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Quick Reference Guide Hardware 1 Tips Before Installing 2 Top Tracks 3 Standards, Brackets & Wire Shelves 4 Work Surfaces 7 Prepare for Lighting 8 Pegboards 11 Upper Cabinets 12 Lower Cabinets 19 Tall Cabinets 40 Drawers 48 Track Hooks 50 LED Lighting 53 Finishing 57 Work Benches 60 1 Wood Screw 2 Drywall & Plaster Anchor 3 Sheet Metal Screw 4 Concrete Screw Easy Installation & Assembly Document needed: Custom Design Space Plan (if you worked with a Design Specialist) Tools needed: pencil, level, power drill, drill bit set, #2 Phillips head bit for power drill, #2 Phillips head screwdriver, hammer, tape measure, ladder or step stool, Elfa 2' spacer, plastic mallet, scissors. TIP • Remove all contents from your space and donate or sell all items no longer needed. • For closets, hang clothes that you are keeping on a garment rack outside the closet during installation. • Take out any old shelving and/or closet rods. Patch and repaint walls. • Tape the page(s) of your custom Elfa design to the corresponding wall. • Refer to your design for placement of your Elfa. Lay out all the products by type, size and wall. Hardware Based on what you have told your designer, you have been provided with the correct hardware needed to complete the installation based on your wall construction. Below are instructions for installing each type of hardware: 1 Wood Screw Used for mounting the Top Track into drywall over wood studs or directly into wood. Drill a hole with a 1/8" / 3mm drill bit the length of the drill bit. TIP • Rake the wood screw over a bar of soap before inserting it into the wall. This will make tightening the screw easier. 2 Drywall & Plaster Anchor Used for mounting the Top Track into 1/2" / 13mm drywall (most common wall type), or 5/8" / 15mm to 1" / 26mm drywall/plaster. Enlarge the hole with a 3/8" / 10mm drill bit. Remove the screw from the white anchor, ensuring the gray insert stays in place. Tap the anchor into the hole with the plastic mallet. Discard the grey spacers that are included in the packaging (not shown). 3 Sheet Metal Screw Used for mounting the Top Track into drywall over sheet metal studs. Drill a hole with a 1/8" / 3mm drill bit the length of the sheet metal screw. 4 Concrete Screw For concrete/masonry (cinder block or brick), drill a hole with a 5/32" / 4mm masonry drill bit the length of the concrete screw. 1 ©2024 The Container Store Inc. All rights reserved. WF462445 10/24
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Easy Installation & Assembly Tips Before Installing Overall Process For Installing Any Garage+ by Elfa Space • Always start by mounting your Top Track. • If lighting is part of your solution, run Lighting Cables through your Hanging Standards using the Cable Organizers and pull connector ends through the correct slots (bend ends back so they don’t fall back through the slots) according your Space Plan. Allow Lighting Cable to hang out 3"-4" / 75mm-100mm from the bottom of the Standard. • To square up the solution, first hang Standards on the Top Track. Push Standards together and add all Brackets. Position Standards according to your Space Plan. Add top Shelves or Work Surfaces to keep Standards in place. Use a level to square up Standards. Use a pencil to mark holes for securing Standards to wall. Remove Shelves or Work Surfaces used to square up your solution. Slide Standards over so you can drill pilot and anchor holes. Insert anchors. Slide Standards back into place. Do not screw the Standards to the wall at this time. • Connect Lighting: Secure Transformer in Cable Box. Mount Cable Box to Standards close to your power source. Add necessary Lighting Cables to link Lighting Cables in Standards together, pulling Lighting Cables up and across Top Track as needed. After installing Wire Shelves or Cabinets, install Light Bars and connect to Lighting Cables. Connect Lighting Cable and bottom of Standard to Transformer. Plug Power Cord into outlet. • Assemble any Cabinets and set aside. Cabinets that hang from Standards will be the last elements you install. This is when you will fully secure the Standards to the wall. • Install Wire Shelves and Work Surfaces working from the top down. • Install any Drawers working from the bottom up and adding Mesh Drawers as you go. • Install any Pegboards. • Secure Standards to wall. • Install Cabinets. • Install Light Bars and connect Lighting Cables. • Add Cable Covers under Cabinets. • Install Top Track and Standard Covers. • Assemble and secure Work Bench. 2 ©2024 The Container Store Inc. All rights reserved. WF462445 10/24
