Garage shelving

[Kathy]

Hi,

I would like to install a system of shelving in the garage of an 18C farmhouse. It was the kitchen until the 60's before someone converted it - it might have fit a Mini back then but no car fits now.
The shelving is the type where you hang garden tools, ladders etc. on movable hooks that slide into rows of panels attached to the wall.
I have two walls to choose from. My first choice is an exterior wall - lime plastered In good condition had it repaired last year) onto the original 18C bricks. There are are no laths. Builder friend confident he can nail to the wall without any.
A) would it be a mistake to try to nail the panels directly to the wall?
B) should he attach laths and nail to them?
C) is it just a bad idea altogether - because the weight of the panels when everything is loaded will pull the lime plaster off?

The second choice is an interior wall made of 60's bricks that was part of the earlier conversion. An easier proposition but it is only half the length of the outside wall which is why I would like to use the exterior one if it is feasible.

Appreciate your comments/advice, thanks.

 

[Flyfisher]

Whatever you decide, the fixings should go right through the plaster and into the brickwork of the wall. The plaster itself will then not be load-bearing and so will not then be damaged.

Personally, I would not nail into the wall. I'd use appropriate screws or rawlbolts for heavy-duty applications. But whatever fixings are used, they must go into the brickwork because the plaster alone will not be strong enough for anything but the very lightest of loads.

 

[a twig]

Could always make a freestanding frame for the panels that then bolts into the floor?