I'm mounting a serise of bookshelves (for books!) on an interesting wall.
It seems that several horizontal 2x4's have been mounted on the face of the vertical studs, which are there, 16" apart, but deep behind the drywall. I can use the horizontal lines for 2 of the 4 shelves, but what do I do about the other two? For those, I basically have Drywall, followed by over an inch of "air" before I hit the stud.
The only thing I can think of is to use some sort of a seroius plug that you would use when there are no studs and drive completly thru it and hitting the deep stud as well. I'm not sure though, if hanging a heavy shelf on even thick long screws is gonig to break, or bend and destroy the drywall directly under the screw.
I was planning on using standard brackes, with 2 screws each into the wall about 7" appart.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
--nc
It seems that several horizontal 2x4's have been mounted on the face of the vertical studs, which are there, 16" apart, but deep behind the drywall. I can use the horizontal lines for 2 of the 4 shelves, but what do I do about the other two? For those, I basically have Drywall, followed by over an inch of "air" before I hit the stud.
The only thing I can think of is to use some sort of a seroius plug that you would use when there are no studs and drive completly thru it and hitting the deep stud as well. I'm not sure though, if hanging a heavy shelf on even thick long screws is gonig to break, or bend and destroy the drywall directly under the screw.
I was planning on using standard brackes, with 2 screws each into the wall about 7" appart.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
--nc