Install Floating Granite Shelf

Installing floating shelves instructions.

Install floating granite shelf.

They are a great way to add practical storage and a clean modern accent to any room. Almost like a mortise and tendon. Install your tile up to the point where you want your shelf to go. Floating shelves are shelves supported by concealed supports making it look like the shelf is floating.

No one would believe that a floating shelf is made from plain old lightweight and inexpensive hollow core doors. Prepare your shelf by cutting it to size and then staining it in your color of choice. Traditional floating shelves shouldn t receive a ton of weight or objects hitting them so this should be enough support. While floating shelves are not designed to hold your old set of encyclopedia britannicas this floating shelf is certainly capable of it.

In this demonstration video you ll learn how to install concealed brackets to support floating shelves. I used minwax dark walnut on our floating shelf. These brackets require a wooden stud. How to install the free hanging shelf bracket by the original granite bracket.

With granite i don t think a normal floating shelf will be strong enough. After the floating shelf bracket is mounted slide the bracket into the holes. As noted you ll have some room for error as you drilled round holes and the dowels are flat. If your wall is already tiled and it s not an exterior wall you can find the studs on the back side of the wall with a stud finder and measure where they are.

Find your studs in the wall before i tiled the backsplash wall in my kitchen i marked where the studs are on the ceiling. How to install a floating shelf step 1. In this article we ll show you how to install these floating shelves and shorter ones. We recommend a 3 4 inch set back from the edge of the top so a 20 top would require a 20 21 bracket.

You would have to have some type of special bracket made.