Hubby wants some simple storage in the roofspace. He was talking about
buying??!!*!? one of those wooden and canvas jobs from argos. Surely it
would be cheap and simple to knock up a set of shelves?

It needs to be about 18" deep and about 5 or 6 foot long, with 3 shelves 18"
apart?

He has a straight eye and will be able to get it level, but if it involves
for than 2 hours work, he'll not do it.

Any suggestions?

Suzanne

He has a straight eye and will be able to get it level, but if it involves
for than 2 hours work, he'll not do it.

Any suggestions?


Divorce?

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"Suz" writes:
Hubby wants some simple storage in the roofspace.

You need to watch the weight. Roofspace isn't normally designed
for storage of any weight, so you'll need to be very careful
how you support any shelves.

--
Andrew Gabriel

Suz wrote:

Any suggestions?

Free standing, or fixed to a wall?

For fixed to a wall, try the adjustable shelving tracks with brackets
from Screwfix - good quality, but way cheaper than the usual sources.

Free standing ones made out of plastic sections like this:

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...ckfrom=imag e

are also very quick and easy to assemble (about 10 mins a set), strong,
and won't rust.

--
Cheers,

John.

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In article , "Suz"
says...
Hubby wants some simple storage in the roofspace. He was talking about
buying??!!*!? one of those wooden and canvas jobs from argos. Surely it
would be cheap and simple to knock up a set of shelves?

It needs to be about 18" deep and about 5 or 6 foot long, with 3 shelves 18"
apart?

He has a straight eye and will be able to get it level, but if it involves
for than 2 hours work, he'll not do it.

Any suggestions?

Depends where it's going to go and what it's going to hold. A sheet
of MDF gives you three shelves about 16" deep and 8' long - you could
hang them from the underside of the ridge with a few big screw eyes
and string everything together with some polypropylene rope. I have
many other creative ideas ...

MDF and chipboard both no good for shelves unless also battened as
they sag slowly under load. If you wat something quick and easy just go
to IKEA which is ridiculously cheap

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MDF and chipboard both no good for shelves unless also battened as
they sag slowly under load. If you wat something quick and easy just go
to IKEA which is ridiculously cheap


No IKEA in Ireland, worse luck. Ferry charges make it not so ridiculously
cheap.

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" says...
MDF and chipboard both no good for shelves unless also battened as
they sag slowly under load. If you wat something quick and easy just go
to IKEA which is ridiculously cheap


IME it's not a problem with MDF with adequately spaced support,
although battens will also work - if chunkiness isn't a problem then
6mm MDF glued to both sides of a 2x1 frame makes great cheap rigid
shelving.