Hi there, hope you can help please.
Novice DIYer putting up twin slot shelving.
Single skin garage wall with bare brick
The plastic sheet DPC is visible.
I'm planning to use / do:
[a] 1980mm uprights (they have 4 fixing holes)
4 uprights per 2400mm shelf span. (600mm spacing)
[c] 570mm brackets and 600mm deep shelves
[d] Shelves 18mm ply or OSB
[e] Fischer plugs and 5 x 70 mm woodscrews
[f] Fix the uprights above the DPC
[g] Storing general garage stuff
Please may I ask:
[1] Does this sound OK please?
[2] With the 4 fixing holes per upright, I cannot get each one into the centre of a brick. Options are:
[2.1] All 4 into brick, but some may be close to a brick edge (does this matter?)
[2.2] Fix 3 into brick centre and 1 into mortar joint
(I think I read the larger forces are higher up the wall, so the mortar joint fixing will be one of the bottom two)
Apologies if a silly question and a big thank you!!
Martin
Novice DIYer putting up twin slot shelving.
Single skin garage wall with bare brick
The plastic sheet DPC is visible.
I'm planning to use / do:
[a] 1980mm uprights (they have 4 fixing holes)
4 uprights per 2400mm shelf span. (600mm spacing)
[c] 570mm brackets and 600mm deep shelves
[d] Shelves 18mm ply or OSB
[e] Fischer plugs and 5 x 70 mm woodscrews
[f] Fix the uprights above the DPC
[g] Storing general garage stuff
Please may I ask:
[1] Does this sound OK please?
[2] With the 4 fixing holes per upright, I cannot get each one into the centre of a brick. Options are:
[2.1] All 4 into brick, but some may be close to a brick edge (does this matter?)
[2.2] Fix 3 into brick centre and 1 into mortar joint
(I think I read the larger forces are higher up the wall, so the mortar joint fixing will be one of the bottom two)
Apologies if a silly question and a big thank you!!
Martin
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