How To Hang A Shelf On A Wall Without Nails

Wall shelves without nails or screws.

How to hang a shelf on a wall without nails.

To hang pictures without nails remove any protruding hardware from the picture frame first. Unfortunately fasteners like nails are necessary to hang up extremely heavy shelves made of dense solid materials like steel or oak. Ikea lack shelves are great in that they are light so they can be added to your wall without much effort. There is no reason to damage your walls after reading this article.

The shelf comes with three parts. Nails have their place in construction but rarely work best when it comes to hanging heavy paintings photos or decorative works on the wall. But if you want to avoid drilling holes use an adhesive glue to support your shelf. Draw a thin light line on the wall to show you where to hang the shelf.

Installing these shelves on the wall typically involves drilling holes in the wall which provides maximum support. This will make it easier when you go to drill in the top halves of the fasteners. However you can use adhesive fasteners to hang up light hollow shelves made of things like balsa wood. You will require a corner so the shelf can be supported at 2 sides.

Decide where you d like to hang the shelf and use a level to draw a horizontal even line where the shelf will go. 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. As a general rule try to hang shelves that weigh 3 lb 1 4 kg or less. In this instructable i ll show how i mounted some simple ikea lack shelves without any nails or drilling.

Weight bearing shelves support heavy objects such as mirrors vases books and picture frames. 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.