate water contact with a 2x4 screwed into concrete floor?
In my unfinished basement I am going to be installing some cantilever shelving along the walls. Basically using 2x4's attached to the joists, with a carriage bolt, and to the floor... likely using a ...
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Why are boards like 2x4's orientated longer-side vertical when used as braces for free-standing shelves?
Most shelves and workbenches I see all have the same orientation for their horizontal boards (as in, the braces for a shelf or the edges of a workbench, holding up plywood or other horizontal surface)....
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Are shims alone sufficient for leveling out a shelving unit?
I have an IKEA Kallax unit (3x4) that I plan to place in a room of my house that unfortunately is not level. Right now, I've placed some wood shims underneath the downslope side (~1" difference) ...
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Pressure-treated wood truly necessary for basement furring strips?
Best practice described everywhere is to use pressure-treated wood when the wood will be in contact with concrete. In general, that makes great sense, especially when framing to finish a basement with ...
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Hanging IKEA Kungsfors shelving system on drywall
I'm hoping to hang two sections of IKEA's Kungsfors system on drywall in our kitchen. It'll be about twice as tall as the one in the link (two sections), but since they're independent of each other ...
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Total Noob - Hanging Heavy Wooden Shelves [closed]
I'm a complete noob, but I'm hoping to learn!
I've purchased 2 wooden slabs that I had the carpenter cut into 4 long shelves. They're cherry, and heavy. But I think they look great.
The gentleman I ...
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Is it okay to install floating shelves in a reinforced beam/column?
So, this is the reinforced concrete beam and column. Was wondering if it will cause any problems on the building if I installed floating shelves in them.
And in the case that there are water/electric ...
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Wall Shelves mounted on wood in garage
I want to take the ugly standing shelves in my garage to place wall shelves up and give me floor space back and make the garage look nicer. The previous owner put a lot of screws in the that wall, ...
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Adding a shelf in a laundry closet that can support a 150lb clothes dryer
I'm considering adding a shelf in our laundry closet to hold our 150 pound clothes dryer, as an alternative to the massive hassle (e.g. here and here) of moving a 300+ pound vertical washer+dryer ...
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How can I attach wooden shelf to a ShelfTrack bracket? [closed]
So, I am planning to do 3 16" shelves mounted on a ShelfTrack system side-by-side for my in-wardrobe storage area. Material for the shelves is probably going to be standard 3/4" pine or ...
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Can I hang shelves on a shear wall without hitting studs?
I have about .5" of what I believe is a shear wall behind .5" drywall in my apartment. I have one side of the shelf tracks fastened to a stud (but only using 1.5" screws, so only .5&...
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How to remove a wall bracket for retail shelving?
This is a support bracket for a retail shelf. It's super tight and I am unable to remove. Most just lift up and remove that way, this one won't lift up. How do I remove it?
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Are these screws / anchors good enough for mounting this decorative shelf on drywall?
See the images below. Are these small screws suitable for mounting this on drywall? If not, what should I be using?
I have two of these decorative shelves that are intended to display a few kids’ ...
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Scribing bookcase to wall
I will be building a bookcase in the near future, fairly simple construction (I hope) with 3 shelves.
I'm wanting to have this flush up against a wall (as you would), however the wall in question is......
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Anchor identification for custom shelving
Rookie hardware question: my father built our kids some custom shelves and gave me several sets of these wall anchors/bolts to install them. I know this is a wall anchor system but looks significantly ...
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How to attach cat shelves to cement wall that already has nail heads
Whoever owned my home before me put some nails in the mortar between what look like cinderblocks of some kind in my basement. Hence they're stuck pretty securely. I expect they could hold a lot of ...
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Freestanding Shelves Stability
I recently built this set of shelves for my basement. Because of the insulated walls I do not plan to anchor them.
The shelves are not as solid as I hoped. After doing some research, I think one main ...
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L Shaped floating shelf of custom length
I need to get an L-shaped floating shelf of custom length. It shall go into the corner where my WFH desk exists. Most floating shelves I get are quite small. I need something that is 1m on one side ...
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Design a frame for shelves in an alcove? [closed]
My previous small studio apartment had a useful cupboard, as pictured -- the only storage space, used for:
Clothes
Empty suitcases
Small boxes
Now I want a design for a similar one, to fit the new ...
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Type of screws for 2x4 shelves and benches
I am making some shelves and workshop benches out of 2x4 and OSB, just the standard type you see in a lot of garages/workshops. I want them to be sturdy and support a good amount of weight.
My ...
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Floating shelf: Rounded vs. Rectangular brackets?
What are the pros and cons of each option?
I guess the rounded one means the diameter of the hole in the wall should be very big, while no difficult affixing is required on the shelf, you just drill a ...
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Can this wall support books on track shelving? [closed]
I would like to install a track shelving system on a wall to hold books, and want to ensure that the setup could hold the load safely (and also not destroy the wall). I’ve found mixed info* and am ...
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How to "float" a large desk (3000mm x 720mm x 40mm) between walls
I am setting up a home office at the moment in a 3m wide room and like the idea of having a desk "float" from one side of the room to the other. I am basing on this guide.
For my desk I'm going to ...
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Do I need a back for a 96"x20"x12" garage shelf?
I am building an adjustable shelf 96"x20"x12" (hxwxd) adjacent on both sides to an inside wall corner, anchored to cinder-block wall - does it need a back?
Since this will be kind of ...
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L shaped shelf pin -can it be installed in the reversed position?
This is the pin that I am asking about
If you install it like in the picture there will be a gap between the edge of the shelf and the side panel of the bookcase.
I would like to install it with the ...
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How can I mount a shelf between two cabinets with no damage?
I'm hoping to add shelf of sorts above my sink between the existing cabinets. I'm in a rental, and I don't want to do any damage to the cabinets, so that rules out any nails or drilling in order to ...
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How can I remove the screws under the pegs on a coat rack?
I cannot figure out how this shelf is hung. The old man that built it said that I could “do pull ups on it” when I moved in, now I’m understanding why. Initially thought that the screws at the top ...
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Securing a glass set of shelves to a glass wall
I need to "baby-proof" this corner glass bracket by securing it to the glass walls of the balcony, at each of its 3 levels.
Since there are no holes through which to pass any rope/wire, I ...
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What is the ideal distance between supports of a shelf?
I've got 122x25x1cm and 61x25x1cm plywood boards that I want to use to make shelves for books and tools.
I'll use 2 supports for each size of board and I'd like to know how far apart they should be. ...
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Is it a bad idea to use steel wall shelf brackets in bathrooms?
I'm replacing some wonky floating shelves in the bathroom. I've previously used this kind of steel wall shelf bracket, but is it a bad idea to put steel brackets in a bathroom that's regularly used ...
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Heavy bookshelves into a dab and dot plasterboard with brick behind it
I'm putting up heavy-duty book shelves up in a very long alcove. My problem is that I've discovered it's a dab and dot (dry lining) plasterboard that covers up old brick, which I've never installed on ...
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Stop water pooling on a shower pocket shelf?
I have just moved into a new place and the walk in shower has a great, but flat, pocket shelf cut into the back wall. However the water pools after every shower which requires me to pick up all the ...
