I have a built-in 60 cm wardrobe (from the 70s) that I would like to convert into storage for LP records. I was thinking of replacing wire baskets and plastic shelves with shelves made of 18mm MDF and would like tips on how to best secure them since the records weigh quite a bit. It doesn't seem like pegs or grooves would be sufficient.
I have considered whether it would be enough to use angle brackets and attach the shelves to them. Since the wardrobe is built into a niche, I can drive screws through the frame a bit into the wall.
I have considered whether it would be enough to use angle brackets and attach the shelves to them. Since the wardrobe is built into a niche, I can drive screws through the frame a bit into the wall.
Of course, you can use angle brackets if it feels safer that way. Use the small, sleek ones intended for shelves and screw them into the existing holes to get the shelves level.
If you want to feel even more secure, you can screw the brackets into the shelves as well, and then they'll hold up to practicing tap dance on.
If you want to feel even more secure, you can screw the brackets into the shelves as well, and then they'll hold up to practicing tap dance on.
The disadvantage is that this type of old wardrobes usually only has sides made of thin hardboard with paper between, so there's not much to screw into to make it durable...
At the very front edge and far back edge, there is usually a piece of solid wood, but otherwise, it's just thin hardboard and air in between.
At the very front edge and far back edge, there is usually a piece of solid wood, but otherwise, it's just thin hardboard and air in between.
A niche doesn't necessarily mean there are walls on the sides of the wardrobe...Raceman said:Now you didn't quite read what TS wrote all the way through...
He had the wardrobe in a niche so he could screw straight through the frame into the surrounding walls.
It also doesn't mean that these, if they exist, are made of concrete or solid wood; they could just as easily, if they even exist, be made of plasterboard, and how much can that hold...
The wardrobes I've torn out of niches have never had walls on the sides in any case... :blushing:
So... I actually read all the way through...
If it's a chipboard wardrobe, it's sufficient to screw into that and likewise if it happens to have walls on the sides made of solid material which would be stable...
BUT... Is it so??
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Ok... but then just use sturdy screws straight through, and you'll know it holds. d^_^bkindvall said: