Alcove shelving battens

juraj.kecso

Hi All,

I am planning to put up some shelving in a alcove supported by battens from sides and at the back wall. I would like to use something less conspicuous as a batten.

The shelf would be 1.4m long and 30cm wide. I will use 18mm thick pine board.

I was thinking of using either

21mm quadrant moulding https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Pine-Quadrant-Moulding---21mm-x-21mm-x-2-4m/p/121207?_br_psugg_q=quadrant+moulding

or

round architrave, 14.5mm thick https://www.homebase.co.uk/metsa-large-round-pine-architrave-2-1m-x-44-x-14-5mm_p268485

Would any of these be suitable?

Le_Kirk

How are you going to fix the mouldings to the wall? Why not use invisible shelf mountings? Does require a bit of woodworking knowledge and some drills (maybe router or chisel).

grumbler

Le_Kirk wrote: »

Why not use invisible shelf mountings? Does require a bit of woodworking knowledge and some drills (maybe router or chisel).

They are for floating sheves.

You can use them on the sides (right and left), if you make them shorter and make grooves in the shelf.

Personally, I'd use one or two on the back side of the shelf. On the sides I'd just use some nice-looking screws, something like this - two on both sides under the shelf - no woodwork needed.

juraj.kecso

Hi,

I thought about something similar too, coach screws or bolts protruding from the wall used as shelf supports. Possibly two on either side and another two or three in the back wall for additional support.

What size screws would you recommend, diameter, how much to screw in the wall, how much to leave out...

I really don't have the equipment needed to manufacture floating shelves.

grumbler

This depends on the wall and the plaster. If it's a brick wall or a wooden stud I'd do at least 4cm into the brick/stud and as little as possible sticking out, possibly even just the hex head.

The thicker the plaster, the bigger the diameter, especially if it's a plasterboard and a gap between it and the bricks.

I have 4cm hardwood shelves, very heavy on their own and loaded with heavy books etc. 190cm long and 35cm deep. The screws are ~8mm in diameter (~15mm hex head).

For 140cm span I think 6mm screws will suffice. For wooden studs, drill smaller diameter holes for the screws. IMO, BnQ is the best place to buy several screws. Not sure about matching plastic plugs for bricks and such big diameter (I often use DIY wooden plugs)