"patrick conroy" wrote in
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Thinking about doing floor-ceiling bookcases in my study. Ceiling is
9' in there.

In another room I'm doing base cabinets with the bookcase on top of
them - to overcome limitations of a 8' sheet of hardwood plywood.

Just wondering - if I want to skip the base cabinet approach - and
make a 9' tall bookcase, what are some of the techniques involved? How
do you folks get 9' of sides out of a 8' hunk o' plywood?


'fraid I don't know about sides - when I had to do the same thing for a
10' ceiling I used solid pine sides and just ply for the back (which I used
two 5' sheets that met behind a fixed shelf in the middle.

As for the walls/ceiling not being square - no biggie - just screw it to
the wall and it won't fall over.

And you actually *can* get a 10' bookcase to stand up in a 10' room - IF
you have cornices in the room. I cut the cornice profile into the back
edge of the side, and it went up without a drama.

And those pesky books getting to the top shelf - build a ladder. Nice one
with wheels on it so you can slide it back and forth (although that's kinda
pointless for a single bookcase - I had a total of just over 3.6 metres in
width by 10' high along a wall).

Hope something in here helps.

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