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How to Hang a Curio Shelf
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" How to hang -- curious show. First determine where you want to hang the shelf. Using a pencil make small marks to set the approximate location. There are two ways to secure the shelf to a wall. You can use wall anchors and secure the shelf to wallboard. Or you can use wood screws and screw the shelf bracket to the wooden studs behind the wall port. -- shelf Canberra heavier load if you can screw the shelf brackets to the wooden studs behind your drywall. On some older homes the left behind the plaster can be used to screw -- and hold plate wait objects. The left behind the plaster runs horizontally. And is nailed from stud to stud. In most houses wall studs are located sixteen inches apart. You couldn't locate the start using a stud finder. Pass the stud finder slowly over the wall."
" stud finder will alert you as it passes over start."
" If you don't have a stud finder. Heads of some males may be able to be seen in the baseboard and ceiling molding. They're usually located overstepped. In our case the NT curious shelf will be secured on the bottom with a screw that will be fastened to a wooden stud from the left side. Into wallboard using a wall anchor on the right side. Because this -- tall going to add a third wall anchor point. At the center above the top shelf. Using a Spirit level. Check the alignment of the shelf and carefully know where the bracket mounting screws need to be located. Mark the locations of where the fasteners will go through the wall. Including one at the top of the show. In this case we're going to use existing holes already in the anti carrier shelf. Rather -- drill new holes. Once the positions are marked. Drill small pilot hole for each fastener. For the screw that will be going into the wall stud. We've chosen a drill bit that is slightly smaller than the screw. And then using a drill bit that is slightly smaller than a wolf fastener. We drill pilot hole for the fastener. Last week drill pilot hole for the wall anchor that we'll secure the top of the curious shelf. Screw the fastener through the wallboard into the hollow space in the wall. This will be used to secure the top of the cure yourself. Next screw the second faster that will hold the bottom bright side of security -- shelf. Now lighting be curious shelf up with the mounting holes. First secure the bottom left corner driving that would screw into the wall stud. This is the strongest means of hanging a shelf. Next using the screws that came with the fastener. We secure the bottom right corner of the shelf to the fester in the wallboard behind. Last week secure the top of the shelf to the wall by driving the fastener screw through the hole in the antique carrier show. And into the fastener screwed into the wallboard. With a carrier shelves securely anchored to the wall that three points. The shelf is ready do display your unique treasures."