Complete Wall Shelving System 3000mm Wide with Seven Birch Plywood Shelves

A whole wall of adjustable shelving in one box, sized for a long wall in a large room or a wide landing. Six uprights, seven shelves and every bracket and fixing the wall needs.

The track system is the reason this shelving scales. Slotted uprights fix to the wall on a 600mm grid, brackets hook into the slots at 32mm pitch, and shelves sit on the brackets. Nothing is fixed at a height you have to live with. A shelf moves in about twenty seconds with no tools, no new holes and no filler, which matters more than any other feature once you have owned it for a year and the books have changed. The uprights carry the load straight down into the wall rather than trying to lever off it, which is why a track system holds far more than the same shelf on a pair of cantilever brackets.

Specification

• Dimensions: 3000mm wide, 250mm deep, seven shelves, uprights 1800mm tall
• Material: 18 layer birch plywood, 30mm thick, lacquered with the edge left exposed
• Finish: hardware in your chosen finish, timber oiled and ready to use
• Load rating: 103kg per shelf evenly distributed, tested to twice that before deflection reaches 3mm
• Span and bracket spacing: Six uprights at 600mm centres, maximum unsupported span 600mm
• Adjustability: shelves move on a 32mm pitch anywhere over the height of the upright, no tools and no new holes
• Suitable walls: brick, block, concrete and timber stud. Plasterboard on dabs needs the long fixing kit, which is a free option at the checkout
• Fixings: stainless screws and the right plug for masonry are included. Fixings for plasterboard on dabs and for metal stud are supplied on request at no charge
• Shelf depth: 250mm as standard, 200mm and 300mm available on request
• Upright height: 1800mm, giving 56 shelf positions
• Total shelf run: 21.0 linear metres
• Packed weight: approximately 138.5 kilograms
• Delivered flat in 3 cartons

What you get

• Six slotted uprights, 1800mm
• Seven shelves in birch plywood, 3000mm by 250mm by 30mm
• 42 shelf brackets, 250mm
• Fixing pack for masonry, with the plasterboard pack free on request
• A paper marking template for the upright centres
• A printed fitting sequence and a spacing guide

Fitting

Two people, a drill, a spirit level and about two hours for a single wall. Mark the top line first and hang every upright from it rather than measuring up from the floor, because floors are never level and a shelf that follows the floor looks wrong in a way nobody can put their finger on. Fix the first upright, level it, then use a shelf as a straight edge to set the next one. The fixing pack, a paper template and a printed sequence are in the box.

Planning your wall

Work from the top down. Set the top shelf where it looks right, usually a little above eye level, then space the rest below it. Books want 320mm between shelves for paperbacks and 400mm for hardbacks and art books, and there is no reason for the spacing to be equal. A wall of identical gaps reads as storage and a wall of varied gaps reads as a room. Leave the bottom shelf at least 300mm off the floor so a hoover and a skirting board both have somewhere to go.