Imagine that black rack holding lots and lots of pants. I had hung closet shelving in the laundry room closet before back when I was pregnant so this was nothing new.When I was a kid my not so handy step-dad would hang things up in the house with plastic drywall anchors. He never took the time to figure out what could and could not be hung with those anchors. I remember lots and lots of holes where drywall anchors used to be and things coming out of the wall with anchor still attached to the screw. Good times. Since I did not want this happening with my closet shelves I opted for this:
It's a toggle bolt, referred to as the "cadillac" of drywall anchors. More often than not the wall gives way before the bolt does. The nerve racking thing about these, if you've never seen them, is the size of the hole you have to drill in the wall to use it. That bolt above requires a hole this large:
The first time I used one I read the directions four times because I didn't think I was reading correctly. Nope, you need a hole that big to get the bolt in. Jack is also amazed at the size of the hole.
So, you put the bolt on the screw leaving enough room for the bolt reach the back side of the drywall.
Then you just pop it it. Literally, you wait for the "pop" of the bolt opening up on the other side.
FYI, if you mess up in anyway after this point the bolt is long gone. Pulling the screw out isn't gonna happen and unscrewing it from the bold will result in the bolt falling down in between two sheets of drywall.Install the shelves. Curse the guy at Lowe's for not cutting the shelves to the proper length resulting in a gouge in your wall. Then remember that spackle is your friend.
Admire your curious child and his giant cloth diaper butt.
Put everything back and jump with joy as your closet looks somewhat more organized.
Turn around and realize that your bathroom is now a disaster.
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