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I just mounted two of those hollow west elm shelves in the entry way of my house, and I plan to hang some peg rails underneath.

i had a helluva time… I couldn’t find any studs but there was something hard under the 5/8″ sheetrock, and then it hit me… duh! In this part of the house we didn’t take out the old plaster, we just rocked over it.

So, we have 5/8″ rock, some thickness of lathe and plaster, and brick behind it. I need a fastener that will hold the pegrail and several coats in the winter. The pegrail uses a keyhole mounting system.

How would you anchor this, would you go thru everything and into the brick? What fasteners and how long?