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.
Hoe do you mount the besta shelf to the wall.
Studs are usually placed 16 inches apart behind drywall.
It has plenty of holes so there s always a hole over a stud.
The shelf weighs 50lbs by itself and when full of books it s too heavy to hang on the drywall with hollow wall fasteners.
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 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.
Plastic part was melted so used a knife to trim it off.
The bestå suspension rail makes it easier and safer to mount a bestå frame to your wall.
Jen tries to go carpet shopping but fails miserably.
The instructions that come with ikea products can sometimes be a little confusing.
All of my besta units are screwed together as they are not the to unit but individual cases.
It has plenty of holes so there s always a hole over a stud.
In this video you ll see how to install an ikea besta cabinet to a wall.
While waiting for the paint to dry kallax was prepared to be mounted to the wall.
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.
The bestå suspension rail makes it easier and safer to mount a bestå frame to your wall.
Using the stud finder mark an x where wall studs are.
Previous vlog our 2nd q a.
The rail screws into the wall studs and gives extra reinforcement.
The rail screws into the wall studs and gives extra reinforcement.
Similar to when we were installing our townhouse s kitchen cabinets ikea provides a rail system on which to anchor the shelves.
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.
Tapped plastic screw sleeves into all holes so that it expands inside the material of kallax walls.
