When looking for extra storage space in a garage basement or out building wall shelving can often be your best option.
Putting up shelves on concrete walls.
This tutorial and guidance video demonstrates the process of how to put up a shelf giving you extra storage and adding a focal point to plain walls.
Next hold up one of your mounting brackets at the desired height and mark the bracket s screw holes on the wall making sure that the holes are in line with the studs.
A typical modern house has walls of drywall over wooden studs on which you can use drywall anchors to add shelving.
Have a vacuum or better yet a shop vac nearby to suck up all that cement or brick dust.
To put up shelves pick out an open spot along the wall use a stud finder to locate 2 wall studs and lightly mark the 2 spots with a pencil.
Shelving can change the look and warmth to an otherwise stark industrial looking concrete wall.
Older homes may have walls of wood.
Attaching a shelf to a concrete wall is a great way to create space to store things in your home.
How to attach shelving to a cement wall.
Adhesive hooks come in various sizes and should say how many pounds they will hold.
These hooks have adhesive backings that stick to walls so you don t have to put a hole in the wall.
Weigh the object first so you can pick a hook that will properly support it.
Attaching a shelf to a concrete wall is one of the best options.
When the walls are made of masonry or concrete it may appear to be more difficult to install shelving but through the following steps you can hang shelves directly onto the concrete or masonry wall just as easily as on a wood framed wall.
Choose adhesive hooks for objects up to 8 pounds 3 6 kg.