Pantry shelving

9 years ago

Hi all,

I need some advice with pantry shelving. When we renovated our space we ask the builders to use adjustable open shelving. They provided us with a racking system as in this video (someone else posted this video but I thought a video depicts how the system works better). After a year and a bit the shelves couldn't hold the weight and the racks on the wall started coming off the wall.

I like this racking system because it suits us. We use it as a utility room to keep towels, dried food, fruits, recyclable items, ladders, some household items and appliances. With this racking system we keep the bulky and heavy stuff at the bottom whilst all the food stuff on the top shelves as well as maintain as much storage space since it is not restricted by the vertical beams that most storage ideas use.

I'm wondering is it that this racking system that is unable to hold the weight we are putting on it or is it poor workmanship. I can't tell if anchors were used in the brick wall for this.

I weighed up the weight of all the stuff we put on one shelf and it is below 80 kg.
Does anyone have experience in adjustable open shelves for use in the pantry? Thanks

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OnePlan
9 years ago
I'd be tempted to pull it all out and use heavy duty freestanding shelving that's then anchored to a well fixed point in the wall.
User
9 years ago
I also like the shelving as it is. It looks pretty good and give you lots of options. We have similar pantry so please update with your final solution. I'm surprised the they are lose was that down to the fitting or have u overloaded the shelves? I would be putting food items tin ect... So keen to know
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rickster88
Original Author
9 years ago
My pantry is a U shape and I keep the heavier stuff at the bottom hence why I like these open shelves.

When you mean heavy duty do you mean the warehouse sort of racks?
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Ensign Accessories
9 years ago
This is similar to Spur shelving - the weakness is on the hook that connects the underside of the shelf to the uprights. Personally with the amount of weight that you propose putting on shelves I would opt for something that has been drilled directly into the wall. I know the uprights are drilled, but it is the small bracket is the problem. The larger brackets drilled into the wall as per the photos from rickster88 is your best bet.

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