How would safely mount a flaoting desk in between these two walls?

BobbyT28

Hi,

As you can see from the attached pic, I am looking to replace my Ikea desk which has been great with a Floating desk.

My question is how can I do this safely with only 2 dryrwall walls either side without much support at the back as it is facing a window.

As you can see from the drawings on the pic, I want to put a single piece of wood of some sort straight across from wall to wall. I was going to support these with a piece of wood underneath screwed securely into the drywall walls. See pic to help me describe this.

All that will be on this will be my monitor, keyboard and mouse along with some accessories and of me leaning on this while typing.

from wall to wall is 163cm
depth will be 46cm
Thickness of wood I was going to use was about 2 inches thick

Any suggestions

cletus

Attach two pieces of 3x2 along each wall at the height you want the desk minus the thickness of the desktop. Make sure they are secured to the studs rather than the plaster board. Cut your desktop to fit, drop in top, screw down.

To hide the supports as much as possible, cut the front ends at an angle, and don't bring them out to the edge of the desktop

seamus

I would strongly suggest a backplate of sorts on the worktop, even just a small one 2cm high. Otherwise your heart will be broken with pens and stuff rolling off the back.

BobbyT28

cletus wrote: »

Attach two pieces of 3x2 along each wall at the height you want the desk minus the thickness of the desktop. Make sure they are secured to the studs rather than the plaster board. Cut your desktop to fit, drop in top, screw down.

To hide the supports as much as possible, cut the front ends at an angle, and don't bring them out to the edge of the desktop

Thanks for the reply.
The thing is I don't think I have studs where I want the desk height to go.

Will that be a big deal, could I just use those wall studs and screw into them?

cletus

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply.
The thing is I don't think I have studs where I want the desk height to go.

Will that be a big deal, could I just use those wall studs and screw into them?

At the minimum there will have to be a stud at each corner. The studs are the upright lengths of timber that the plaster board is attached to. They are generally spaced every 400mm or so.

bonzodog2

As its 163cm wide, you'd need some bracing to stop it sagging. I'd use 3 lengths, back, front and centre. If its only got a PC on it, 3 lengths of 2x1 on its edge should do. Don't climb on it though!

tedimc

Do as Cletus says, but if you don't have studs to screw into, can you drill through to the wall? there are fixings you can get with a threaded bar that would support a good bit of weight across the gap between the wall and plasterboard. the fixing has to go right into the wall though and they are usually 12mm or wider. then drill a hole in the timbers and put on a washer and bolt. probably don't tighten everything too tight though - it could pull through the plasterboard.

Dozer Dave

Sky hooks.