On May 30, 12:29 am, charlieb wrote:

SNIP

The tallest shelf unit will be 6' tall, 28" wide and 12" deep.
It'll be out of english sycamore which has a density in
the rock maple range - about 46 pounds/cubic foot and
the shelf wood will be about 2.2 cubic feet - about 100
pounds - without any books. The books could add another
100 pounds.

I'm only going to be able to catch two studs to screw into
and the Z clip stock is 3 1/8" tall by 3/16" thick so I can
get two screws into each stud.

So my question:
Will these things support 200+ pounds if done described above? I REALLY don't want this thing to come off the wall - figuratively and literally.

charlie b

Charlie, I think the first thing I would do would be to call LV and
ask. They seem to have a pretty good track record of knowing their
products.

On the other hand, I think at those prices I might just order some
product and test it myself. Try a simple shelf loaded up and see how
it does. I think I would go to a fastener company and get some real
screws too, not the super soft trash sold at the big box or hardware
stores.

A couple of hundred pounds seems a bit light for me considering the
sizes of books I have. A six foot tall cab that is over two feet wide
loaded with Twain, Dickens, Dumas, Sabtini, C.S, Forester and my
Eastman publications would add to 100 lbs by about the fourth shelf.

As always, just my 0.02.

Robert