Media Wall Shelving System 3000mm Wide for a 75 Inch Screen in Solid Ash

Shelving planned around a television rather than interrupted by one, for a 75 inch screen with storage running the whole width. The screen hangs off the same uprights, so it sits flush with the shelf line instead of floating in front of it.

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 at 300mm deep, screen bay 700mm high
• Material: solid English ash, 30mm thick, finished in hardwax oil
• Finish: hardware in your chosen finish, timber oiled and ready to use
• Load rating: screen mount rated to 60kg, shelves 113kg per shelf evenly distributed, tested to twice that before deflection reaches 3mm
• Span and bracket spacing: uprights at 600mm centres, screen mount spanning two uprights
• Adjustability: shelves and screen both move on the 32mm pitch, so the screen height can be set to the sofa rather than to the wiring
• Suitable walls: timber stud at 400 or 600mm centres, brick, block and concrete. Not suitable for plasterboard on dabs without a timber backing batten
• 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
• Screen mount: VESA 200 by 200 to 600 by 400, up to 75 inches
• Screen tilt: 12 degrees, with 60mm of standoff for the cables
• Cable management: a vertical cable channel inside one upright
• Soundbar shelf: included, 900mm by 150mm
• Packed weight: approximately 132.6 kilograms

What you get

• Six slotted uprights, 1800mm, one with an internal cable channel
• Six shelves in solid ash at 300mm deep
• One VESA screen mount with a 12 degree tilt
• One soundbar shelf, 900mm by 150mm
• 36 shelf brackets, 300mm
• Cable clips, a grommet and a six way socket bracket
• Fixing packs for masonry and for timber stud

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.