I started a shelving project in my tool rm. 1) I need another shelf. 2) the existing shelf needs better support.
The aerosol cans are paints and lubricants, first pic. There’s a few quarts of paint also. They don’t weigh that much but I have a couple hundred ft of power cords hanging from the bottom. Together about 70lbs. The brackets are strong enough but not the anchor screws I used into the cinder block wall. I had to brace the shelf with supports from the floor.
Sort of funny, if you look closely at the left hand support in the first pic… It’s an old wooden walking crutch that belonged to my grandfather. Has a rubber pad at the top.
I had a 2x8 left over from the stairway landing project, 96 7/16ths inches. I’d decided on 48” as the shelf height. Doesn’t matter if it’s a bit higher. I cut the 2x8 in half, they are now the new supports for the bottom shelf. They’ll get a few coats of polyurethane before I anchor them to the wall.
I have the same issue with the sump pump as I did with the stairway. The drain pipe runs along that wall so I notched the left hand support at the base.
The shelf was a long frame of a water bed I had decades ago, also 8ft long. I have two of them. They are laminated particle board 1 5/8ths inches thick and 9.5 inches wide. The best part… there’s a trim piece on the edge that sticks up about 3/16ths of an inch. This lip keeps things from falling off the shelf. (unless it’s over crowded
)
I screwed cleats to the bottom of the existing shelf. I screwed large hooks into them to hang power cords.
I’ll support the upper shelf with short pieces of scrap 2x8’s left over from the stairway project. I’ll anchor all of it to the cinder block wall with Tapcon screws, wood screws and small L brackets. Also large, heavy L brackets.
The aerosol cans are paints and lubricants, first pic. There’s a few quarts of paint also. They don’t weigh that much but I have a couple hundred ft of power cords hanging from the bottom. Together about 70lbs. The brackets are strong enough but not the anchor screws I used into the cinder block wall. I had to brace the shelf with supports from the floor.
Sort of funny, if you look closely at the left hand support in the first pic… It’s an old wooden walking crutch that belonged to my grandfather. Has a rubber pad at the top.
I had a 2x8 left over from the stairway landing project, 96 7/16ths inches. I’d decided on 48” as the shelf height. Doesn’t matter if it’s a bit higher. I cut the 2x8 in half, they are now the new supports for the bottom shelf. They’ll get a few coats of polyurethane before I anchor them to the wall.
I have the same issue with the sump pump as I did with the stairway. The drain pipe runs along that wall so I notched the left hand support at the base.
The shelf was a long frame of a water bed I had decades ago, also 8ft long. I have two of them. They are laminated particle board 1 5/8ths inches thick and 9.5 inches wide. The best part… there’s a trim piece on the edge that sticks up about 3/16ths of an inch. This lip keeps things from falling off the shelf. (unless it’s over crowded
)I screwed cleats to the bottom of the existing shelf. I screwed large hooks into them to hang power cords.
I’ll support the upper shelf with short pieces of scrap 2x8’s left over from the stairway project. I’ll anchor all of it to the cinder block wall with Tapcon screws, wood screws and small L brackets. Also large, heavy L brackets.
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