Hoe Do You Mount The Besta Shelf To The Wall

Mounting holes were pre drilled with a counter sink bit.

Hoe do you mount the besta shelf to the wall.

We used the suspension rails to trace a line where it will be mounted. Plastic part was melted so used a knife to trim it off. Jen tries to go carpet shopping but fails miserably. Previous vlog our 2nd q a.

It has plenty of holes so there s always a hole over a stud. Also use the stud finder to search for any live wires. It has plenty of holes so there s always a hole over a stud. While waiting for the paint to dry kallax was prepared to be mounted to the wall.

The bestå suspension rail makes it easier and safer to mount a bestå frame to your wall. The bestå suspension rail makes it easier and safer to mount a bestå frame to your wall. After clicking the shelves into place we could rock the top shelf backward and insert little double sided sticky foam pads to keep the top shelf from sliding around. The rail screws into the wall studs and gives extra reinforcement.

All of my besta units are screwed together as they are not the to unit but individual cases. You can easily hang several frames next to each other and align them at the exact same height thanks to the included connector. In this video you ll see how to install an ikea besta cabinet to a wall. Next it was time to anchor the shelves into the wall.

Similar to when we were installing our townhouse s kitchen cabinets ikea provides a rail system on which to anchor the shelves. 5th june 2016 chris wall mounts some besta units from ikea. You can easily hang several frames next to each other and align them at the exact same height thanks to the included connector. The instructions that come with ikea products can sometimes be a little confusing.

Then i ve kept the back plates on drilled through these into the wall and attached with bolts 4x as long as the ones supplied and i ve used resin to ensure it super strong and secure in the wall. The solution is to buy a couple of 4 steel corner braces home depot probably elsewhere and attach them in the upper corners of the unit see photo. Tapped plastic screw sleeves into all holes so that it expands inside the material of kallax walls. The shelf weighs 50lbs by itself and when full of books it s too heavy to hang on the drywall with hollow wall fasteners.