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Securing floating shelves

Posted by David Carrara, on Sun 08 Oct 2017 06:39pm

I want to hang a few floating shelves and some are heavy. Ranging from 8x2 to 9x4 and could span at 1.5m. I have made them in the past with 3x2 and just made a cover from 5x1 but I have alot of odd shaped timber and as my house is a old cottage I think it will look good. What is best to way of hanging them? I have never used it but was thinking of like a metal rod screwed into the wall secured with some of resin adhesive? Would that work? How would you do it if you where hanging them?

Wayne Hopkin

Sun 08 Oct 2017 08:39pm

Sounds a good idea just use at least m10 or bigger and anything thing over a 2 m span I would use at least 3 rods to prevent sagging. Plus make sure rod is a good 100mm or more in wall.

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