Ikea EXPEDIT / KALLAX shelf - how to assemble and wall mount bookcase 

Hi Adam, I came home to find my wife having a mini breakdown trying to assemble this piece. Your instructions were perfect and saved me from trying to read Ikea's stick figure icons. Thanks so much.

Thank you, I’m a visual learner and this made it simple.

This video was unbelievably helpful. Thank you so much for sharing. Your little girl was so adorable walking up to help daddy. :)

I watched this video before work this morning, and after work I went to ikea and came home and built it. This video helped. Thanks!🇨🇦

Great post! I threw the white piece you click on, I have to go back in the trash to retrieve them. Thanks!

After 25 minutes of trying unsuccessfully how to follow the wordless picture instructions that came with the bookcase, I found this. Thank you.

Thank you. I wish I had watched these before I put my bookcase together. Now on to my cube units with some direction.😁

I am an interior designer/architect in Montreal Canada, Design d'Intenrieur M" , Interior Design M* , Margot McDougall. This was a great video with absolutely superb instructions.

Didn't feel like reading instructions, thanks for the quick walk thru your a real Mensch.

The trick to securely mounting a bookcase to the wall is support at the bottom. Your baseboard acts like a cleat to support its full width - fine for a 2-shelf bookcase. To wall-mount larger bookcases (with heavier loads), you'll need more than a cleat. Build a wall shelf with HD wall brackets that supports the entire weight of the loaded bookcase at the desired height above the floor.

thank you, the booklet confused, watching you was extremely clear and helpful, nice shirt too !!

I finally caved in, listened to Lindsay and downloaded Hyezmar’s Woodworking Bible. Needless to say It finally pointed me in the right direction and I’ve made some cool stuff too :)

I bought these second hand, but they had never been assembled. There were no instructions with mine, so Thanks for the your video!!!

Thank you so much! I was going to hire someone to hang them, but I feel super confident to do it myself now! Your baby is such a cutie too. :)

Thank you for this vid. You just saved me a headache with the Ikea brackets that came with the shelf.

thanks so much! truly saved my time and stress--i just moved so I lost my original instructions, and had no idea how to put it all back together. thanks!

Thank you for this tutorial. I hung my daughter’s shelves by myself. Also, It’s the beautiful little helper for me! I love it!

Great vid and kudos for wearing the Three Lions.

I bought these shelves years ago and just decided to put them up. Thanks for the video! Great help!

11:55 "drywall mount that you insert and it flares out inside the drywall: is called an anchor or molly. Very helpful video as I needed the last couple minutes. Thanks!

You can also run a painted 1 x 3 across the studs and then connect the Kallax to the 1 x 3 using the stock holes.

Haha ~9:05 that low pitch bass going on...best part of the vid 😂

Thank you this was really useful. it took about an hour to get the first one together. Now onto the next one.

Thanks for this video. I have a Besta TV cabinet that I am mounting to the wall. The last part of your video applies to that as well. The 2" course wood screws was exactly the information I needed since all IKEA could tell me was to use "appropriate screws" for the wall material that I was hanging my unit on. Thanks!

9:05 when the baby tooted XD was funny

Hey this was great..my husband just hurt his shoulder so I'll be putting tons of these together.

Thanks. Extremely helpful. I purchased one as-is. Just need to find the missing pieces to buy or obtain to mount them

Very helpful and cute baby... tried to lift the bookshelf with you, awww

I appreciated your simple and to-the-point instructions. You made your instructions very easy to understand, especially the instructions for measuring, drilling and mounting the cabinet to the wall. Ikea should hire you to draw and write their instructions - you do a much better job. Thank you for the instruction.

This has helpt me an awful lot. Finally mounting my Kallax! Many many thanks from Holland. I never understood that i already have mounts and dont have to go looking for those long brackets!

😅 came to figure out how to mount my kallax and got the laugh of the day from baby girl. 😂😂

Great video. Very helpful. Favorite part? Cute baby head appearance. 😊

Thank you so much, I would not have been able to do it without you!!!!!!!

Thanks, Adam!...got me through my project in less than an hour! Wish you could have put the drawer in, that's where I really had problems and decided not to install them! Thanks again!

Extremely helpful video! I put 2 Kallax 4-cube bookshelves together thanks to your help (no wall mounting...just standing in my daughter's room). You need to make a video on what to do when the wooden dowels break inside the holes while assembling! :) Luckily I found some other videos to fix that.

Thanks for the video. I had to take back one set I purchased. The wood stunts are hard to maneuver in and when I went to put the middle shelf the small side tipped over and the wood stunts broke off. So they were stuck into the boards. You sort a have to maneuver the thing so it won’t do that. You have to maneuver on its side and then put in the middle shelf so the small boards won’t tip over. Of course the instructions are so comical.!

Very helpful and loving the England shirt.

Thanks! the video really helped to understand how to mount since I had lost the instructions. also great tip on the wall beams.

Thank you great vid. Found one someone threw out and want to ensamble up in my bathroom for storage. Hopefully do it right. Love the part where your kid passed gas, gave the video a nice touch! Lol

Thanks. That was very helpful. You're a good teacher.

Great step by step instructions! completed 2 very quickly and accurately

IKEA is incredibly ill adapted to the international market, the reason their booklet might seem confusing is that drywall is a rare thing in Sweden. Most interior walls are either solid wood or concrete, the latter you have to drill into first, put in an expanding plug and then screw in your bolt. But walls like that are equally rare outside scandinavia so it's just lazy of them not to include instructions for the markets they sell their products in.

VERY helpful. I wasn't sure if I needed to attach the brackets if I was only putting it on the floor, but managed to put it up and store on the floor in my flat! Thanks man :~)

Props for the England shirt 👌

Thanks for the easy instructions! I was able to put mine together without any issues!

Thanks for this. Put this up but couldn't really find whether I'd done it safe or not, then I was worrying whether the screws would hold it in. Regardless, I ordered some free brackets that I'll use for the bottom left and right to help support the top left and right... I'm going to be sleeping under it so would feel much more comfortable doing that 😂 After a more complicated wardrobe, I was impressed how easy this went together. Will definitely be buying more for my other rooms

Good vid, very helpful. Thanks! (Beams do not run vertically, studs do)

Useful video, thanks. Liked for the Three Lions on the shirt. 🦁🦁🦁

Great tutorial! Just a heads up it’s a 3/16” bit, not a 3/8ths!

Collette is a little star!

Thanks for this - very clear and helpful - and you're lovely with your baby!

Bulding this in 2021 bro love the shirt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Nice pencil. If your daughter hadn't walked into the shot, I still would've known that you have kids, lol. Most of my shop pencils have unicorns and hearts on them...

Thank you. Very helpful. Especially as I lost the original instructions :)

Thanks for postimg this video. This cost $60 in Canada!! ☺

I don't think that mine came with instructions. Your video was very helpful :)

Good job mate... Nice to see little girl taking an interest in daddy working :-)

Thanks buddy ...your video was very useful to fix this shelf

Just FYI - you say "3/8 inch bit", but that is almost half an inch! The correct bit size is 3/16".

Thank you I feel proud that I done it My on on own thank you for your help

Really helpful , I am moving into my own apartment. Will try it.

i like the Kid's sudden appearance :)

I think I'll put a 2X2 across the bottom to help support it.

Super helpful thank you so much for sharing this video

if your in the UK like me :) we dont have drywall we use bricks!

Great video. A big thank you!

Hi i got shelves simular to this but the thing is -.- they didn't come with screws to go into the dam wall and I'm not sure what screws I need to put into my wall could you help me with advising what screws to use, I can tell you I think if I'm correct the walls are a layer of plaster but after that is brick.

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Why not use a drill wall anchor, on the left side? Great vid.

Minus the mounting which I don't want to do. I will be getting my shelves soon

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Even with your clear step by step instructions, I failed to do it! It’s all wobbly and disconnected! (Like my Life!). 🙈 I’ll keep it trying too something adjusts in my understanding.

I cant find the extra Brackets to put on the bottom to hand to stud like you said on IKEA website? Where can I find the 2 extra brackets and covers? @AdamDIY

Thanks for the video!!!! First attempt with the Ikea manual failed :( But with your tutorial next to us, it was easy!! :)

What type of 2" Corase Wood Screw should I use for this same modle? I see some that say 8 x 2" Corase Wood Screw? I see one on Walmart by Grip-Rite Exterior 129 pck of Phillips 2" Corase sharp point screws? Is this the right one? I see in the Ikea Kalax manual part 11 it shows the screw head not to be flat but rising. What kind of 2" Corase Wood Screw did you guys use?!?!

Just brought one of these, ? Why can you see screws on top, shouldn't they be at side as it's square and doesn't matter which way round.

Was very helpful. Thanks!

Good video. I have a question, Can you not just use plasterboard fixings instead of having to find a stud?

You can trust those wall studs but I dont trust wall mounting these cabinets. They’re just made of MDF. You put weight down on those and those screws will rip right off those boards like they’re wafer biscuits.

Thanks, your method worked perfectly!

Thanks for he video. I have the black brown color. Good thing I had no interest in the wall mounting. But still IKEA directions comical. The wood stents just did not go in easily as your video did. I thing I had two left over. No biggie. Your video was very helpful. For Ikea it should be but sometimes it’s comical for the directions and it’s designed to be complicated,

its rather short sighted that they don't supply "Distance Between mounting centers" for these cabinets like many other consumer products you hang. This answers my questions precisely. Now I'll be mounting them with those brackets on the TOP and positioned so that they are both on the top and equidistant from each side of the cabinet.

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Very well done attaching it to the studs. But why not just get the 3 inch legs to raise the shelves if you're going to install it that low.

Are you resting the shelf unit on the molding underneath? And how much weight do you think the shelf could safely hold if properly installed into studs? Thanks for the video!

Can this video be helpful for mounting a jewelry armorie as well?

That’s simple and easy thxs

Awwww baby wants to help too cute

Thank you so helpful. Need a hex key like yours it would be easier

never seen anyone roll in a screw so fast

The baby fart was awesome 😂

Thank you for the hanging instructions! I'll be hanging a couple of the 4 square Kallax soon. I also have one of the 8 square Kallax. Ikea says it is not a hanging model, but do you think I could mount it low using a bracket in each top square (four total)?

I think I'd rather put some battening onto the the wall, mount the bracket to that just to spread the load a bit.. It would still be hidden at the back of the underside of the shelf.

This stuff is so cheap, I had to finish drilling almost every hole for the screws because they wernt drilled to the correct depth at the factory.

Thanks for this! It's really helpful!

Hi Adam, useful little video. We have a 4 x 2 Kallax unit being delivered (UK) on Thursday but according to the online instructions, it should not be wall mounted. Is this a health and safety coverall or it it really too heavy to wall mount? If not wopuld some kind of backboard in mdf or chipboard give some rigidity? It is going on a dabbed plasterboard/brick wall. Thanks, Phil. P.S. Colette should be a regular assistant-so cute.

Hello... Im just wondering about the cross shelf in the middle...theres 1 long placed horizontally and 2 short ones on top of each other... can i reverse this??? I basically want to install the long board vertically because I only want to use one of the short boards because I want to place something tall on 1 of the slots without the short board.

Does the hardware for mounting to wall come with KALLAX? What is the name of the hardware type to I can purchase more?

But the shelf itself is very hollow. How well does it stand up to long term use?

two of the dowels broke. so if the center piece that takes four wooden dowels on both ends. would it hurt if one end only had two since its going to be screwed down with the side and bottom pieces?