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Installing Wall Shelves with Standards and Brackets

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Attach the Remaining Shelf Standards

Make sure the brackets are level across the standards.

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The shelf standards must be installed plumb, but it is equally important that the brackets, and therefore the shelves, are level across the standards. I’ve found the easiest way to accomplish this is to attach a bracket to the matching slots on each standard. Then set a level across adjacent brackets, sliding the standard up and down until the bubble in the center vial is centered. Make sure that the standard is resting over a stud, then punch a hole in the wall through the top screw hole and drive a screw.

Repeat the instructions in step 4 for installing the standard plumb. Repeat the process for remaining standards.

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