How to Install Shelf Brackets Using Drywall Anchors

Video Transcript

"Hey, it’s Dominic with expertvillage.com and in this segment we’re going to actually install the brackets into the dry wall. Now we talked about using three different types of anchors depending on what we’re using. For installing into a pantry typically I would take the 90 lbs. anchor and put those at the top and then I will follow on with the 50 lb. anchors and may be remove it down into the 30 lbs. because you know that groceries and cans and stuff that can get heavy that can get up to a couple of 100 lbs. depending on the size of the shelf and depending on what food is actually you know what you have in there. In this case I’m installing some brackets just so that I could put Play Station, couple of DVD players, VCR, couple common...may be some DVDs. So I don’t really need the heavy duty guys, I’m just going to do this with the 30 lb. anchors. So I have already made my hole here for my first bracket bar so basically get your drill Philip’s tip, it has got a Philip’s head in there they all do and it’s actually… it acts just like a screw you push the anchor into the wall a little bit give a little power and you just drill forward and it self drills itself and when it gets pretty snug you want to kind of stop, you don’t want to strip this because if it strips then you’re not in very good shape because then it’s going to come right out of the wall. So right now a fit snug, you have torques on your drill so you wouldn’t accidentally strip it but I have been doing this for a long time so I’m really I know I can get a feel for it so the first one is in there. So now what you do is you take your screw, you put it through the first hole of your bracket and you screw this into the wall, not very strong, very light so it’s light enough to where it holds it in place but you can move it left and right so that you can get the other anchors in there. So in this case we’re going to make sure that our thing hangs low and our bracket hangs low and it does. So in the next segment we’re going to install the rest of these things so stay tuned for the continuation of the anchors in the wall. "