EddieWalker
Epic Contributor
Here is what I build for shelves. I've done a few variations of this over the years and think I have it down now. I frame out the shelf with 2x4's on edge from the front and back the full length of the shelf. In this picture, it's 16 feet long. I set the cross members at 16 inches and cut them to 21 inches. That gives me 24 inches for the shelf.
I attach the 2x4 posts to the ouside edge of the shelf with 3 inch screws. This gives me plenty of strength and allows the shelving material to not have to be notched. Just rip a sheet of OSB or whatever in half and it's ready to install. I regularly store nine 50 pound sacks of corn on one section for weeks or months at a time. That's 450 pounds in just one small 4 ft section, so it's plenty strong!!!
Since these shelves are outside in my covered leanto and resting on the ground, I have a piece of PT wood under the untreated 2x4. It's not attached, but just sitting on top of it.
Eddie
I attach the 2x4 posts to the ouside edge of the shelf with 3 inch screws. This gives me plenty of strength and allows the shelving material to not have to be notched. Just rip a sheet of OSB or whatever in half and it's ready to install. I regularly store nine 50 pound sacks of corn on one section for weeks or months at a time. That's 450 pounds in just one small 4 ft section, so it's plenty strong!!!
Since these shelves are outside in my covered leanto and resting on the ground, I have a piece of PT wood under the untreated 2x4. It's not attached, but just sitting on top of it.
Eddie
