Have a vacuum or better yet a shop vac nearby to suck up all that cement or brick dust.
Hang shelves concrete walls.
Older homes may have walls of wood.
Keep in mind when you are hanging shelves on a concrete wall you re going to have to drill into the cement and that is going to create a lot of dust.
3 most common way to hang pictures on concrete wall method 1.
A typical modern house has walls of drywall over wooden studs on which you can use drywall anchors to add shelving.
Even better the skills learned through this project teach the novice builder the skills required to attach nearly anything to concrete surfaces.
What i do when i m drilling into cement or brick is i have the vacuum hose right next to the drill bit.
Attaching a shelf to a concrete wall is one of the best options.
Attaching a shelf to a concrete wall is a great way to create space to store things in your home.
The adhesive hooks are an outstanding solution because they don t require we drill holes in the wall.
When the walls are made of masonry or concrete it may appear to be more difficult to install shelving but through the following steps you can hang shelves directly onto the concrete or masonry wall just as easily as on a wood framed wall.
While most adhesive hooks are strong enough to keep your pictures on the wall you must buy a couple capable of holding about 8 pounds or 3 6kg of weight.
With a few specialized tools anchoring shelves in concrete becomes easy and quick.
How to attach shelving to a cement wall.