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Load bearing wall
What's the rule of thumb for installing shelving on a load bearing wall,
inside a house built in the early 1940's? In particular, two 10x48 shelves will be mounted to three brackets on the wall, around 8 and 20 inches off the ground. I'm unsure of the wall's construction (?), and am having great difficulty finding any studs using a Zircon. Perhaps, I'd have better luck finding the studs with some powerful earth magnets. The wall appears fairly strong, but is it enough to hold 2 shelves containing 80 lbs. each? Any suggestions? Thanks, john |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:22:00 GMT, "John Covington"
wrote: What's the rule of thumb for installing shelving on a load bearing wall, inside a house built in the early 1940's? In particular, two 10x48 shelves will be mounted to three brackets on the wall, around 8 and 20 inches off the ground. I'm unsure of the wall's construction (?), and am having great difficulty finding any studs using a Zircon. Perhaps, I'd have better luck finding the studs with some powerful earth magnets. The wall appears fairly strong, but is it enough to hold 2 shelves containing 80 lbs. each? Any suggestions? Thanks, john You may get surprised. My house has had many additions over the years. The original building had brick walls. Now there is a solid brick wall running half-way thru the middle of the house. We uncovered a small portion to take a look. Joe |
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"Joe" wrote in message ... On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:22:00 GMT, "John Covington" wrote: What's the rule of thumb for installing shelving on a load bearing wall, inside a house built in the early 1940's? In particular, two 10x48 shelves will be mounted to three brackets on the wall, around 8 and 20 inches off the ground. I'm unsure of the wall's construction (?), and am having great difficulty finding any studs using a Zircon. Perhaps, I'd have better luck finding the studs with some powerful earth magnets. The wall appears fairly strong, but is it enough to hold 2 shelves containing 80 lbs. each? Any suggestions? Thanks, john You may get surprised. My house has had many additions over the years. The original building had brick walls. Now there is a solid brick wall running half-way thru the middle of the house. We uncovered a small portion to take a look. Joe Right, I believe it to be a solid brick wall. In fact there's a nail in the wall holding a picture frame, and it's remarkably held in place like glue. I just wasn't sure how common brick bearing walls were back then. But again, these houses seemed to be built to last. Anyway, thanks for the information. |
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If it is brick load bearing it is double brick hopefully with ties in
between and isn't going anywhere. New constuction is mostly brick veneer with 1 layer of brick in front of a framed structure. "John Covington" wrote in message ... "Joe" wrote in message ... On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:22:00 GMT, "John Covington" wrote: What's the rule of thumb for installing shelving on a load bearing wall, inside a house built in the early 1940's? In particular, two 10x48 shelves will be mounted to three brackets on the wall, around 8 and 20 inches off the ground. I'm unsure of the wall's construction (?), and am having great difficulty finding any studs using a Zircon. Perhaps, I'd have better luck finding the studs with some powerful earth magnets. The wall appears fairly strong, but is it enough to hold 2 shelves containing 80 lbs. each? Any suggestions? Thanks, john You may get surprised. My house has had many additions over the years. The original building had brick walls. Now there is a solid brick wall running half-way thru the middle of the house. We uncovered a small portion to take a look. Joe Right, I believe it to be a solid brick wall. In fact there's a nail in the wall holding a picture frame, and it's remarkably held in place like glue. I just wasn't sure how common brick bearing walls were back then. But again, these houses seemed to be built to last. Anyway, thanks for the information. |
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