Pressed Particle Board Shelving Warning

From: David Woyciesjes <woyciesjes_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu May 27 08:46:20 2004

R. D. Davis wrote:
> In case anyone else on this list is using steel shelving with particle
> board shelves that's been in use for over ten years, and hasn't given
> the shelving a careful looking over, it may be a good idea to do so...
>
> ... I noticed that some of the items on some of the shelves
> appear to be leaning slightly. It turns out that the boards are
> sagging a bit towards the center, so it's just a matter of time before
> things begin to go crash. Not sure how soon that might happen, but
> this sagging has occurred fairly quickly, or so it seems...

        Here's a little fix I would do. Get some 2"x4" boards. Assuming your
shelves are 4'x8' sheets, screw the boards to the underside of the
shelves, across the middle. End up dividing it into 2 4'x4' sections.
        Unload the shelves first, or at least most of the heavy stuff, and push
the rest to the side. Use 3" drywall screws, and set them about 8"
apart starting from one side, and working across to the other side.
pre-drilling holes might make it a little easier for you. If you can,
have someone/something push the shelf back up to level first. It may not
end up pretty, but like you said, it's cheaper than a full oak plank deck.
        Of course, someone else also mentioned angle iron also. That would work
good, especially if you get a length with the holes already drilled
through. Then just bolt it to the underside of the shelf...

-- 
---   Dave Woyciesjes
---   ICQ# 905818
Received on Thu May 27 2004 - 08:46:20 BST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:37:13 BST