![]() And from those results, I will see how I need to move forward with this. The question is, does the wall fail, or does the shelf itself fail. I am sure with some modification it should be able do this. I really need these to be able to handle 20ish lbs before getting any stress. Then I will start at 10 lbs, then go to 15, 20, and see where it stands at 25. This will hit the dead center of a stud and one wall anchor. I will be setting 1 up in a closet (so if I damage the wall, It's not in public view and I can fix later). Then I will grab a wall anchor that is tested for over 60lbs. so I am going to grab 2 of them for testing(next week), I"ll pull off the 2 screw bracket on there and run over to Home deport or something like that and see if I can find a 4 screw replacement for both of them (this should grip better). If anyone has ANY other ideas, let me know. So they should take MOST consoles with out a problem but, I worry about it, it's just not enough for extras, like a bunch of games, or controllers charging.Īnyone do REAL world weight testing on these and is there any way besides always hitting a stud to make these really strong to hold 20 maybe even 30 pounds (just to be ULTRA safe).įigured one place to find this is out is Reddit. A stack of consoles, all ready to use with no visible wires.Īnyway, the limit of these say about 7 pounds. I saw larger ones but, I like the look of the single floating console.īehind the wall where I am thinking is a unfinished laundry room, So I was going to pop holes behind the consoles, run all power, video so you cant see a single wire, even the external drive for the Xbox one X could be hidden. These are not cart based systems (besides the switch) so downward force should not be that bad. They seem a good size to be able to handle a game console (Xbox one X, PS4, Switch, WiiU, etc) and a few would be nice in a nice stack. Stay tuned to see how I decorate these floating shelves in our living room.Interested in a few of these. I love shelf styling, so this is going to be so fun! I can’t wait to decorate these floating shelves! I have so much room to add pictures, art, and other decorative objects. I love how they add lots of interest but they still have a light feeling and don’t overwhelm the space. These shelves make this wall look so much more complete. We now have beautiful, floating shelves in our living room. Once the shelves were attached together, we were done. And once I decorate the shelves, it will be even less noticeable. They aren’t perfect, but it’s barely noticeable. We made sure to use a level to get the shelves to match up as close as possible. To match up the two shelves and get rid of the uneven gap, we tightened mending plates down using screws. We attached the mending plates evenly spaced on the upper shelves. You can’t really see anything from the ground so no one would notice the plates. On the upper shelf, it wasn’t as big of a deal, because that shelf is so high up on the wall. That way, you wouldn’t be able to see the plate. On the lower shelf, we installed the mending plates toward the back of the shelves against the wall. To make the shelves look like one complete piece, we attached them together using a few mending plates. Once the shelves were installed, you could tell where the gap was between the two different sizes. To attach the shelves to the wall, you first install a metal bracket.Īfter it’s securely attached to the wall, the shelf just slips over the bracket and you attach the two pieces together with some screws along the back of the shelf. ![]() ![]() We attached the smaller shelf first on the left side. This allowed us to mark off the floating shelves locations using a pencil.Īfter the locations we marked, we installed each shelf. Then, we adjusted it to create a level line on the media center wall. ![]() We attached the level to the wall on the opposite side of the room.
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