Hanging Ikea Besta shelves - Wall mounting

Hello everyone,
I just registered, my name is Michael, I am 31 years old and come from the beautiful city of Cologne - Alaaf.

This week I put together a living room wall unit from the Besta system at Ikea, but I need to hang two of the parts on a concrete wall.
These are the following two parts:



What kind of anchors and screws would you recommend for wall mounting?

Is the hanging system that comes with it, these plastic pieces, really recommended?
Did I understand correctly that I should screw the hangers to the back panel and then screw a screw through the cabinet into the wall from inside the cabinet?

Questions upon questions.

Best regards, Michael

Is the hanging system that comes with it, those plastic parts, really recommended? Did I understand correctly that I am supposed to screw the hangers to the back panel and then screw a screw from inside the cabinet through the cabinet directly into the wall?

Yes and yes

Hello The wall mounting is slid into the corner on the back panel and then screwed from the front side! Best regards bergpriv

Hello,

I didn’t want to start a new thread now, so I’ll just (pun intended) attach my question here: Are 8mm anchors with matching screws enough for a concrete wall (nothing works on the wall without a hammer drill) or is it better to use 10mm anchors and matching screws, and then use machine head screws? And how long should the screws be?

Because I really can’t imagine that 3 small plastic boxes are supposed to hold the weight of 30 KG contents.
Oh, and what is the maximum load of the cabinets when wall-mounted, the ones with 40mm depth doors?

Unfortunately, the hotline couldn’t give any information on that.

Thanks and greetings from the Kobold

8 mm dowel with 6 mm screw should suffice. Use real wood screws instead of chipboard screws. This way the dowel holds better. For the length, the dowel length plus screw diameter plus distance wall - inside of back panel applies. A maximum load of 30 kg per shelf is specified. Can one infer the total maximum load from that? I would write to IKEA and ask directly whether they are liable for (in the worst case fatal) personal injury due to overload because of missing information if they cannot provide you with data again. The email address is in IKEA’s imprint.

Hello everyone,

I am also joining this thread as a newcomer because it’s exactly about ... hanging Besta.

Among other things, I have the part 001.340.52, Besta storage bench with 2 shelves, which was shown both in the advertisement and in the store hanging on the wall, as it is supposed to be done in my case now. However, I am not only skeptical about the two plastic parts, but I have also read several times that some Besta parts are not suitable for wall mounting at all.

Can someone help me here? Is a 13 kg storage bench, to which a door will be added and into which books or bottles will certainly be placed, really held by 2 plastic parts and a particleboard back panel? Or do I have to use a completely different piece of furniture for this purpose because display items do not have to be practical?

Thank you very much in advance!