Pardon my complete lack of knowledge and stupid questions, but I’m trying to figure out how best to put IKEA lack shelves on a party wall. Ideally two that would span pretty much the whole width of the wall. I understand they wouldn’t have a huge max load capacity, but can consider other options if they’re not suitable.
I was hoping I would just be easily able to find studs to secure the brackets into, but stud finder is incredibly inconsistent. Will there even be studs in a party wall?
I tried putting some magnets on (see photo) to find nail/screw heads to see if they would help, but not quite sure what this is showing. There’s two clear horizontal bands, but vertically everything seems so randomly aligned.
White lines are ideally roughly where the shelves would go.
There are hollow spots behind large parts of the wall, but the spots that sound more solid when I knock on them are all very inconsistent. Can’t seem to find any obvious pattern.
Is it likely some dot and dab shenanigans? How should I proceed?
I was hoping I would just be easily able to find studs to secure the brackets into, but stud finder is incredibly inconsistent. Will there even be studs in a party wall?
I tried putting some magnets on (see photo) to find nail/screw heads to see if they would help, but not quite sure what this is showing. There’s two clear horizontal bands, but vertically everything seems so randomly aligned.
White lines are ideally roughly where the shelves would go.
There are hollow spots behind large parts of the wall, but the spots that sound more solid when I knock on them are all very inconsistent. Can’t seem to find any obvious pattern.
Is it likely some dot and dab shenanigans? How should I proceed?
