Hello,
I have purchased acoustic panels and spent a lot of time and care cutting out for the hat shelf so it is recessed against the felt behind the panels. I was very lucky that the hat shelf fit perfectly between the ribs on the vertical bars, and as mentioned, I have cut a bit, including removing material for the upper rib and accommodating the area where the hooks are mounted (there are some weld spots in each corner as well as a smaller bracket behind the lower "plate" where the hooks are attached). Now that I have finally gotten to installing the panel and the hat shelf, I notice that the upper right corner is slightly shifted to the left, which makes it impossible to insert the screw with the hat shelf in place.
The other three holes are okay (two on the left side and lower right corner) but it seems I drifted a bit to the left with the drill for just the upper right corner. I can't really adjust the acoustic panel much because then the other three holes would be misaligned. What can I do now? Should I cut out the drywall at the upper right corner, fix it somehow, and put a new plug? It is single drywall.
One option is to cut off one of the ribs and shift "one step" to the left and place new plugs next to the existing ones.
I might have gone a little overboard possibly with molly bolts for all four holes, but if it had been one of the lower holes that was slightly off, I could have lived with just three. However, since it will tend to twist outward and downward when I hang things on the hat shelf, it doesn't seem reasonable not to have anything in the upper right corner.
What do you think?
I have purchased acoustic panels and spent a lot of time and care cutting out for the hat shelf so it is recessed against the felt behind the panels. I was very lucky that the hat shelf fit perfectly between the ribs on the vertical bars, and as mentioned, I have cut a bit, including removing material for the upper rib and accommodating the area where the hooks are mounted (there are some weld spots in each corner as well as a smaller bracket behind the lower "plate" where the hooks are attached). Now that I have finally gotten to installing the panel and the hat shelf, I notice that the upper right corner is slightly shifted to the left, which makes it impossible to insert the screw with the hat shelf in place.
The other three holes are okay (two on the left side and lower right corner) but it seems I drifted a bit to the left with the drill for just the upper right corner. I can't really adjust the acoustic panel much because then the other three holes would be misaligned. What can I do now? Should I cut out the drywall at the upper right corner, fix it somehow, and put a new plug? It is single drywall.
One option is to cut off one of the ribs and shift "one step" to the left and place new plugs next to the existing ones.
I might have gone a little overboard possibly with molly bolts for all four holes, but if it had been one of the lower holes that was slightly off, I could have lived with just three. However, since it will tend to twist outward and downward when I hang things on the hat shelf, it doesn't seem reasonable not to have anything in the upper right corner.
What do you think?
I would probably try to cut a reasonably sized piece of plaster, maybe 10x10 cm, and then insert sparse or another piece of wood behind it in the same way as when repairing holes in plaster walls. Make sure the piece is a bit larger than a regular patch, maybe a total of 25 cm long. Insert it and secure it, attach a piece of plaster, and then screw with regular wood screws. The plank will function as a plaster anchor.
Thanks, Tommi!tommib said:
Went out and bought plasterboard, suitable beam, and filler; tomorrow's project will be to do as you described
I thought I would do as you wrote, googled around after writing, but wanted to make sure there wasn't another alternative that I felt more comfortable with, but the way you described it didn't seem rocket science advanced.Very kind of you to reply, and nice not to be made to feel silly as a novice!