How To Mount Shelves To A Concrete Wall

Even better the skills learned through this project teach the novice builder the skills required to attach nearly anything to concrete surfaces.

How to mount shelves to a concrete wall.

A typical modern house has walls of drywall over wooden studs on which you can use drywall anchors to add shelving. I got a good deal on some industrial duty steel shelves that i plan to install in my garage. Older homes may have walls of wood. Watch our hang a shelf on a brick wall.

I ll show you how to dr. How to hang shelving brackets on cement block aka cinder block or cmu. If they are near a mortar line or seam in the concrete move the bracket slightly. With a few specialized tools anchoring shelves in concrete becomes easy and quick.

Look at where the mounting holes in the bracket line up. Hold a mounting bracket against the wall so that the top is even with the shelf line at the point you marked for a bracket. Many times you wish you had more space to store things in the basement garage or even on the outside of the wall. Concrete anchors allow the builder to attach shelving to concrete and plaster surfaces.

How to attach shelving to a cement wall. The mounting instructions call for screwing or bolting the shelves to a concrete floor and wall but. In this video i will show you how to drill into brick concrete and cement with a drill and also how to attach fix mount or anchor into a brick concrete or. Just a drill and a piece of wood will.

If not place a small pencil mark at the spot the mounting hole meets the wall. You can also hang a tv mirror shelves using this diy video. I am showing a cheap trick when you don t want to spend the money on expensive dowels or specialized mounting devices. How to drill into concrete to hang a tv shelves racks etc.