Advice needed on supporting wine rack shelves

[diynovice69]

I am in the middle of building a wine rack in between my kitchen cupboard and the wall. As the wall was really uneven I added a sheet of plasterboard and filled the gap between the plasterboard and the wall with Soudal expanding foam - this way the space for the shelves was all the same width so I could cut all the shelves for the wine rack evenly.

The shelves are 10.5 cm wide from cupboard to wall and are supported at the back of the rack but I am not sure how to support them at the front. There is no room for manoeuvre to get a screwdriver or a drill into the wall and ideally I don't want any fixings showing. I would also prefer to be able to remove the shelves easily if needed. The only solution I can think of is to drill some holes in the cupboard and thread some really long screws / fixings through the holes and whack these into the plasterboard / foam, then just rest the front of the shelves on top of the fixings. Is this viable and if so what sort of screw / fixings would I need ? Any advice much appreciated, thanks.

Here is a picture of a (too short) screw that hopefully explains what I am trying to do:

 

[JohnD]

which way is up in your pic?

Is it wall mounted? not on the floor?

What are the dimensions?

Does it have sides? What is beside it?

 

[diynovice69]

Thanks for your reply John. Each shelf is 10.5cm wide x 38cm deep. In the image above you are looking at a close up straight on. Kitchen cupboard to the left (where I have made a hole with screw sticking through) and plasterboard to the right. Behind the plasterboard is 2 - 3 cm of expanding foam, then a brick wall. The shelves are supported at the rear by a piece of wood where I have screwed a few smaller pieces of wood for each shelf to rest on. It is not floor mounted. Maybe this image will give a better idea - it may look like the higher shelf is secure but it isn't - it is just wedged into the gap and is resting on a bit of the screw on the left hand side. The right hand side is currently not supported at all - hence my question on how to achieve this.

 

[JohnD]

from inside the cupboard, drill a long hole that penetrates through the cupboard side, through gap and goes into the other side. You can then poke a screwdriver through the hole to fix a small block, or just use a poke-in shelf support (you can get them in clear plastic so very unobtrusive) and put a matching small block or support on the cabinet side. The shelf can then sit on it. I have some shelf supports where the top part is a sort of pyramid shape which a split in it, it prevents the shelf from tipping up in you accidentally press on the front.

I can't see the exact one here, but you get the idea. You just need a 6mm(?) hole on each side wall.
http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/search?SearchText=shelf+support

 

[diynovice69]

That's good advice, thanks John - didn't occur to me about buying a long screwdriver / drill bit. A little fiddly perhaps but I will give it a go.

 

[foxhole]

Piece of ply to fit over plasterboard , screw thru ply to each shelf and slide entire unit into gap , over short distance fixing from only one side will be enough.

 

[Tigercubrider]

https://www.diy.com/departments/ryo...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CK3M2MSex9sCFUM44Aod7ZwLcA

Can be handy for such things
I had to do something similar
Cutting a sheet of wood to act as a template will help