workshop shelves

GERMAN ROCKS

Was cleaning up around a workshop I have this evening and the place is full of boxes with different parts in them, chains, dung spreader parts etc. ANyway decided I need to put up a share of shelves hanging of the walls.

The walls are cavity 9inch block.

Was going to make a bracket like below and then bolt a 6x2 timber onto the brackets.

So my question is whats the best type of bolt to anchor these onto the cavity wall?

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Muckit

I'm actually facing the same conundrum.

Cavity blocks... can't anchor shelf brackets in thin air!! I'm thinking that standalone shelving is the only safe option.

mayota

Could you go through the wall fully? It would be easier but mightn't suit the other side. They're a hateful thing them 9" hollows.

Hard Knocks

Muckit wrote: »

I'm actually facing the same conundrum.

Cavity blocks... can't anchor shelf brackets in thin air!! I'm thinking that standalone shelving is the only safe option.

Seen a crowd from ROS at the ploughing with a standalone racking where you can add as many bays at later stages, max 450kg per shelf, though €110 starter bay & €100/bay after that.
Intend putting this up in garage (whenever I've a few quid)

Cavanjack

Only job for fixing to cavity walls is to bore a hole right through and fix them with threaded rod. Wasting your time with anything else.

Best job is a few lengths of angle running vertically down the wall at 6' or so centres bolted as above. Weld angle coming off these vertical pieces for your timber shelves to bolt to.