Step 4: Drive in the bottom screw

installing wall-mounted shelves
Photo: Shaffer Smith Photography
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Hold a 4-foot level against the edge of the standard. Adjust it until the level reads plumb, vertically.

Bore a ⅛-inch-diameter screw pilot hole through the bottom screw hole in the standard.

Drive a 2½-inchlong flathead wood screw through the bottom screw hole (as shown).

Put screws in the other screw holes in the standard.
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    • four-foot level
      4-foot level
    • hammer
      Hammer
    • Phillips screwdriver
      Phillips screwdriver
    • 16-foot tape measure
      Tape measure
    • drill
      Drill-driver with ½- inch-diameter drill bit
    • studfinder
      Stud sensor

    Shopping List

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    1. SHELVES

    2. SHELF STANDARDS

    3. SHELF BRACKETS

    4. 2 1/2-INCH FLATHEAD SCREWS

    for attaching standards to wall studs



    5. 1 1/4-INCH FLATHEAD WOOD SCREWS

    for securing brackets to shelves