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Unpopular opinion: that free wire shelving kit from the big box store almost cost me my whole pantry
Pulled the trigger on a 6 foot wire closet kit back in March because it was $79 and I figured how hard could it be. Mounted the top track into what I figured was a stud using the cheap plastic anchors they gave me, loaded it with cans, and woke up at 4am to a crash that sounded like a car hit the house. Turned out I hit drywall, not a stud, and 40 pounds of canned tomatoes came down on the tile. Now I probe every hole with a $12 magnetic stud finder and use 2.5 inch cabinet screws into real framing. Anyone else get burned by those plastic wall anchors that come in the box?
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torres.leo1mo ago
Forty pounds of canned tomatoes would've put a hole in my foot if I was standing there. My question is what made you trust the anchors in the box at all, because those little plastic sleeves are rated for maybe 15 pounds on a good day and a full pantry shelf blows past that fast. Did the kit even come with a stud finder or instructions telling you to hit framing, or did they just hand you drywall anchors and wish you luck?
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