Shelves that are expected to hold any.
How to hang floating shelves on plaster walls.
I m trying to hang two small floating shelves on a section of plaster wall.
Consider what you will be storing on your shelf.
Locate the vertical studs in the wall where the shelving will be located by sliding an electronic stud sensor over that space.
Place a carpenters level alongside the bracket.
Now that you have.
Of course there are no studs were i need them.
Place one of the brackets against the wall at the first shelf location.
Use a stud finder to locate wooden studs hidden behind the plaster wall.
Plaster walls with available studs.
Determine the height.
We were going to use toggle bolts but after we drilled the holes for the toggle bolts we discovered there s only about 3 cm of space between the back of the lath and the exterior masonry.
Locate and mark your shelf.
Use a stud finder to locate the studs within the walls.
Determine where you want your shelves and how wide they will be.
Floating shelves generally require two wall studs.