How to Install Laundry Room Shelves
Lack of storage is a high ranking complaint among homeowners, typically when it comes to their laundry rooms. Oftentimes the laundry room is more than a place to treat and clean your garments, as it also serves as a storage area. To add storage space to your laundry room, consider installing a shelf unit.
What You'll Need:
- Shelving unit
- Screw gun
- Measuring tape
- Pencil
- Stud finder
- Level
- Stud finder
- Decide what the highest point of the shelving unit to be installed will be. Use a pencil to make a mark on the wall to mark the exact location where you plan to install it. Use a level to make a horizontal line to mark the lowest part of the shelving unit.
- Position a stud finder on the wall to find the exact spot of the studs in the wall. Use a pencil to mark these spots, this is where the shelves will need to be installed. You can use the level to make a light vertical plumb line that will denote where each standard should be secured. Ensure that you create these lines over a stud to ensure the greatest strength.
- Place the bottom of the shelf standards on the horizontal line that you previously made in step one, secure them with the screws provided to you along with the unit. Ensure that each of the standards are plumb. Position brackets in the shelf standards at the same spot in each of the standards. Completing this step will ensure that the shelving unit is completely level.