Whole Room Shelving System Four Wall Configuration in Powder Coated Steel

Shelving for a study or a snug shelved right around, with returns at every corner, planned as one system rather than as separate walls. Shelf lines run continuously around every corner so the room reads as a whole.

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: 4 walls at 1200mm wide, four shelves per wall, 250mm deep
• Material: 1.5mm folded steel with a returned edge, powder coated
• Finish: hardware in your chosen finish, timber oiled and ready to use
• Load rating: 59kg per shelf evenly distributed, tested to twice that before deflection reaches 3mm
• Span and bracket spacing: uprights at 600mm centres throughout, corner returns mitred on site
• Adjustability: every shelf moves on a 32mm pitch, so the room can be re planned in an evening
• 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
• Total shelf run: 19.2 linear metres
• Corner treatment: shelves butt at the corner, no visible bracket
• Upright height: 1800mm
• Packed weight: approximately 136.9 kilograms
• Delivered flat on a pallet, kerbside

What you get

• 12 slotted uprights, 1800mm
• 16 shelves in powder coated steel cut to the wall widths
• 48 shelf brackets, 250mm
• Corner butt plates for every shelf line
• Fixing packs for masonry and for timber stud
• A room drawing with the upright centres marked, drawn to your dimensions

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

A room system is planned as one thing rather than as several walls that happen to have shelves on them. Keep the shelf lines continuous around a corner if you possibly can, even if the shelf lengths change, because the eye follows the horizontal and a break in it is the thing that makes a room look unplanned. Where a window or a door interrupts a run, stop the shelf at the reveal rather than trying to work around it.