How To Hang Shelf On Concrete Block Wall

With over five years of experience professionally mounting and installing objects through his company jason s handyman services jason s work includes working with mounting window ac units designing art gallery walls installing kitchen cabinets and replacing.

How to hang shelf on concrete block wall.

Attaching a shelf to a concrete wall is one of the best options. Just a drill and a piece of wood will. When looking for extra storage space in a garage basement or out building wall shelving can often be your best option. What i do when i m drilling into cement or brick is i have the vacuum hose right next to the drill bit.

Many times you wish you had more space to store things in the basement garage or even on the outside of the wall. The thought of fastening a simple set of shelves to rock hard concrete might dismay the average do it yourselfer. 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. Keep in mind when you are hanging shelves on a concrete wall you re going to have to drill into the cement and that is going to create a lot of dust.

With a few specialized tools anchoring shelves in concrete becomes easy and quick. I am showing a cheap trick when you don t want to spend the money on expensive dowels or specialized mounting devices. The adhesive hooks are an outstanding solution because they don t require we drill holes in the wall. This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls.

While most adhesive hooks are strong enough to keep your pictures on the wall you must buy a couple capable of holding about 8 pounds or 3 6kg of weight. Even better the skills learned through this project teach the novice builder the skills required to attach nearly anything to concrete surfaces. This is actually easier than hanging on stud walls because you don t need to locate and hit studs. Attaching a shelf to a concrete wall is a great way to create space to store things in your home.