Hanging Ikea Suspension Rail

If you re like us then you ll spend alot of time thinking about this before you do it.

Hanging ikea suspension rail. It took us 72 hours and worked off the same cross bar i think they called it a suspension rail system. The rail has several holes for attaching it directly to a stud. It s strong it s fast and it s incredibly easy to use. Step 3 measure and mark the height of the suspension rail.

Makes it easy nwart i ve installed traditional and ikea cabinets the suspension rail is the best method. Bestå suspension rail silver color 23 5 8. Suspension rails for ikea cabinets such as the akurum model are supplied in 80 inch lengths. Additional suspension rails may be cut and mounted end to end on the wall if extra length is required.

The rails are only about 84 inches long and one of our walls was 161 5 inches so we had to use 2 rails. Make sure there are adequate studs for rail support and read the directions. The first thing you ll need to do is locate and mark up where the studs are in your wall. We just completed hanging an ikea wall open shelving system algot this past weekend.

The suspension rail functions as a reinforcement to make it easier and safer to mount the bestå frame to the wall. I ve used spax washerhead screws 1 4 x 3 with the suspension rail and they work great you need a t 30 drill bit.