"Rory Deol" wrote in message
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I am new to any construction yet I am determined. What I want to do is
install hungarian shelves
http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/0F...6001143E7E506/
in my basement. The basement is concrete and the house is over 160 yrs
old but in excellent condition. My question is essentially how do I
secure the shelves into the wall? What kind of material will I need? I
have to ask though that you use simple terminology as I am not familiar
at all with building lingo. Thanks in advance.

Unless the walls are perfectly flat and plumb, you may have problems with
any mounting system. Putting them directly on the concrete meat drilling
for anchors and it old concrete, that can be a major job.

Look for a better system of shelves or put some sort of framing on the wall
and mount to that.