On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:11:06 +0100, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

David Longley wrote:

I need to put up a lot of garage racking to hold goods which are at
present in something of a heap in the garage. Looking around at what's
available at B&Q it would cost something like 360 pounds if I used large
240 x 122cm chipboard (each cut into 3 shelves (or perhaps MDF)) x 6
sheets plus 3 brackets per shelf (ie 54 brackets) and 3 uprights per
shelf (18 uprights in all) that's easily 360 pounds excluding and paint
and screws (I realise that I'd need to seal the shelves)

Plan is to have 2 x 3 on left wall, 2 x 3 on back wall and 2 x 3 on
right wall.

Given that it doesn't have to be pretty, can anyone suggest a cheaper,
more effective solution?

Try IKEA. Doesn't seem to be in their on-line store, but STEN,
which I have used lots, seems to have been re-named GORM in the
2004 catalogue, just out (don't ask me why).

This stuff is excellent - we have 8 sets of this in our
garage/workshop, of varying heights, used to store everything from
paint and plant pots to the use-once-a-year suitcases. Probably
cheaper than buying the materials to make your own, go together in
next-to-no-time. They definitely need to be fixed to the wall for
security (I used 4x4 steel angle irons on mine.

Basic unit is
4 shelves 770 mm x 310 mm with supports 1740 mm high for GBP15
extra shelves GBP3
or 770 mm x 510 mm for GBP25
extra shelves GBP5.
Extra supports GBP3 per pair.

The fact that you can buy all the bits individually is nice - I made
up a small workbench using the 770 x 510 shelves as a top (with an
added layer of MDF) and lower shelf, short uprights at the front, tall
uprights at the back carrying one narrow shelf and a horizontal bar
with lots of clips for screwdrivers, etc. Took about an hour to put
together :-)

HTH
Julian

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Julian Fowler
julian (at) bellevue-barn (dot) org (dot) uk