00:01 Speaker 1: There's nothing like a good shelf to store some beer.
00:06 S1: Oh sh...
No!
My beer!
My beautiful beer.
[music]
00:22 S1: A dozen beers down the gurgler, can you believe that?
What a waste!
Enough to make a grown man cry, seriously.
G'day Knuckleheads.
Uncle Knackers' here, and welcome to Video 9 of my 10-part series titled, "My Top 10
DIY Tips" as nominated by you.
And today, we're looking at how to install a shelf, sexy red shelf onto drywall/plasterboard
using these metal brackets.
We can do it in five easy steps.
Let's Get to work.
01:00 S1: Now, before you put any of these brackets onto your drywall or your plasterboard
and not into the stud itself, you need to determine the weight load of your shelf, what
your shelf's actually gonna be supporting.
If it's a lightweight sort of application, just go for one of those plastic WallMates,
they're very easy to install.
For a heavier application, you might wanna go for one of these spring toggles like that
there.
So, what you do is you unscrew the screw from the spring toggle, then you put the screw
through your bracket like that, then reinstall the spring toggle onto the screw like that,
fold him up.
Now, with your plasterboard, with the hole in it that you've drilled, from the size that
it says on the packet, on the spring toggle packet, you get your spring toggle and you
put it through the plaster or the drywall like that, and it springs open.
And then, once you pull it tight, that tightens up hard against the back of the board, creating
a really secure fixing.
Great for heavy applications.
So there you go, they're my two [02:11] ____ choices.
Let's go and put those brackets on.
02:16 S1: Okay, step number one.
Whenever you're hanging or installing a shelf, it's a great idea to have at least one of
these brackets screwed directly into a wall stud.
The wall stud is the bit of timber that runs behind your drywall or plasterboard.
It goes from the top of the ceiling right down to the ground.
Now, if you're unsure about how to find the stud, I did a video on this just recently,
and I'll leave a link to it in the description box down below.
Actually check it out.
It's a ripper.
So, I know for a fact that I have a stud there.
So, the first thing I need to do is determine the height of your shelf and then, attach
this bracket to the wall stud using timber screws.
Let's do that.
03:02 S1: Step two.
Putting a bracket in place at the desired height and screw off the top hole.
Just like this.
Beautiful.
Now, don't screw your bottom hole off just yet.
'Cause we need to get this bracket straight.
So, get your spirit level, run it down the side until you get it nice and straight.
Get your drill, and drill that bottom screw off.
Beautiful.
Time for the next step.
03:46 S1: Step number three.
Now, to get your shelf level across the wall, it's really simple.
Grab your spirit level, put it on top of the existing bracket, get that level, so that
the bubble's smack in the middle like that there, and draw a line across.
And that line will be the top of your next bracket.
Too easy.
04:15 S1: Okay, step four.
We need to attach this second bracket.
Now, we're attaching it directly to the plasterboard this time and not to a stud.
So, you need to use our little WallMates, these little fellows here.
So, position your bracket where you want it to go, making sure that the top of the bracket
lines up with that level line that we marked previously.
Get a screw or a pencil and mark the top center hole, like that.
Take that off, grab your WallMate and screw into the wall.
Just like that.
Just in case you want more detail on how to install one of those WallMates, I just did
then, I'll leave a link in the description box down below to a video, which I've done
on that very topic.
So, make sure you check that one out.
With that WallMate in place, we can now install the bracket.
Put the bracket on like that, just screw in the hole and just tighten up.
Now, don't go too tight, just firm 'cause what we need to do is we need to mark that
hole, the bottom hole.
But this needs to be straight.
So, once again, we grab our spirit level, and get this nice and plumb.
With the bracket now nice and plumb, we can mark that bottom hole and screw it off.
06:03 S1: Now, we can move the bracket to the side, like that, and install our second
WallMate.
Put the bracket back in place, screw off.
There you have it.
Both brackets in place.
Ready for the shelf.
Okay, now, the final step, to put the shelf on.
Just place it on top of those brackets, like that, so you got a nice even gap on either
side of your bracket, and screw it off.
So, grab your screws, underneath here and screw on.
Two to go!
And there you have it.
What a great-looking shelf.
07:13 S1: Great tip, knackers!
So, there you go.
Video 9, How to Install a Shelf, done and dusted.
Video 10, coming up in the next week or two.
The last in the series.
Woo-hoo!
So, stay tuned for that one.
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