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Also known as the Lack. Question is, can they hold a shelf full of books? The website says 8-20kg. Our walls are dry lined cinder blocks, I can screw a huge frame fixing in, but I am worried the bottom edge might crush the plasterboard or something. Can anyone reassure me?
No.
You bought a shelf from IKEA.
S’prised you can look yourself in the wobbly mirror.
Were the billy bookcases out of stock?
no
Fix it right and it will hold 20kg easily.
I agree. Wind some decent fixings into the blocks and she'll be reet.
Not 100% sure what cinder block is (hollow breeze block?) but I've got a couple of what I think are the same shelves that are well loaded with books and stuff screwed into those old grey crumbly breeze blocks. They're a fairly close fit in the slots and ours have shown no signs of sag.
Is it the shelves with the wall bracket that has a couple of big rods that go into holes in the back of the shelf?
Fix it right and it will hold 20kg easily.
Well I'm trying to establish what 'right' is.
Garage dweller - yes, those ones. The issue is that there is a load of leverage on the lower edge of the shelf, which I am worried could drive itself into the plasterboard. In fact.. there is an air gap behind the plasterboard so the weight would tend to push the plasterboard back and with nothing behind it it might dent the wall.
I could add some no nails behind it I suppose. Hmm.
There are specific fixings that have a reinforcing sleeve for use in dry lined walls. If I can find a link I'll post it.
It's drylinepro.com
Thanks.. they don't look long enough though. For heavy stuff I put long frame fixings deep into the block. Not really worried about them coming out - more about what it'll do to the surface of the plasterboard.
I've found with those IKEA shelves that over time the internal wood of the shelf collapses and the shelf slowly tips forward if too much weight is put on top.
I know those shelves. On a solid wall certainly, but on a floating plasterboard effort there's going to be a big force digging in on that bottom lip, as you have certainly realised yourself!
Difficult one... I'm going to go with "yes it will work, but you'll end up with a crease in the plasterboard".
Total guess.
They do look quite smart however, and for the price why not indeed.
Fix through to the blocks, make sure you use all the holes in the hidden metal frame, and tighten up well.
Ours were no trouble. If you’re worried you can easily slide the shelf off the support frame to see how the wall is faring.
Bear in mind the limit though: books easily rack up a lot of weight, careful not to put too many on!
Wouldn’t stop me using it, would stop me sneaking a whole library on there.
May not be as aesthetically pleasing, but these boys hold a multitude Mrs Nobeers vast range of cookery books up in the kitchen.
Those drylinepro bolts are good - I used a similar fixing called Rigifix which are also designed for drylined walls and they were ace for putting up kitchen cupboards. Why not use the proper thing for the job?
Even with those I wouldn’t bother though. Those shelves look great but a heavy weight on them over time causes them to tip forwards as they bend the brackets slightly. If you’re only keeping books on them I’d use some proper shelf brackets - I’ve just had some made for some kitchen shelves out of welded steel and they look ace. Got them off eBay - search for industrial shelf brackets and there’s loads of options.
Ekby Bjarnum is the other option. She wanted the shelves to be uninterrupted because it doesn't obstruct the books or whatever you put on like traditional brackets do. But I think structural issues may trump that. After all, if it sags downwards then it slopes downwards and the shelves are rendered useless..!
I used a similar fixing called Rigifix which are also designed for drylined walls and they were ace for putting up kitchen cupboards. Why not use the proper thing for the job?
Well it depends what's on the other side of the dry lining. I dunno if you've had to deal with these blocks (Thermalite is the word I was looking for) but they are so soft that stuff can pull straight out if it's not in a long way.
So, it's really ugly, but I now just use those twin-slot shelving systems, as I know that I'll never need to worry about it falling off the wall.
My wife is pretty unimpressed with it aesthetically, but I don't care.
I now just use those twin-slot shelving systems
Which ones?
And if my wife doesn't like it aesthetically she won't sign off.