huggie11
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| 07 Jan 2007 11:12 AM |
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My interior walls are sips panels with drywall and plaster. Any suggestions as to what the best method of mounting shelf brackets to the walls? I'm a bit worried that if I use long screws to mount the brackets, they might pull out if they don't reach into the OSB board. Any suggestions? |
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PanelCrafters
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| 07 Jan 2007 12:07 PM |
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Huggie,
Try using 'Molly' type bolts. You can buy them in various sizes. I have heard of people using them for heavy Kitchen cabinets, so they can support quite a bit. |
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....jc
If you're not building with OSB SIPS(or ICF's), why are you building? |
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bpwrightwv
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| 11 Jan 2007 12:30 PM |
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I saw these on HGTV when featuring the 2006 Hardware show.
Worth a look
http://www.raptoranchors.com/index.html
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want to build
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| 11 Dec 2008 07:04 PM |
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Are there studs between the SIP and the drywall? If so, mollies or any anchor designed for drywall should be fine. If the drywall is mounted to the SIP or if it's the inside face of the SIP you have more to contend with.
If the drywall is mounted on an OSB faced SIP with no space between them I'd probably use screws that are long enough to just penetrate the OSB without going much deeper, since the foam is not something you can anchor into, anyway.
If the drywall is the inner side of the SIP, I wouldn't want to mount anything substantial to it– I'd consider framing out that section of wall and mounting drywall to put mollies into.
What kind of weight are the shelves going to hold? A few nick-nacks shouldn't be a problem, but a set of encyclopedias might tear the brackets off the wall. |
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rdratliff
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| 29 Jan 2009 09:49 PM |
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In my years of building and hanging shelves for people who want them in a certain spot (towel bars, tp hangers and robehooks as well), 90% of the time there are no studs. So, I found ZipIts to be the answer. As long as there isn't tooo much weight, they work great and you can purchase them at any home improvement center right next to mollies. I don't like the mollies. |
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Marc&Kem
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| 03 Feb 2009 06:29 PM |
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What about Hercules Hooks. No stud needed. But wait theres more. Ha ha! I'll send you a couple to try if you want. Then you can let me know because we will be building our own SIP home soon.
Marc and Kemella |
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Panelhead
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| 17 Feb 2009 11:31 PM |
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I sell SIP panels and if you want to make your life as easy as possible use what we use to hang kitchen cabinets to SIP panels... Are you ready? Coarse tread sheet rock screws (Gasp!) found at any hardware store. The key is coarse thread. They don't need to be any longer than what it would take to penitrate the OSB. If you are still worried add more screws or go to a lag style screw with a pan type head also found at any hardware store. GRK fasteners are some of my favorites. |
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mcgee
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| 18 Feb 2009 02:19 PM |
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Laminator screws work well too they have a thick shank and coarse thread |
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Alton
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| 18 Feb 2009 04:58 PM |
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It is my understanding that sheet rock screws are brittle and will shear. Does anyone know if this is true? |
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Alton C. Keown
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Auburn, Alabama
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Marc&Kem
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| 18 Feb 2009 05:38 PM |
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After I got the notice for this thread I realized you guys are talking about shelves (duh). I have hung a lot of cabinets and all we used were the longer course threaded sheet rock type screws. They are brittle but the tensil strength is used more than shear strength because of the direction of load. Angle them pointing slightly upwards. |
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