How To Hang A Shelf On A Wall Without Nails

Nails have their place in construction but rarely work best when it comes to hanging heavy paintings photos or decorative works on the wall.

How to hang a shelf on a wall without nails.

There is no reason to damage your walls after reading this article. Decide where you d like to hang the shelf and use a level to draw a horizontal even line where the shelf will go. Wall shelves without nails or screws. In this instructable i ll show how i mounted some simple ikea lack shelves without any nails or drilling.

To hang pictures without nails remove any protruding hardware from the picture frame first. This will make it easier when you go to drill in the top halves of the fasteners. Installing these shelves on the wall typically involves drilling holes in the wall which provides maximum support. Avoid using nails altogether to avoid having issues with them.

The actual shelf itself an adhesive strip that has a marked center point and a built in level and two metal pieces that you push through your wall on each side the adhesive strip has little notches so you know where they go. The shelf comes with three parts. If you don t want to place any adhesives on your picture you can use adhesive hooks on your walls instead. This will allow the picture to be flush with the wall once you place adhesive strips on the back of it.

After reading this article we hope that you have a better understanding of all the different wall shelves without nails or screws options and no drilling installation methods. Ikea lack shelves are great in that they are light so they can be added to your wall without much effort. But if you want to avoid drilling holes use an adhesive glue to support your shelf. Unless it s secured through drywall into a stud the weight of the hung item can cause the nail to pull out bringing a bit of drywall with it.

Unfortunately fasteners like nails are necessary to hang up extremely heavy shelves made of dense solid materials like steel or oak. As a general rule try to hang shelves that weigh 3 lb 1 4 kg or less. However you can use adhesive fasteners to hang up light hollow shelves made of things like balsa wood.