Hoe Do You Mount The Besta Shelf To The Wall

Similar to when we were installing our townhouse s kitchen cabinets ikea provides a rail system on which to anchor the shelves.

Hoe do you mount the besta shelf to the wall.

The instructions that come with ikea products can sometimes be a little confusing. The rail screws into the wall studs and gives extra reinforcement. It has plenty of holes so there s always a hole over a stud. Also use the stud finder to search for any live wires.

After clicking the shelves into place we could rock the top shelf backward and insert little double sided sticky foam pads to keep the top shelf from sliding around. In this video you ll see how to install an ikea besta cabinet to a wall. Previous vlog our 2nd q a. You can easily hang several frames next to each other and align them at the exact same height thanks to the included connector.

The shelf weighs 50lbs by itself and when full of books it s too heavy to hang on the drywall with hollow wall fasteners. Tapped plastic screw sleeves into all holes so that it expands inside the material of kallax walls. 5th june 2016 chris wall mounts some besta units from ikea. We used the suspension rails to trace a line where it will be mounted.

The bestå suspension rail makes it easier and safer to mount a bestå frame to your wall. Mounting holes were pre drilled with a counter sink bit. You can easily hang several frames next to each other and align them at the exact same height thanks to the included connector. The rail screws into the wall studs and gives extra reinforcement.

It has plenty of holes so there s always a hole over a stud. Jen tries to go carpet shopping but fails miserably. Then i ve kept the back plates on drilled through these into the wall and attached with bolts 4x as long as the ones supplied and i ve used resin to ensure it super strong and secure in the wall. While waiting for the paint to dry kallax was prepared to be mounted to the wall.

The bestå suspension rail makes it easier and safer to mount a bestå frame to your wall. Studs are usually placed 16 inches apart behind drywall. Plastic part was melted so used a knife to trim it off. The solution is to buy a couple of 4 steel corner braces home depot probably elsewhere and attach them in the upper corners of the unit see photo.