You may consider using a smaller size than 12 inch bolt and achieve a suitable result. The wall-mounted shelf units I designed now on their 3rd redesign are 48 wide and heavy built mostly with 2 x 10s. MO have you ever thought of Conformat screws for this. The bolts must be at least 2-inches longer than the width of cleat for example the width of a 2x4 piece of lumber is 1 12 inches so the bolts will be minimum of 3 12 inches long. D Floating Decorative Shelves Set of. A 12 inch lag into the edge of a stud has to be very carefully centered on the stud. In this video I go over how I personally made my own floating shelf that was strong enough to do pull ups on and it was cheap. Cut off the heads of the bolts. 6 24x12 dock floats. If you have a horizontal boring machine you could start the holes in the shelves with that then finish them by hand.
Model HDCAE36W 282 24 97. W x 102 in. For hollow walls such as wall board an excellent type of screwwall anchor combination is the E-Z Anchor line of self-tapping anchors and screws see Resources below. Each floating shelf supports cleat must be straight as an arrow. D Floating Decorative Shelves Set of. Find the studs in the wall. Remove the old mantel. Get it as soon as Mon Aug 23. Slide them over the bolts. As the mounting plate is not exposed and behind drywall we recommend using lag bolts to install it.
Cut off the heads of the bolts. Our traditional Floating Shelf Brackets deliver true floating shelves. Less head super strong and you can still drive them with an allen key after grinding the head a bit. Floating Dock Hardware is heavy-duty galvanized commercial grade hardw. If the shelf isnt dropping down fully to level it may slowly settle over the next few weeks but if its drastic you can very slightly bend the bolts down. Drill matching holes in the shelves. I use lag bolts pre-drill as straight as you can drive the lags as far in as you want cut off the heads then use a piece of pipe to bend them perfectly level and square to the wall. My plan is to make floating shelves using 12 by 10 lag bolts. Dirve 12 lag bolts into the stud leaving enough sticking out to almost equal the width of the shelf. W x 10 in.
A 12 inch lag into the edge of a stud has to be very carefully centered on the stud. Consider safety factors regarding shelves that can simply pull off the wall mounted studs. Material List for all lumber required by customer to be purchased by customer locally and Instructions Diagrams. The bracket is completely invisible and only the shelf is exposed. Ill drill guide holes into studs and screw in the lag bolts to the a depth of about 3 then cut the heads off the bolts. It cost me about 30 max for. If the shelf isnt dropping down fully to level it may slowly settle over the next few weeks but if its drastic you can very slightly bend the bolts down. A 4 x 24 inch shelf cannot get too much stuff on it. For hollow walls such as wall board an excellent type of screwwall anchor combination is the E-Z Anchor line of self-tapping anchors and screws see Resources below. Add support by drilling holes for lag shields then install lag bolts into the brick.
