Attaching sheves to drywall
 

I just purchased a house that has a garage completely empty...not a
shelf or bench in site...(unlike my last home)...Im headed for some
woodworking...my main project will be putting some shelves up....the
garage is completely drywall..so Im curious how to attach the wooden
2x4's to the drywall so the shevles will be secure and
steady?....thanks from a new woodworker in training.

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says...
my main project will be putting some shelves up....the
garage is completely drywall..so Im curious how to attach the wooden
2x4's to the drywall so the shevles will be secure and
steady

It's not clear what style of shelving you have in mind, but
if your intent is to run the 2x4s horizontally, then 1/4 x 3
1/2" lag bolts and washers will hold them to the studs
nicely. Pre drill the shelving wood to 5/16 and pilot drill
the studs to 3/32. Run the lags in with a drill, snug with
a socket wrench.

Do Not, by the way, attach your shelving to just the sheet
rock.
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Mark

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Mr.Breeze wrote:

I just purchased a house that has a garage completely empty...not a
shelf or bench in site...(unlike my last home)...Im headed for some
woodworking...my main project will be putting some shelves up....the
garage is completely drywall..so Im curious how to attach the wooden
2x4's to the drywall so the shevles will be secure and
steady?....thanks from a new woodworker in training.

Get a stud finder and locate the wood or steel studs behind the drywall, and
fasten your shelf supports to those. Don't count on drywall to hold any
load heavier than a picture. Heck, don't even _count_ on it to hold
that--if the picture's valuable either put it over a stud or run a board
between two studs behind it.

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On 15 Aug 2004 17:19:43 -0700, (Mr.Breeze)
wrote:

I just purchased a house that has a garage completely empty...not a
shelf or bench in site...(unlike my last home)...Im headed for some
woodworking...my main project will be putting some shelves up....the
garage is completely drywall..so Im curious how to attach the wooden
2x4's to the drywall so the shevles will be secure and
steady?....thanks from a new woodworker in training.

Assuming you're in the USA, that drywall is almost certainly attached
to vertical 2x4 wood studs on 16" or possibly 24" centers.

Buy a studfinder for $10 and mark the locations of the studs on the
areas where you want your shelves.

Screw your shelf supports to those with lag bolts. Be sure to drill
correct pilot holes in the supports for the screws you're using.

HTH
Mike
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Mr.Breeze wrote:

I just purchased a house that has a garage completely empty...not a
shelf or bench in site...(unlike my last home)...Im headed for some
woodworking...my main project will be putting some shelves up....the
garage is completely drywall..so Im curious how to attach the wooden
2x4's to the drywall so the shevles will be secure and
steady?....thanks from a new woodworker in training.

Um, same way you do INSIDE. To studs.

But consider cabinetry as your first project.

Greetings and Salutations.

On 15 Aug 2004 17:19:43 -0700, (Mr.Breeze)
wrote:

I just purchased a house that has a garage completely empty...not a
shelf or bench in site...(unlike my last home)...Im headed for some
woodworking...my main project will be putting some shelves up....the
garage is completely drywall..so Im curious how to attach the wooden
2x4's to the drywall so the shevles will be secure and
steady?....thanks from a new woodworker in training.

Well, unless life has gotten really strange, there SHOULD
be 2x studs behind the drywall. Find where the drywall is screwed
to the studs and put YOUR lag bolts on the same line.
Regards
Dave Mundt

On 15 Aug 2004 17:19:43 -0700, (Mr.Breeze)
wrote:

I just purchased a house that has a garage completely empty...not a
shelf or bench in site...(unlike my last home)...Im headed for some
woodworking...my main project will be putting some shelves up....the
garage is completely drywall..so Im curious how to attach the wooden
2x4's to the drywall so the shevles will be secure and
steady?....thanks from a new woodworker in training.


You do not attach shelves to drywall. At least not shelves
you want to put anything on. Drywall is nothing more than power and
paper.

You attach shelves through drywall to the studs. Three-inch
screws do this well.



Peter

On 15 Aug 2004 17:19:43 -0700, (Mr.Breeze)
calmly ranted:

I just purchased a house that has a garage completely empty...not a
shelf or bench in site...(unlike my last home)...Im headed for some
woodworking...my main project will be putting some shelves up....the
garage is completely drywall..so Im curious how to attach the wooden
2x4's to the drywall so the shevles will be secure and
steady?....thanks from a new woodworker in training.

Get a stud finder.
Find and mark the studs.
Attach your standards/brackets there.


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(mike) wrote in message . com...
In cases
where there is no stud, such as the end of a shelf beteen studs, use
an EZ anchor.

I just don't trust anything that threads into drywall. I've hadd molys
and EZ anchors rattle out fairly frequently. I much prefer toggle
bolts in the case where studs are unavailable, which I've never seen
fail. Plus, they allow some fudge room since the hole is bigger than
the bolt:
http://www.cabinetmart.com/66-TBxxx.gif

-Mike

"Mike Reed" wrote in message
om...
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| I just don't trust anything that threads into drywall.

I agree. Drywall should not be depended on to carry any load except for its
own and a couple of coats of paint. I've seen every fancy doo-dad designed
to enable drywall to bear the weight of something else, at some point tear
an obnoxious hole in it. Unfortunately that includes toggle bolts, even
though I agree they're the best attempt. If you've absolutely got to put
something between studs, fasten a furring strip between the studs and put
your object on that.

--Jay