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Floating wooden mantle bracket

  • 29-10-2019 9:02pm
    #1
    pobber1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Does anyone know where I could get something like in the attached image (near Kildare)? It's a bracket for attaching a floating wooden mantle to a wall. Found a place in the UK that has them but it'll cost the guts of €100, which seems excessive.

    Cheers.


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  • #2
    Addle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭Addle


    You could just buy this in ikea and not use the shelf.
    https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/lack-wall-shelf-white-90282180/


  • #3
    Who2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭Who2


    Those ikea brackets are pure dirt. Drill into the wall with a 16mm masonry bit. Get a couple of short lengths of 1/2” rebar and a tube of chemical anchor. It’ll never budge.


  • #4
    NyOmnishambles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 897 ✭✭✭NyOmnishambles


    The Ikea brackets aren't very sturdy though

    I used these to mount some large lengths of timber and make them appear floating
    A bit of work involved to make the housing for them in the timber but they are rock solid

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/CONCEALED-FLOATING-SUPPORT-BRACKET-CHROME/dp/B00M69RIGC/ref=sr_1_12?crid=3446GW8Y36GMO&keywords=floating+shelf+bracket&qid=1572383622&sprefix=floating+shelf+%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-12


  • #5
    Addle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭Addle


    Can you recommend a decent floating shelf pack instead of ikea?
    Thanks.


  • #6
    david65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭david65


    Who2 wrote: »
    Those ikea brackets are pure dirt. Drill into the wall with a 16mm masonry bit. Get a couple of short lengths of 1/2” rebar and a tube of chemical anchor. It’ll never budge.

    I did floating shelves this way, up about 10 years now with a good bit of weight on them and they havn't moved. The way to go and dirt cheap too!


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  • #7
    pobber1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭pobber1


    david65 wrote: »
    I did floating shelves this way, up about 10 years now with a good bit of weight on them and they havn't moved. The way to go and dirt cheap too!

    Thanks but this is not a shelf, it's a big heavy oak beam, 30-40kg. I think I need something a bit more industrial.


  • #8
    spillcoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭spillcoe


    I had a large beam put in over the fireplace and did it the way Who2 suggested - definitely the best way to go imo - far stronger than the bracket in the picture.


  • #9
    pobber1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭pobber1


    spillcoe wrote: »
    I had a large beam put in over the fireplace and did it the way Who2 suggested - definitely the best way to go imo - far stronger than the bracket in the picture.

    That's the ideal solution but the wall I'm attaching to is just plasterboard. There is
    brickwork about 100mm behind the plasterboard but only at the ends of the beam i.e. there's no brickwork where the middle of the beam is. Would the 100mm gap cause me problems if I was to drill into the brickwork?

    My plan was to hollow out the beam as much as possible to take the weight out of it and then attach it to the plasterboard using a fairly sturdy bracket.


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