I am planning to mount a shelving unit to the perimeter of my sons’ bedroom with O track/train. Has anyone done this and have advice? Anyone know of companies that sell wall or ceiling mounting?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
anne
I don’t know much about that. I would think a cabnet intaler would know more. And you might get better results on the classic trains forem. Me I’d find evry possoble stud in the wall and celing and go to town with nice big screws, something you can’t take out.
Speaking as a person who, (more than once), annoyed my mother with my passion for trains… If your house is of the “classical” american timber frame system, then the solution is to use large screw angle brackets, (preferably with bracing triangles), into your vertical uprights and then affix 2x1 lateral battens onto which you then place your running surface (ply or MDF).
If your house is of brick construction then you will have to use a masonary drill and wall plugs -but still follow the same procedure.
My solution with furniture was to saw the legs off until they fit underneath my track, (as I did with my chest of draws), or to cut slots into the back of the wardrobes to allow the track to pass through them. Although I am now 50, and I was 14 at the time, I still think this was a good solution to the problem -and so does my 8 year old son!!!
What my mother thought of my solution -well I think you already know…
regards
ralph
Way to go Ralph, Mine was to nail track on the basement steps.
You dont show where you are if you did ot would help others to to point you in the right direction
There are several heavy duty wall-mounted brackets listed in this e-tail site that would hold more than enough weight to suffice for large scale railroad much less anything smaller.
http://www.hardwareandtools.com/icat/shelfbracketsheavy/
I have planned and am beginning to construct a 28x28 basement perimeter wall layout approximately 54" off the floor using the 13" x 20" brackets. My “shelf platform” is made up of mostly 28" deep x 48" long sections, with additional triangle sections added to the inside of the corners. The track plan is a folded dogbone with a seperate branch; 60% of the layout has two tracks on the shelf - one elevated in back (closer to the wall) and the one nearest the front edge is mostly at “ground” level. With 1,000 lb capacity per pair of brackets, I am not worrying about weight. The rating requires heavy connectors into a masonry wall; for a bedroom you would use 3" lag screws and I think total weight rating would be a bit lower (500 lbs per pair) but still more than enough.
Al