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Drywall anchors - Is shear capacity additive?

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Is the rated capacity for a given drywall anchor additive?

 

For example, if a snap anchor or toggle is rated for 80 pounds of shear in drywall, are two holding up a single shelf bracket capable of holding 160 pounds? Or at least something higher than 80?

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Gonna use these rather than classic wing types. 

 

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49 mins ago, redfishkiller said:

use the metal screw in anchors

I've hung some heavy **** on them

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^^Knows sheet...no supersize holes for a plastic anchor and you can reuse them.

 

Answer to the OP question is yes...you're dividing the weight equally among the anchors so it will absolutely be cumulative (big words...meh).

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53 mins ago, redfishkiller said:

use the metal screw in anchors

I've hung some heavy **** on them

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 Those are a no go for this application. It’s going to be a triangular shelf bracket that  has a hook for attaching a hanging bar underneath it. On that hanging bar is going my wife’s tablecloths which are a lot heavier than you would think. So the weight center of gravity across the bar is 10 inches off-the-wall and cantilevered. Thus,  one of those screw in anchors will be pulled right out. That is not a theory, that’s personal experience. 

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15 mins ago, Terry Mac said:

Kaz is a cocobird. 

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19 mins ago, i07nyc said:

For that much weight is go with mushroom anchors. They spread out behind the wall and distribute the weight. Only thing they never come out.

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The spreading toggle is the right idea, as long as it has the right capacity. The snap toggles I have or bulkier than most of the variety you’re showing  spreading toggle is the right idea, as long as it has the right capacity. The snap toggles I have our bulkier than most of the variety your showing 

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