• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • r ranson
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • Jay Angler
  • paul wheaton
stewards:
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Burra Maluca
  • Joseph Lofthouse
master gardeners:
  • Timothy Norton
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • Maieshe Ljin
  • Nina Surya
  • Likes 3
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Nest.

In this Badge Bit, you will hang a shelf level.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
   - the shelf must be mounted to something secure
        - for example - studs, brick, masonry
        - not drywall
   - the shelf must be level (bubble centered on a level, not just between the lines)
   - must have at least two mounting points

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following with pictures (or a video < 2 mins long):
   - before, during, and after of hanging a shelf level
   - show how it's attached to some structure
   - show that it is actually level
COMMENTS:
 
Posts: 48
Location: Spain
10
cat trees homestead
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
We were in dire need of more shelf-space in our kitchen. We do have lots of wall to hang.

Upfront I'd like to point out that not all walls have studs. We have pretty much only stone wall and a little bit of brick wall. Therefore we don't need to look for studs and can pretty much hang shelves anywhere. We don't even need to check for wiring because there's 0 wiring within the walls.

Therefore I'd like to request a change of the requirements:
- if you have wall studs, mount shelf to studs (describe how to find them)
- check for wiring and tubing inside the wall, avoid drilling or hammering at all cost (describe how to find them)

With that said, here's my submission for this BB (see attachments and their filenames)

no-shelf.jpeg
[Thumbnail for no-shelf.jpeg]
holding-shelf-in-place-for-marking-holes-use-opportunity-to-level.jpeg
[Thumbnail for holding-shelf-in-place-for-marking-holes-use-opportunity-to-level.jpeg]
proof-of-level.jpeg
[Thumbnail for proof-of-level.jpeg]
final-shelf-in-use.jpeg
[Thumbnail for final-shelf-in-use.jpeg]
Staff note (gir bot) :

Mike Haasl approved this submission.
Note: Good point, requirements adjusted

 
Posts: 606
Location: Stone Garden Farm Richfield Twp., Ohio
83
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Sometimes in painting, and in hanging shelves and pictures, you should not necessarily hang or paint to the line. A (professional) painters' trick is to work to your eye. Your eye sometimes sees things differently, then the actual "reality" of the situation. You might be slightly off from perfect level or perfect "cut", but it will seem more accurate, or true, when you look at it.
 
Posts: 92
43
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
I hung this shelf in the boys' room. I used a stud finder. There are two hooks underneath for their school bags as you can see in the last pic (included that pic to show the sturdiness of the shelf).
20240203_145601.jpg
[Thumbnail for 20240203_145601.jpg]
20240203_145625.jpg
[Thumbnail for 20240203_145625.jpg]
20240203_154502.jpg
[Thumbnail for 20240203_154502.jpg]
20240203_154429.jpg
[Thumbnail for 20240203_154429.jpg]
20240203_160829.jpg
[Thumbnail for 20240203_160829.jpg]
Staff note (gir bot) :

Paul Fookes approved this submission.
Note: Well done Patrick.  I certify this BB complete.

 
gardener
Posts: 517
Location: 6a; BSk; Suburbia; 0.35 acres
199
5
kids forest garden foraging bike medical herbs rocket stoves
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
This wall was framed within the last 4months and the studs are still exposed on the other side of the wall so it was easy to locate the two studs to hang the shelf, 16in apart. I repurposed and refinished the wood from my neighbor's garage with the same stain used for the baseboards. The half bath renovation is now complete! =)

In this Badge Bit, you will hang a shelf level.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
   - the shelf must be mounted to something secure
        - for example - studs, brick, masonry
        - not drywall
   - the shelf must be level (bubble centered on a level, not just between the lines)
   - must have at least two mounting points

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following with pictures (or a video < 2 mins long):
   - before, during, and after of hanging a shelf level
   - show how it's attached to some structure
   - show that it is actually level
shelf-install_before.jpg
[Thumbnail for shelf-install_before.jpg]
shelf-install_-in-progress.JPG
[Thumbnail for shelf-install_-in-progress.JPG]
shelf-install_level.JPG
[Thumbnail for shelf-install_level.JPG]
shelf-install_after_so-pretty.JPG
[Thumbnail for shelf-install_after_so-pretty.JPG]
Staff note (gir bot) :

Jeremy VanGelder approved this submission.

 
pollinator
Posts: 301
90
fungi foraging fiber arts medical herbs woodworking ungarbage
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
Hung a 2 point shelf today.
The last picture shows the earth magnet stuck to a screw in the stud in the dry wall above where I mounted the shelf.
20250328_161633.jpg
wall before
wall before
20250328_164138.jpg
2 nails in the wall (they sure don't look level but it's a bad angle on my part)
2 nails in the wall (they sure don't look level but it's a bad angle on my part)
20250328_162253.jpg
shelf is level
shelf is level
20250328_162554.jpg
both nails plus earth magnet showing shelf is in studs
both nails plus earth magnet showing shelf is in studs
Staff note (gir bot) :

Paul Fookes approved this submission.
Note: I certify this BB complete.  Well done Cheryl

 
life is short - but not as short as this ad:
Learn Permaculture through a little hard work
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic