03-12-2010, 02:33 PM
Galen, that looks really good. Great progress!
As for the shelf brackets being unlevel - sloping a bit up from the wall: I had the same issue with my shelf layout in the garage. I discovered that if you wrap a towel around the bracket, and then pull down quite hard, putting most of your weight on the bracket, you can actually deform the rail on the wall just a tad and the bracket will sit level. Now, don't do this unless the rail is very firmly attached to the wall studs. Also, you'll have to very gradually apply weight, then check level, then reweight, check level, until it is right. If you go too far, you can use a screwdriver in the rail slot to straighten it up and start over. But again, don't rip the sheetrock off the wall!
As for the shelf brackets being unlevel - sloping a bit up from the wall: I had the same issue with my shelf layout in the garage. I discovered that if you wrap a towel around the bracket, and then pull down quite hard, putting most of your weight on the bracket, you can actually deform the rail on the wall just a tad and the bracket will sit level. Now, don't do this unless the rail is very firmly attached to the wall studs. Also, you'll have to very gradually apply weight, then check level, then reweight, check level, until it is right. If you go too far, you can use a screwdriver in the rail slot to straighten it up and start over. But again, don't rip the sheetrock off the wall!
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