Hi
My Daughter has broken one of the floating shelves in her kitchen.
The fixing is the type where a rod is screwed into the wall and the shelf is pushed onto the rods.

This is the type of fixing http://tinyurl.com/onsh8ka

One of the rods has snapped and she had to break the other one to remove the shelf from the wall.
The rods have been glued into the shelf and the broken screw bits are in the wall.

The obvious solution is to drill the shelf holes in a different position and refit the shelf. The rods are about 6inches into the shelf and so the holes have to be very accurately drilled.

What is the best way to accurately drill 6inch deep holes?

Are there any other ways of repairing the shelf?

Thanks

On 05/05/2014 11:12, Chud wrote:
Hi
My Daughter has broken one of the floating shelves in her kitchen.
The fixing is the type where a rod is screwed into the wall and the shelf is pushed onto the rods.

This is the type of fixing http://tinyurl.com/onsh8ka

One of the rods has snapped and she had to break the other one to remove the shelf from the wall.
The rods have been glued into the shelf and the broken screw bits are in the wall.

The obvious solution is to drill the shelf holes in a different position and refit the shelf. The rods are about 6inches into the shelf and so the holes have to be very accurately drilled.

What is the best way to accurately drill 6inch deep holes?

Are there any other ways of repairing the shelf?

Thanks


Good luck with the drilling. Those holes have to be perfectly aligned
for the thing to fit. The one I did could only be hammered to within 5mm
of the wall (I claimed that was deliberate to allow cables etc down the
back :-)). If I were doing it again I would drill oversize holes in the
wall, fill with 2 part filler, and push the shelf home before it set

On 05/05/14 11:12, Chud wrote:
What is the best way to accurately drill 6inch deep holes?

Vertical drilling machine and a jig.

Use the same jig to drill the walls with



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On 05/05/2014 11:12, Chud wrote:
Hi
My Daughter has broken one of the floating shelves in her kitchen.
The fixing is the type where a rod is screwed into the wall and the shelf is pushed onto the rods.

This is the type of fixing http://tinyurl.com/onsh8ka

One of the rods has snapped and she had to break the other one to remove the shelf from the wall.
The rods have been glued into the shelf and the broken screw bits are in the wall.

The obvious solution is to drill the shelf holes in a different position and refit the shelf. The rods are about 6inches into the shelf and so the holes have to be very accurately drilled.

What is the best way to accurately drill 6inch deep holes?

Are there any other ways of repairing the shelf?

Thanks

Chances of getting the holes accurate enough are slim, even fitting that
type of shelf from new is a problem.

Getting two holes at exactly the right distance apart, exactly level on
a crumbly wall is damn near impossible.

Replace the shelf with a new one where the rods are attached to a back
plate. Or fit brackets.

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Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk