How To Mount Besta Shelf To Wall

Ikea sells suspension rails made especially for the besta and they have several holes for attaching it directly to a stud.

How to mount besta shelf to wall.

The cabinets themselves are very plain. 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. Mount ikea besta cabinets. It s got three adjustable shelves and it s measurements are 60x40x64 cm.

We wall mounted it and added the glass front doors you can choose from a variety of doors the plain melamine ones are what people normally use. The brackets helped to ensure that everything was lined up properly. To mount the cabinets to the wall i used the besta suspension rail 101 245 85 above to keep things simple. Large and heavy furniture can topple over causing harm to people and damage to your home.

Drill the suspension rail into the wall using the anchor screws and regular screws. It was easy to set the shelves on top of each other and click the little metal brackets into place. It is good practice to firmly attach the top of tall and bulky fur. We triple checked to see if the suspension rails were level.

Make sure suspension rails are level. Mount ikea besta cabinets using the bolts that came with the installation kit. Blue besta cabinets hanging on the wall. This rail simple screws to the back of the besta cabinets and then mates to another section of the rail that you have mounted to studs in the wall similar to a french cleat.

Show you installation process in time lapse video. The shelf weighs 50lbs by itself and when full of books it s too heavy to hang on the drywall with hollow wall fasteners.