Skip to content Floating shelves, closet organizers, pantry and laundry room shelving and wall-mounted racks, fitted level and fixed with anchors chosen for the wall and the load.
Shelving and storage installation covers fitting floating shelves, closet organizers, pantry and laundry room shelving, utility room storage, storage racks and wall-mounted storage. The fixing is chosen for the wall type and the load, using studs or heavy-duty anchors. Clean Corps is a veteran-owned handyman and property maintenance company serving Windermere and the wider Orlando area. Call (407) 638-8956 or request service online.
About Windermere: On an isthmus between Lake Down and Lake Butler, Windermere is a small Orange County town west-southwest of Orlando, part of the Butler Chain of Lakes. The town is compact, with many unpaved streets, historic buildings and a number of parks, and many Windermere addresses lie outside its limits.
The Town’s parks page lists many parks, including Palmer Park and Parramore Park, with boat launches onto Lake Bessie and Lake Butler. Gear from a day on the water, such as paddles, life vests and coolers, tends to collect by the back door. Inside the house the floor fills up while the wall above it sits empty. Shelving turns that wall into storage, if it is fixed to what is actually behind the paint.
In an older home the wall behind the paint is not always drywall. It can be plaster, patched drywall or a mix by room, and floors and ceilings may have settled out of level. Studs are located first, and the anchor is chosen for what is behind the surface and for the load, because a fixing that is too light is how shelves sag or pull away. The level is set on the wall, not taken from the floor. That covers floating shelves, closet organizers, racks, hooks, and pantry and laundry shelving.
Pick the wall for each shelf, clear the space in front of it and note roughly what will sit on it, because the load and the wall decide the fixing. Shelving is never mounted around or over an electrical panel, water heater, gas line or air handler. Renters and HOA members should ask the landlord, association or local building department before drilling. Clean Corps also has a post on organizing a laundry room. Requests go through the site or to (407) 638-8956.
These answers apply across the Orlando metro, including Winter Park, Kissimmee, Lake Nona, Windermere, Oviedo and Winter Garden.
Yes. Floating shelves, closet organizers, pantry and laundry room shelving and wall-mounted racks are routine handyman work. The wall type and the load decide the fixing, so heavier shelving is normally fixed into studs or held with heavy-duty anchors.
Homes here generally have no basement, so closets, pantries and laundry rooms carry much of the storage. Fitting shelving to unused wall space is often the simplest way to add room without giving up floor space.
Canned and jarred goods weigh far more than most people expect, and shelves are often fixed with light anchors meant for decor. Pantry shelving usually needs studs or heavy-duty anchors and a level line.
Studs are located first, then the fixing is chosen for whatever sits behind the surface and for the load, whether that is plaster, patched drywall or a mix. Older rooms can also be out of level, so the level is set on the wall rather than taken from the floor.
Hooks, racks and shelves can be mounted on interior walls for gear like this, with the fixing chosen for the wall type and the load. Ceiling-hung and heavy garage rack systems are separate, and no weight capacity is promised for any product.
Decide which wall each shelf goes on, clear access to it and note what will be stored there. Request service when that is done. If the home is a rental or part of an HOA, check with the landlord or HOA before drilling.
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