I have had this shelf attachment thing on my mind all day. I am moving stuff up to the papercrete building and have nowhere to put it. I had wanted to wait and do the move in an organized way but I guess that is just too foreign for me, besides my housemate is anxious to have the dining room table clear again.
I have decided to go with the dowel suggestion. I have looked at the shelf brackets and think a good long dowel of the right diameter sunk about 10 inches into the wall would not come out easily. I wish I hadn't put wood strips on the wall before I plastered. Now I will have to take them out and make it look OK. I'm going to Lowe's tomorrow to see what I can find.
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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: clydetcurry@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:21:12 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Attaching things to papercrete walls
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I have decided to go with the dowel suggestion. I have looked at the shelf brackets and think a good long dowel of the right diameter sunk about 10 inches into the wall would not come out easily. I wish I hadn't put wood strips on the wall before I plastered. Now I will have to take them out and make it look OK. I'm going to Lowe's tomorrow to see what I can find.
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More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: clydetcurry@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:21:12 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Attaching things to papercrete walls
Did you get your shelf hung - the problem with papercrete attachments usually stems from pullout - the screw in anchor shields work well - the shields screw in so tight i have actually striped them out with the drill - they screw in first then a separate smaller screw, screws in to them , as large as possible is best -Clyde
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...> wrote:
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> I did really well in getting the cement in my mix down to 1/2 bag per 200 gallon mix. Now that I am ready to hang a shelf I am worried it might be too heavy for the wall. The screws may pull out. I have been thinking of all sorts of different ways to make sure the shelf doesn't fall down. I even looked at some of those fancy fasteners but don't know what to buy. There are some that have a plastic part the goes into the hole first and some that have little wing thingies that stick out if you put them into drywall. I also thought I would glue a decorative piece of punched tin to the wall behind where the brackets will go. I just don't know, but I want that shelf up there soon. It's a 2x12 12 feet long to span an entire wall. I have 4 beautiful cast iron brackets to hold it up.
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> Follow progress on the new project at http://www.papercretebyjudith.com/blog
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> More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith
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--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...> wrote:
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> I did really well in getting the cement in my mix down to 1/2 bag per 200 gallon mix. Now that I am ready to hang a shelf I am worried it might be too heavy for the wall. The screws may pull out. I have been thinking of all sorts of different ways to make sure the shelf doesn't fall down. I even looked at some of those fancy fasteners but don't know what to buy. There are some that have a plastic part the goes into the hole first and some that have little wing thingies that stick out if you put them into drywall. I also thought I would glue a decorative piece of punched tin to the wall behind where the brackets will go. I just don't know, but I want that shelf up there soon. It's a 2x12 12 feet long to span an entire wall. I have 4 beautiful cast iron brackets to hold it up.
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> Follow progress on the new project at http://www.papercretebyjudith.com/blog
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> More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith
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