How to Install a Five-Foot Shelf
Shelves are useful in many applications, particularly in areas that you use for storage, like garages, basements and outbuildings. Putting up a shelf depends on several factors, of which the length of the shelf is one. When installing a 5-foot shelf, it's important to ensure that the shelf has proper support through the entire length. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Pencil
- Level
- Tape measure
- Shelf brackets
- Drill
- Wall anchors with screws
- Shelf brackets
- Screwdriver
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Instructions
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Make a mark on the wall at the location where you want the center of the shelf to be.
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Place a level at the mark and center the bubble. Measure out from the level and make marks at 10 and 25 inches from each side of the center marking.
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Place a shelf mounting bracket at each of the locations and mark the mounting screw hole locations on the wall with a pencil.
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Drill holes into each of the marked locations and insert the proper wall anchor, depending on the wall's construction.
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Line up the brackets with the wall anchors and attach the brackets with screws through the mounting holes and into the anchors.
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Place the shelf onto the brackets. Attach the shelf to each bracket with a single screw through the hole in the underside of the bracket.
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References
- Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated; Editors of The Family Handyman
