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Hanging Shelves
By: Mark J. Donovan
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Hanging shelves is a fairly straight
forward job. However, if the shelf is to support more than a few pounds you
should make sure that you secure the Shelf or Shelf brackets to studs. The studs
are the vertical members sitting behind the sheet rock. Typically they are made
out of either wood or metal.
The trick is finding the studs. Typically they are on 16" center and can be
found using a stud finder (a magnetic device that can identify where the nails
are associated with securing the sheetrock to the stud). |
Once you have found a stud, measure in increments of 16" the span that you want
to have between the shelf brackets. Also measure how high off the floor you want
to have the shelves sit. Secure the brackets to the studs via screws or nails.
Then secure the shelves to the brackets. Sometimes the Shelves can be screwed
to the back. Other shelf/bracket combinations have a snap in lock mechanism to
ensure the shelf does not fall off the bracket.
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