No, this won't tell you how to install wire shelving, there is plenty of information available for that. However, if you rely on the drywall brackets that come with the shelving, you would be well advised to make sure you find a stud to attach to. Drywall shields and screws will hold moderate weight. The operative word being "moderate". These shelving units will hold considerable weight on the shelf and a lot of clothes hanging underneath. If you don't want a disaster, find the studs and attach to them. Loud, unidentified, crashing, in the middle of the night, is not something you want to hear. Reat assured, the shelves will crash at whatever is the most inconvenient time possible. The racket will certainly wake you from a sound sleep and make you jump with wild abandon to the floor. You might imagine the words "INCOMING!" tugging at your mind as you hug the floor. The wire shelving systems are wonderful. They can greatly improve your storage arrangement and your closets. I strongly suggest a wee bit of common sense for the installation. Folks don't weigh the stuff they put on shelves. They certainly don't calculate the weight of hanging clothes. Combine the two and you have a total weight that must be reckoned with. If you don't anchor your stuff into studs, you are flirting with disaster. Yes, some people are so well disciplined, they can utilize these units storing minimal amounts of stuff on them. I believe this only because I've heard that it is true. I personally don't know any of these people. Everybody I know believes shelves are to hold as much as can be stuffed onto them, the same is true with clothes rods. Use those studs!
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