Trying to locate additional brackets for an odball shelving system. This is similar to the "Spur" brand, but the uprights are only 15mm wide (not 25mm) and the slots are narrower and on the edges:
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I think it was originally sourced from Wickes but no longer stocked (in our local at least). Any clues to the proper brand-name, or a source of brackets? Ebay has plenty of 25mm stuff, but nothing I can see like it. The normal Spur brackets don't fit (or even come close).
"Ian" wrote in message news:slrnnnksbt.poi.${ snipped-for-privacy@vm45.home.jusme.com...
First up thats a very unusual profile for the uprights.
Second, you're probably going to have to paint white brackets black if you want a match.
Down the years these unusual systems appear on the market only to disappear again. A hammered grey finish seems popular ATM.
Third both Spur brackets and uprights are made from heavy gauge steel and are totally unforgiving when it comes to fitting in non standard systems.
From your photo it appears the outside of any bracket needs to be 13mm max. Screwfix brackets will meet this spec. As with the uprights they're made from a lighter gauge steel. Screwfix uprights are shallow. This means Spur brackets won't fit as they hit the wall, but that Screwfix brackets will fit all but the most shallow of all other systems. However the actual profile of the bracket at the back of the bracket, the large flange with the slot that's meant to slot in the top slot and the flange which is then meant to settle into the bottom slot can differ between makes. All of this can be remedied with a file or angle grinder, even to the extent of cutting off the bottom flange altogether. As with the painting, it all depends on how much work you're prepared to do. As Screwfix brackets are made from thin gauge they're likely to move around a bit in the slots which won't be a problem if the shelves are fully loaded but otherwise maybe. Although the problem could probably be partially solved by packing the slots. You can buy a single bracket from Screwfix for around ?1.70 for the smallest size just to test out the possibilities and see how much work would be required.
I have black paint (as you can see from the attempt to hide the fixing screw...)
Yes, these are thinner than the Spur ones, no chance of bodging one of those into service. I'll take a punt on the Screwfix one and see if it works. It's only for a small shelf to hold a speaker (5.1 centre style, not 100W bass!). I'm not even contemplating taking them all down and replacing with something standard just for that.
Element 32 is a good substitute for Spur, which may no longer be available. Includes some useful attachment methods like 'hanging' the uprights from a horizontal bar, useful for stud walls.
One big advantage of something like Screwfix as against Spur in the past,t is that the relative cheapness allows much smaller centres between uprights than would have been considered in the past. This is for full shelves of books including heavy art books printed on coated paper. This all depends on the state of your walls and whether the chosen shelving material will sag, of course. Measuring up, in the past with Spur I used 30" centres. Using Screwfix I went down to 15" in centres including
2 sets of double uprights set 8" apart - that's 9 uprights altogether to cover an 8 ft wall. Having the double uprights means rather than having rather limiting and boring 8 ft shelves running the length of the wall, each of the three compartments can be treated separately with staggered shelves arranged as needed. The holes in Screwfix uprights are rather far apart as compared with others. However being made of mild steel its simple enough to drill extra holes as needed. Just don't used these extra holes as a reference when presenting the uprights to the wall. In addition while having extra uprights might seem a pain, with dodgy walls the odd screw not taking hold is less of a worry as the load is spread out more.
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