Use a stud finder to locate wooden studs hidden behind the plaster wall.
How to hang floating shelves on plaster walls.
Now that you have.
Floating shelves generally require two wall studs.
There are many different kinds of stud finders so.
Determine the height.
Place a carpenters level alongside the bracket.
How to hang shelves on plaster walls step 1.
Place one of the brackets against the wall at the first shelf location.
Of course there are no studs were i need them.
Use a stud finder to locate the studs within the walls.
Locate and mark your shelf.
Shelves that are expected to hold any.
Consider what you will be storing on your shelf.
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.
I m trying to hang two small floating shelves on a section of plaster wall.
Plaster walls with available studs.