Newbie here! Among other things, I collect Starbucks mugs from my travels. I have over a hundred mugs and they have spent most of their life in boxes in the garage – until now! I was thinking of displaying them and was thinking of using several rows of BYGEL rails from IKEA and "S" hooks
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I have two perpendicular walls I was thinking of hanging them on. I can hang only six mugs on each rail, which would mean I would need around 20 rails (scope for expansion). I was thinking of hanging two rows of rails on one wall, and one row on the other. To make it look even, that would mean 2 rows of 7 rails on one wall, and one row of 7 on another. My fear is whether the dry wall will be able to hold this kind of weight. Each mug weighs 1.1lb, and the rail 1lb. So one wall would have to hold around 107lbs of weight, while the other around 53lbs.
I will not be able to screw the rails into the studs as it will not be aligned aesthetically. So I will have to use dry wall anchors.
Do you see any concerns with my design? Will the dry wall be able to hold this kind distributed weight? I really appreciate your feedback.
Thanks so much.
JK
Best Answer
It's hard to say whether your drywall will support this, it might, it might not. Big factors are the thickness, condition, and stud spacing. As well, if the bars ever experience a dynamic load like someone bumping into it, pulling on mugs, etc. it might very well fail while it was fine with a static load.
The "right" way to do this is to open up the walls and install blocking between studs so that you can mount your bars to a solid support instead of the drywall. Or alternatively, install a piece of plywood on top of the drywall, anchored to the studs, and then mount your bars to the plywood. You could paint it to match the wall.