The toggle will now lie flat against the lathe inside the wall, distributing the weight of the bracket/shelf/heavy mirror and keeping the bolt in place.Įasy, right? Now we’re ready for the real thing. Tighten the bolt with the power drill as far as you can until it stops. Inside the wall, the two “wings” will pop open like an umbrella. Don’t tighten it - you want it to be able to push all the way through the thick wall, so it needs to be on the end of the bolt as pictured.Īnd push the toggle through the hole. Thread the bolt through the hole in the bracket, and attach the toggle from the other side. Then make the hole bigger with the spade bit. ***When drilling into horsehair plaster walls, first drill a small pilot hole with the regular drill bit to help prevent the plaster from cracking. Grab your drill, a small drill bit, a spade drill bit that’s big enough to fit the toggle, your toggle bolt, and whatever it is you’re hanging up (in this case, ALGOT wall uprights). To show you just how the toggle bolt works, I photographed a short demo using a bit of scrap wood. (Which is also super easy, but if you’ve never done it, just ask the employees at your local hardware store). It’s super easy as long as you know how to use a drill. Ok, first we need to learn how to install a toggle bolt. (2) suspension rails in the corresponding size (this guy is optional I hung one shelf system with and one without the suspension rail, and preferred not using it).IKEA ALGOT components for my corner workspace layout: a helpful friend, unless you have eight arms, in which case please can I hire you to help me with my next project?.5/8″ spade drill bit (***if you get a different size toggle bolt, make sure you have the corresponding drill bit so you make the right size hole).power drill (I’ve got this Ryobi drill/driver combo kit and LOVE it).(16) pan head #10 x 1 1/4″ wood screws (be sure to get screws with a pan head, which helps hold the ALGOT track in place).But first, everything you need to learn how to hang heavy shelves on horsehair plaster walls: If I sound a little info-mercially, it’s because I’m practicing for my debut Vanna White impression below, which is not embarrassing at all. All you need is a little piece of hardware you’ve probably passed a million times while bee-lining it for the copper pipes in the plumbing aisle: the toggle bolt. That’s right, you can hang up stuff in your charmingly impractical turn-of-the-20th-century home. And that secret has allowed me to finally, finally have the modern, open, bright white Scandinavian workspace of my dreams. Well, my home repair nerdiness has paid off, because I have learned a secret. Or how it’s impossible to hang anything heavier than a cheapo 8×10 frame. Or how the cleanup from that tiny hole fills an entire vacuum cleaner cup with dust and bits of horsehair (ew ew ew ew ew). Boston-area readers, I know you’ve been there: how hammering a tiny nail hole turns into spackling a tennis ball-sized gash. Apparently plaster walls are not as riveting to my neighbors as they are to me.īut if you’ve ever lived in a pre-1950s home, you know the agony of those crumbly plaster slabs masquerading as walls. Which is how I found myself trekking over one morning, chai soy latte in hand, to watch a demonstration on plaster walls. Last year I discovered that my local hardware store teaches mini home repair workshops on the weekends. This post is sponsored by IKEA Stoughton, but all words/ideas/opinions are entirely my own!
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