"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 May 2019 09:04:33 +0100, Rod Speed
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Brian Gaff wrote

I hate them.

I dont actually use them much, but thats because I prefer proper
floor to ceiling shelves. I dont even have a floating shelf for the
shower because I have a window ledge just out of the shower.

Brian prefers you reply at the top.

I've never seen him confirm that when you have said that.

I have freestanding dexion shelves in the garage,

I do have one of those, that I originally built in the flat
before I built the house. Still have it next to the fridge
now, but thats only because I havent gotten around
to getting more slotted square dexion. They dont
bother to ship it here anymore. I did buy a whole pack
of it when I was building the house and thats what all
the floor to ceiling rectangular frames are made of.

several shelves in the house made of wood and proper mitred supports,

I dislike making things out of wood like that, prefer welded steel.

and in the bathroom normal little glass shelves with proper attachments
which aren't invisible and can take weight.

So often they are not tight and slide out leaving stickyout rods that
are
invisible until you bump into one :-)

Yeah, obviously can be a problem for the blind.

Or anyone, as the stuff on the shelf is now on the floor broken into
pieces.

Easy to ensure that they dont slide off the rods when installing them.

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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Commander Kinsey wrote
I've put up my own shelves with proper brackets. But I see these
"floating shelves" advertised. I thought, "What's holding them up?"

There is usually rods that go into the wall. Can be a bit fiddly to
get them in the right place so they slide into the shelf properly.
Apparently there's no right angle involved, just a screw going
straight
into the back of the shelf out of the wall. How can that possibly
support anything?

It's a decent sized pair of rods that stick out of the wall
that slide into holes in the shelves with most of them.