Putting Up Shelves On Concrete Wall

Attaching a shelf to a concrete wall is one of the best options.

Putting up shelves on concrete wall.

Attaching a shelf to a concrete wall is a great way to create space to store things in your home. Many times you wish you had more space to store things in the basement garage or even on the outside of the wall. 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. When looking for extra storage space in a garage basement or out building wall shelving can often be your best option.

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. Watch our hang a shelf on a brick wall. 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. Shelving can change the look and warmth to an otherwise stark industrial looking concrete 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. How to drill into concrete to hang a tv shelves racks etc. Whatever your shelving system is standard bracket wire shelving steel shelving storage shelves industrial shelving garage shelving or closet shelving fastening those shelves securely to the wall is absolutely critical to ensure that they do not fall down as soon as you put something heavy. Have a vacuum or better yet a shop vac nearby to suck up all that cement or brick dust.

Position the shelf supports so their holes line up with the wall anchors.