How To Hang A Shelf In Cinder Block Walls

This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls.

How to hang a shelf in cinder block walls.

Anchors with heavy duty spring loaded wings hold objects against the hollow part of a cinder block and wedge style anchors hold objects against the cinder block s solid webbing. How to hang shelving brackets on cement block aka cinder block or cmu. When looking for extra storage space in a garage basement or out building wall shelving can often be your best option. Have expanding wings that grips interior of the wall.

They are basically all the same thing though they may have slight differences. While most adhesive hooks are strong enough to keep your pictures on the wall you must buy a couple capable of holding about 8 pounds or 3 6kg of weight. With over five years of experience professionally mounting and installing objects through his company jason s handyman services jason s work includes working with mounting window ac units designing art gallery walls installing kitchen cabinets and replacing. If you have a lot of cinder blocked wall space consider hanging shelves like this simple one from urban outfitters for more dimension.

The adhesive hooks are an outstanding solution because they don t require we drill holes in the wall. But if the wall on which you re installing the shelves is made of cinder blocks you ll have to do a little bit of extra work to prepare the wall for shelf installation. Cheap easy way to secure into masonry. Some may be solid block some may have holes in them.

Require a pilot hole. Can be used in all types of walls but most commonly used in drywall. Ribbed anchor masonry concrete anchors. 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.

You can also hang a tv mirror shelves using this diy video. Installing shelf on cinder block wall. It s a clever way to display smaller items such as decorative bowls small plants and mini framed photos or art. The anchor used to hang heavy objects on a cinder block wall must grip the sides of the anchor s pilot hole tightly.

Consider using shelves that hang by ropes if you have more space for a bit of extra style. 3 most common way to hang pictures on concrete wall method 1. The method to drill into them and hang shelf brackets is about the same. By using the right materials and techniques you ll ensure that the shelves you install will be solidly connected to cinder block walls.