can I build a wall shelf with melamine shelves? or should I use plywood?

Question

the shelves will be in the sunroom surrounding the window, I won't put heavy stuffs on it.

Answer 1

Use shelving lumber...plywood might do for Bubba's trailer house.

Answer 2

Melamine Bookshelves

Answer 3

This happens to the best of us. Once I was making a sandwhich when all of a sudden, just like The Shining, I saw two shelves staring at me from down the hall. When I went to see all there was only two nails and a piece of wet driftwood. Anyway I made my sandwhich on my paper shelf, then cut it in fourths (as is my wont) with my best silvershelf. Then I sat down to eat my shelf-on-shelf action. Then I heard a noise up the stairs. As I climb the shelf, I realize that a precariously balanced shelf had fallen down and rolled down the shelf. I put it back on the shelf with the other shelves. Then I went to Ikea because I needed a new shelf. I then discovered that all employees there are prisoners. They each had once been another lonely customer trapped in the store after closing time, stuck wandering the shelves until the employees (formerly customers) came in the night and enslaved them to sell fancy shelves to very poor orphans. However, the process changed with me and they made me into a shelf, before feeding me to the shelf-powered firepit. Soon I shall escape and turn the world into shelves. Our plan is almost completed. And when our shelf supply finally runs out, we shall open an extremely aggressively advertised buffet called Haloo Snackbar. IKEA WILL REIN SUPREME ALL HAIL THE PENULTIMATE POWER OF THE SHELF!!!!!!!

Answer 4

Melamine will probably sag over time, it is basically just a plastic and the melamine I have seen is not that thick. Get some shelf board with vinyl on it and you wont even have to paint it.

Answer 5

Shelving provides one of the most efficient methods of maximizing storage space. Shelving systems vary, from simple, single shelves supported by fixed brackets to fully adjustable units.

Shelving can be designed to blend in with the style, character, and shape of a room, or even to function as a decorative feature. Always make sure that the materials you use are strong enough to bear the load.

You can obtain shelves in a large range of woods of different thicknesses and in a variety of finishes, as well as in certain types of glass. The simplest shelf supports are non-adjustable track system.

Once you have decided on the shelving support system that you need and have chosen the most appropriate shelving material, you will need to support objects that may be heavy to the wall.

Whether you are putting up fixed brackets or an adjustable system, make sure that you secure the shelf support safely to the wall, and take care to hung the shelves so that they are perfectly level.

Always use hardware that suits the structure of the wall. A range of metal and plastic anchors, as well as bolts with spring clips, is available for securing screws or a bracket to cavity walls.

When mounting lightweight shelving on a cavity wall, use anchors made of plastic or metal. Most have wings that expand against the wall within the cavity. Select the size of bit recommended by the anchor manufacturer. Mark and drill the holes. Insert an anchor, and drive home the screws.

The most flexible type of shelving and one that is ideal for storing objects of various sizes, such as books, is a track system. Making a set of shelves entirely for display purposes gives the opportunity to design a tailor-made, highly decorative unit.

Answer 6

melamine shelving is plenty strong enough its the length of your shelf that matters and how much weight your putting on it any shelf 36 inches or more should be braced in the center or it will sag in the middle only use I install custom closets we use melamine exclusively

Answer 7

Will a melamine shelf warp in a work trailer

Answer 8

melamine will work fine as long as its 3/4 " and u put the brackets on each stud......i bought my wife the shelving and she installed 40 ft. of it in her loft/office in our house......

lic. gen. contractor