We just moved into a house that has a pantry with crappy metal shelves. The pantry is about 7 foot wide, 18" deep (think closet). The metal shelves that are in there, typical plastic coated wire, cup badly from the weight of the cans, bottles, etc. There is a metal pole midpoint along the width that connects the shelves and prevents sagging. It actually works pretty well, except for the cupping.
I want to replace them with something sturdier. I was thinking melamine shelves, with some type of 4/4 stock screwed to the walls as a frame to set the shelves on. Then maybe a 4/4 hardwood on the front of the shelf to help it stay straight, and maybe a vertical 2x2 mid shelf to prevent sagging. Being melamine, how would I attach the shelves to the frames? Would deck screws, screwed up from underneath, through the frame work? My wife is fine with fixed shelves, no adjustment, she just hates those metal shelves.
Does anybody have any better ideas.....I'm open to just about anything.
Thanks Rob