How can I make kitchen cabinet shelves sturdy?

chrest

We have just had a new kitchen installed. The units were supplied with really short shelves. So the wall units are 300mm deep but the shelves supplied were only 200mm deep. Anyway, after speaking to the kitchen supplier they have made me some new shelves to 260mm.

We have replaced the shelves, however the new shelves are now really unsturdy! as the plastic bits that hold up the shelves are now positioned 60mm back from the front edge, so any pressure on the front of the shelves make it tilt.

What can we do to make the shelves sturdy?

The ideal thing would be to move the plastic bits closer to the front of the shelf, however there are no holes pre-done in the carcass and I would'nt know where to start or fancy attempting to put a new hole in the carcass.

Any suggestions as to what we can do?

Steve_the_fitter

Really you need to call back the fitter to get him to do some more holes for the shelf clips.

The other option but not as very good one seeing as its a new kitchen is to fit some angle brackets nearer the front of the new shelf

chrest

Steve_the_fitter wrote: »

Really you need to call back the fitter to get him to do some more holes for the shelf clips.

The other option but not as very good one seeing as its a new kitchen is to fit some angle brackets nearer the front of the new shelf

Thanks. Would this be an easy thing for the fitter to do, to make new holes?

Steve_the_fitter

Yeah its not that tricky.

ic

Steve_the_fitter wrote: »

Really you need to call back the fitter to get him to do some more holes for the shelf clips.

The other option but not as very good one seeing as its a new kitchen is to fit some angle brackets nearer the front of the new shelf

Or angle brackets on top of the shelf at the back to stop it lifting from the rear? Would be out of sight there too.

societys_child

Give over with all the brackets, it just needs someone to drill a couple of holes per shelf! . . much easier, much neater.