Whole Room Shelving System Three Wall Configuration in Solid Ash

Shelving for a room shelved on three sides with the window wall left clear, 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: 3 walls at 1500mm wide, four shelves per wall, 250mm deep
• Material: solid English ash, 30mm thick, finished in hardwax oil
• Finish: hardware in your chosen finish, timber oiled and ready to use
• Load rating: 45kg 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: 18.0 linear metres
• Corner treatment: shelves butt at the corner, no visible bracket
• Upright height: 1800mm
• Packed weight: approximately 131.8 kilograms
• Delivered flat on a pallet, kerbside

What you get

• 9 slotted uprights, 1800mm
• 12 shelves in solid ash cut to the wall widths
• 36 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.