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Terry W. Terry W. is offline
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Default Fixing Shelves to Plasterboard Walls

I want to fix some shelving to plasterboard walls. Internal walls in a
modern house.
The shelving I want to use is the adjustable type - strips of metal into
which brackets are slotted.
The shelves will hold books, paper etc. some quite heavy.

According to the stud detector i've used, the studs behind the plasterboard
are in totally the wrong places to screw the metal strips to - that is if
the weight is going to be distributed evenly.

Can someone please off me advice as to what kind of fixings I need to hold
the strips to the plasterboard wall and what kind of weight i can put on
them. I need one set of 6' shelves (3 shelves) and one set of 4' (3
shelves).

I thank you in anticipation.


Terry W.