Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: dave on September 14, 2006, 08:00
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Thought I would pass on a tip which I got from another forum a couple of years ago, and have found useful
You know those shelving systems you can get at DIY places- vertical slotted metal strips which fasten to the wall, with movable sticky-out-bits which go into the slots?
Well the better quality version, with pairs of slots, can be used in the greenhouse
You need the longer variety of cropped-headed bolt, and a degree of patience getting the nuts onto them as they are only just long enough.
Problem is the bolt is wobbling round or sliding down in its groove while behind the thing you are trying to fix to it. With hindsight, a bit of blutak under the head of the bolt to hold it steady might do the trick, but I haven't tried it.
Probably have to drill out the fixing holes in the metal strips to fit the bolt diameter- can't remember.
I use a couple of the uprights on the end verticals of a standard 8x6, with a couple of the shelf support pieces on each, and use them
a with planks on as shelving
b with guttering on for peas
c removed while grapevine grows through later in season
cheers
dave
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Nice one Dave,
I noticed TwoWests are doing brackets for the same purpose - not sure how they compare pricewise. The TwoWests ones start at 3.75 for the 6" version and 3.95 a pair for the 10" version - MORE INFO FROM TWOWESTS (http://www.twowests.co.uk/TwoWestsSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=SBWM&affiliatecode=TWE101)
Incidentally, the shelves you are talking about were originally designed for shops - if my Dad had only patented his system......