Choose the location where you d like to attach the shelf.
How to make basement shelves concrete wall.
Anthony started by making the actual frame for each shelf.
We ripped down the 4 x 8.
Place a pencil mark where each shelf will start and use a 4 foot.
How to install shelves on a brick or concrete wall.
Hold the first shelf bracket over a set of concrete anchors and align the bracket s holes with the concrete anchors.
Be sure to use 2 to 3 inch long screws and be sure they are attached to the wall framing studs if you have concrete then use a powder actuated ramset gun.
Drive a screw through each of the bracket s screw holes and into the concrete anchors.
Use a hammer drill with a 1 4 inch mason bit or an electric drill with the same bit to.
Change the drill to the driver setting.
Step 2 take measurements.
I can build anything but do not have much concrete experience.
Insert a concrete anchor into each hole.
Measure out the rough height at which you plan to install each shelf.
Your first step is to determine what things will be stored on your utility shelves as this is going to impact how you hang them.
Step 3 mark every 24 inches.
This picture only shows one middle bracing for the shelving support but he went back through and added two more on each side for extra support.
Step 4 mount holes.
Step 1 pick a location.
How to attach a shelf to a concrete wall.
Have a vacuum or better yet a shop vac nearby to suck up all that cement or brick dust.
What i do when i m drilling into cement or brick is i have the vacuum hose right next to the drill bit.
This shelf is on three sides of the basement.
The weight will determine the number of concrete wall anchors that you will to make sure the shelves are properly supported preventing them from pulling free of the wall or falling down.
Keep in mind when you are hanging shelves on a concrete wall you re going to have to drill into the cement and that is going to create a lot of dust.
Basement walls of cinder block brick or even poured concrete can be transformed pretty quickly and simply with a coat of paint.
Be sure to use plenty of screws every 12 inches should work fine.
Screw a 2 3 under the front edge of each shelf.
I would like to remove the shelf on one side and pour a new footing and foundation wall and add a couple of window wells.
Does anyone have any experience with removal of a basement shelf like this.