How To Mount Floating Shelf On Masonry Wall

Decide on your shelf placement.

How to mount floating shelf on masonry wall.

This section of wood will be what the open back part of your shelf slides onto to keep it on the wall. If you are placing your mantel up high use a ladder so that you can work without having to stretch. We recently installed some floating shelves on a concrete block wall using a system i have been wanting to try for some time now and found it worked very well. This is how i do it and the video is for education ente.

Using a level draw a discreet line in pencil across the wall to ensure that your shelf will sit straight. Your wall is most likely either masonry brick or hollow plasterboard drywall. Cut a 2x2 piece of wood long enough to fit inside your floating shelves. Place your bracket where you want it on the wall and use your pencil to make marks under the corners.

Hello all my first video is a how to guide for mounting a wall shelf unit from a big box store. In this example the wall is a typical exterior wall for homes in florida. The tip of the fastener will pass through the hole in the support bracket and. Measure and mark the spaces on the wall on both ends of where you want the shelf to go.

Use a level to make sure that the shelf is straight and then mark the location. Installing a floating shelf is easy when you follow our guide check your wall type. Use the hand drill to drill pilot holes into the wall for the anchors. Concrete block faced with rigid foam plus 3 4 furring and plaster over gypsum lath.