I have aluminum floating shelf brackets and put them on the wall with 8 75 lb screw in type hollow wall anchors. placed speakers and some other things on the shelf above the TV, mounted to the wall below, and it all fell down by pulling out the anchors and putting big holes in the drywall. luckily it looks like only my turntable is junk, also sad because it's a 1972 B&O. The TV is fine. SWMBO would like it fixed before we have a dinner party on Friday, what will the relatives say about my repairs to their homes if they see this???
very embarrassing.
new plan is to screw a length of 1x4 to the studs, 2 screws in each and then mount the bracket with its screws. does this sound sane? I think the leverage on the compressible drywall was the major failure point.
The brackets are a kind of C shape that a 3/4 thick shelf fits into and there are screws you can run in from the bottom to pin it from getting pulled out.
any embarrassing mistakes you would like to share?