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Re: shelving

To: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>,
Subject: Re: shelving
From: doug@dougbraun.com
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:08:53 -0500
At 07:20 AM 2/15/2006 -0600, you wrote:

>Another alternative to steel is the plastic/resin/mystery material that 
>Lowe's and H.D. sell all bundled up together. Usually 5 shelf units. 
>Waterproof, rustproof and while they come 'fixed' in height you can cut the 
>uprights between each shelf to adjust your vertical limitations or just 
>leave off a section... depending on how many you can install you might come 
>up with a shorter 2 or 3 shelf section just from the tops and legs you left 
>off... they're good for a bout 200#s per shelf  from Lowes... dark gray and 
>I've got 4 sets of these in MY garage for yard/garden 'stuff'

Be warned: These will eventually sag if you put a lot of stuff on them.
Not enough to ruin them, but enough to make them look funny.
Also, you lose a bit of space due to the fatter uprights and
thicker shelves.

Doug 




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