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Sept 15, 2011 20:26:10 GMT
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we had a load of pallets left over from the slabs we had delivered over the summer. so today the sun was out and i'd been asked to "make" some shelves to put in the garden shed. its one of those plastic things that are bare inside. so with a few of the pallets and a big hammer and jemmy bar I set to work..........I took a few pointers from the Grizz handbook of safety footwear ;D after lots of bangs I came out with this, only managed to get one shelf done this afternoon before watching the lad play football but its underway on a side note, there were two different types of pallet and the inside of one produced this gorgeous piece of wood, I have two of these which will be sanded and stained over the winter ready to be fitted into the outdoor oven plans like lewis/grizz ;D
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Sept 20, 2011 7:27:47 GMT
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Cool, I have a new shed coming tomorrow and the ballast I used for the footings came on a pallet so I might use your thrifty idea and do the same. What bracketry did you use to fix the shelves to the wall?
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Sept 20, 2011 9:33:54 GMT
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dave, the plastic garden shed came with built in pieces to lay shelves on so I got a bit lucky. finished and shed tidy now,
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Sept 20, 2011 11:51:17 GMT
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Nice one mate.
Just popped onto here now in my lunch break, busy studying and analysing clinical trials for the new job.
Glad to be a leading light on the HSE front.
Daver555 I would say, if you have a bit of neat, planed wood, the way I put shelves up in my old "Sinclair" shed, was to screw the supports onto the inside walls, but entering from the outside, or inside. I would then also add a strip of wood on the outside, to spread the load and it gives you a place to either hang stiff like plant baskets, road signs or road kill from on the outside.
Using the actual central support beams from pallets could give you a couple of legs onto which you can screw, or rest a worktop.
Keep your eyes open when driving around, you will be amazed at the size of thick ply or kitchen worktops that end up in the skip..... all FREE !!
Never forget that the underside of shelves can work for you too.....
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Sept 20, 2011 11:57:38 GMT
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Cool, I have a new shed coming tomorrow and the ballast I used for the footings came on a pallet so I might use your thrifty idea and do the same. What bracketry did you use to fix the shelves to the wall? Most of my shelves and brackets are recycled, or found in skips. The metal brackets in the pic and on the other wall are all from my neighbour (who never chucks anything) whose wife wanted new brackets for their wall mounted planters, rusty, but perfectly functional. The bottles with all sorts of smaller screws, nails were and are still collected from my breakfast jam jars. ( I have 2 slices of bread with peanut butter and jam almost every day)
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Sept 20, 2011 15:10:54 GMT
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Used pallets are a god-send. I've built all sorts from them, and the off cuts go on the woodburner so zero waste. That being said at times you need decent sized wood for building the main uprights of shelving etc and I always go for the studwork timber Wickes etc sell for £2.60 for a 2.4m length. www.wickes.co.uk/studwork-timber/invt/107177/
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Sept 21, 2011 7:53:03 GMT
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Great ideas my fellow thrifters. Keep them coming as the roof is about to go up and then the felt and it's job done for the structure.
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