More Picture Of How To Hang A Shelf On The Wall Without Studs New Update 2021. How to Hang Something on the Wall Without a Stud. To install a Snaptoggle first drill a hole in the wall then pass the toggle through the hole.

If you hold the shelf upside down flat against the wall you can mark where the nails need to go. Another option would be to use a french cleat. However randomly driving nails or screws into a wall hoping to get lucky probably isnt the kind of strategy you want to use.
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If necessary hold the level on a straight 2 x 4 for shelf spans that are longer than the 3 or 4-foot length of the level. You see of course there are studs holding up the wall theyre just not in the exact place where I needed them for the bracket placement. After I determined the exact height where I wanted the shelf and shelf brackets I penciled on the wall where the mounting holes in the brackets would be on the wall. How to hang things on plaster walls.