How To Make Floating Shelves In An Attic
Once your shelf is in place screw the frame into the 2 4 portion that s actually attached to the wall.
How to make floating shelves in an attic. This will make your shelf nice and secure. How to build shorter shelves. Remove all dust after sanding with the 100 grit to prevent loose granules from scratching the plywood s surface. Wood screws through the shelf s pilot holes and into the wall cleat.
Put bricks on the. Measure a vertical line from the roof to the floor where you want the backs of your storage shelves to rest. Lay a line of 1 inch thick 2 inch wide lumber strips on the floor. Our floating shelves supports are made from a 12 inch piece of galvanized threaded pipe with a floor flange on one end and a pipe cap on the other.
Hold the shelf against the wall and drive 1 5 8 in. Except don t wood fill over the screws that you used to attach the shelf to the frame in case you want to take it off to paint or stain the wood. Build shorter shelves by cutting the shelf to length. Screw the pre painted supports into the wall studs with 3 inch long wood screws.
Sand all the sides of the shelf using 100 and 150 grit sandpaper. Glue a filler block flush with the end and nail each side with small brad nails. Attach the shelf to the cleat.