Cat shelves 🥴🥴🥴

[Stigmorgan]

So I've posted a couple of WIP pics on the thing you made thread but I'm a little uncertain about how to mount the bridge on the wall at the minute, it's a bit heavier than I thought it would be and worry about the bridge itself pulling on the shelves at each end, would love some suggestions for mounting them here's a pic of the bridge and the bits of wood I have

 

[Bingy man]

Looks grand but I’m struggling to visualise it in its final position- it’s prob just me and the loss of £700 to replace my clutch . Is it going between 2 fixed walls ? or have I missed something

 

[Stigmorgan]

Looks grand but I’m struggling to visualise it in its final position- it’s prob just me and the loss of £700 to replace my clutch . Is it going between 2 fixed walls ? or have I missed something

Something like this (the top one) but one end will be lower than the other

 

[Bingy man]

Ahh I see now - I can understand your concern as you don’t have a lot of surface contact to utilise. So maybe some sort of back panel built into design so you could simply fix it to the wall using plugs and screws etc - my only other thought would be a floating shelf type bracket that could be fixed to the wall and the bridge ends simply slide onto the rails ( if you follow)

 

[Stigmorgan]

Ahh I see now - I can understand your concern as you don’t have a lot of surface contact to utilise. So maybe some sort of back panel built into design so you could simply fix it to the wall using plugs and screws etc - my only other thought would be a floating shelf type bracket that could be fixed to the wall and the bridge ends simply slide onto the rails ( if you follow)

That's my initial thought, I'm just not sure on best fixings, I think a red rawl plug might be too small for the amount of pulling force over time combined with the added pressures from the cat using it. I have brown plugs but sure they are enough either.

 

[SammyQ]

Plaster wall or solid wall?