Heavy Duty Workshop Shelving System 3000mm Wide with Six Shelves in Solid Ash

The heavy version, for a whole workshop wall with a bench run underneath. Uprights at 500mm centres instead of 600, double thickness brackets and a shelf rated at 120kg.

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, six shelves, 400mm deep, uprights 2000mm
• Material: solid English ash, 30mm thick, finished in hardwax oil
• Finish: hardware in your chosen finish, industrial grade powder coat
• Load rating: 120kg per shelf evenly distributed, tested to 150 per cent
• Span and bracket spacing: uprights at 500mm centres, maximum unsupported span 500mm
• Adjustability: shelves move on the 32mm pitch, and the brackets take a shelf up to 40mm thick
• 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
• Bracket: 4mm pressed steel with a welded gusset
• Depth: 400mm, which takes a stacking crate
• Board thickness accepted: 18mm to 40mm, so you can swap in your own
• Total shelf run: 18.0 linear metres
• Load certificate supplied
• Packed weight: approximately 133.3 kilograms

What you get

• Seven slotted uprights, 2000mm, heavy gauge
• Six shelves in solid ash at 400mm deep
• 42 gusseted heavy duty brackets, 400mm
• Shelf clips for every bracket
• A load certificate
• Fixing packs for masonry, with M8 sleeve anchors rather than plugs

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.