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Questions tagged [shelves]

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How do I reinforce these pantry shelves?

I have this well stocked pantry and have noticed a little bowing toward the center of the shelves. I’m worried that they may eventually collapse. Is this something to be worried about, or is this fine? If they need to be reinforced, what would be…
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Scribing bookcase to wall

I will be building a bookcase in the near future, fairly simple construction (I hope) with 3 shelves. I'm wanting to have this flush up against a wall (as you would), however the wall in question is... not great. It seems to be out of whack in all…
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How to remove sliding panels

I have a closet with 2 old sliding panels and I want to remove them. The wheel is at the bottom and I found how to unclip the panel at the top. My problem is that I can't figure out how to unclip the panels at the bottom. The plastic thing holding…
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Will this shelving design safely hold 2100lbs?

I would like to add some built-in shelves to a room in my house. It will hold several aquariums, so they need to be quite strong. I’ve sketched out a plan (see below), but I’ve never built anything like this before and I’m wondering if this will…
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How can I support butcherblock shelves without seeing brackets

I'm trying to install floating shelves made of 3/4 in butcherblock to match the countertops. The client would like the mounting hardware to be invisible if possible but these shelves will have substantial weight without anything on them. Is there…
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Shelf not lining up with holes in floating rod

I bought two used floating shelves and just hung them up on my wall. For some reason, the screws that go through the bottom of the shelf are not aligning with the metal holes in the floating rods for 3 of 4 spots. And not just by a little—they are…
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Help with Floating Shelves

I would like to get a set of 3 white floating shelves, 15.7 in, for my bedroom. The problem is, I'm not sure if I can put floating shelves (or this brand in particular) on shaved popcorn walls? I don't have much experience with this stuff, and it…
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Built-in Shelves - Cleat Support Question

I am building new shelves for my built-in space. Similar to this. https://imgur.com/a/OFljM0I and https://imgur.com/a/dxP9eRv My plan is to use 3/4 plywood, a 1x3 or 1x2 trim for the face, hardboard for the bottom, and cleats/spare lumber for…
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Shelves for ~1.5 inch (~38mm) shower slide bar

We are looking for shelves for a shower slide bar. The slide bar is 1 1/4 inches in diameter. We are in Canada (i.e. Home Depot, Home Hardware, Rona, Canadian Tire) On Amazon, we found shelves for slide bars at a max diameter hole of 25mm but we…
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Using angle irons for a shelf

I am wanting to build some shelves in my house and was thinkning about using these angle irons. Will these angle irons work well for the shelves? I plan on them being thick shelves for my tools that will hold about 50lbs on each.
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Installing Large Floating Shelves Over Small (Penny) Round Tiles

I would like to install wood floating shelves that are 5 foot over penny round tiles. The tiles are glossy porcelain like these. The floating shelves are similar to these and could store up to 90lbs. We have 4 studs into which the brackets can be…
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Storage shelves under stairs

I would like to build some shelves for the cupboard under the stairs. I quite like the layout in the following picture: My cupboard is roughly per diagram below, were I would like to put a 3-layer shoe rack next to the shelves (the walls to the…
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Can I hang shelves on a brick wall from the mortar, not the brick?

We're renting a house with exposed brick walls inside, and would like to put up some shelves. The landlord doesn't want us drilling into the brick itself, but he's fine with us drilling into the mortar. If we mount shelves this way, will the mortar…
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Will this plan support my shelf?

I am installing three 81” shelves on a wall in a laundry alcove off a kitchen. The house is 100+ years old with lathe and plaster walls, orange peel surface. Studs are located at 18, 34, 50, and 65 inches from right end (inside) to left (outside…
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Closetmaid Shelving

So I bought some used closetmaid shelves and for whatever reason they did not have all the track system pieces. Basically just got the shelves. My question is, can I just use regular brackets to somehow attach the wire shelves like you would boards…
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