Impressive How To Fit Floating Shelves
Step by Step Building Instructions How to Hang Floating Shelves Without Brackets Photo1.
How to fit floating shelves. Using a pencil mark the top left fixing hole so that you know where to drill. Complete the DIY install When designing the GoShelf system inventor Ian Stefenack aimed to make the installation process as easy as. Align these holes with holes on backplate tubes and drive small screws through the holes untill shelf is secure to backplate.
Clamp a straight edge to get a perfect cut with a circular saw. To gain maximum stability and load capacity this floating shelf should be installed in studs. A GoShelf can float at any grout line with no need to remove existing wall tile.
Firstly take your bracket and position it on the wall in the location that you want your shelf. If thats not an option drywall anchors can also be used to add strength. Its best to screw the cleat into a wall stud which can be found using a stud finder.
Cut the 1-by-2-inch strip into three pieces one as long as the length of the panels and two as long as the width. Using a level draw a discreet line in pencil across the wall to ensure that your shelf will sit straight. Cut a 2x2 piece of wood long enough to fit inside your floating shelves.
For floating shelves like this Id stay under 200mm deep. Level as your guide. If you dont have clamps screw a straight piece of timber to the part you are going to cut off.
In this video I show you how to hang some hidden anchor floating shelves. Most people use either 2x4s or 2x4s for the wall mount back brace. I wanted to use a 1x3 25 as the thickness and a 1x6 55 for the shelf but I was unsure if my.