Tring to replace the shelving slats in airing cupboard

[Yvonne Hinds]

I originally planned to buy new slats and replace with the old ones. But then I found a lazy, cheats alternative. It's the retractable ones that are available pretty much everywhere. There're more than adequate. My problem is that I have a row of pipes on one side of the cupboard and I'm struggling to find any that take pipes into account. I know it's probably not DIY in the true sense of the word, but I'm in the process of redecorating the house so am keen to use any time and effort saving options.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

I'd just have replaced the slats. They are often just simple stuff like 2 x 1 or 3 x 1 PSE softwood cut to length and nailed or screwed in place

 

[conny]

To get around the pipe problem you could nail/screw a short length to the existing supports across the face of the pipes and cut the new slats to length.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Our airing cupboard came with just one shelf level, way up at the top, with the cylinder, pump and 3-port at the bottom. I added three more shelves, at various heights, but made them so they could just be cleared and lifted out, for maintenance and repair purposes. Basically, timber fixed along the sides, with the multiple shelf timbers fixed to a cloth tape, to maintain the gaps, so they can slide out of the way or be lifted out as a bundle.

 

[Mottie]

When I made my slatted shelves in the airing cupboard, I just used battens on the side walls and then battens across. On the side with all the pipes, I screwed the battens between the pipes and then screwed another batten on to them and another batten across the whole lot. Three battens on one side. It works.