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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Im looking to upgrade my shelving for my collection. I used to get my shelf's from argos but i have been checking out other places for shelving.
Was wondering though what do you guy's use. Im needing shelving for about 800 plus.
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | Billy Bookcases from Ikea should solve it for you. |
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | btw, if you have the ability, nothing is better (and cheaper) than making your own. I'm sure you have a Wickes near you or a shop smilar? |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting samuelrichardscott: Quote:
btw, if you have the ability, nothing is better (and cheaper) than making your own. I'm sure you have a Wickes near you or a shop smilar? I have a Jewson near me. The possibility of making my own had come to mind, but truthfully my lack of coordination and poor numeracy would make it very frustrating. Billy Bookcases i had a look at while i was dragged along unfortunately by a couple mates to Ikea last weekend. After we found out Costco was shut for Easter Sunday  Do you know how many DvD's each Billy Bookcase hold's? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 525 |
| | Posted: | | | | Billy's work out expensive if you have a lot of dvd's. I think they hold about 90 each.
I have a mix of some other ikea stuff, which I can't remember, but isn't that good. As its 30cm deep, which does mean I can get 2 dvd's deep, but that means I'd never find things.
So, on 1 wall, I have 9 shelves I built myself from wickes, using the twin slot uprights and 130mm brackets (which I can't currently find), but others do them or 120mm which is fine. I then went along to B&Q to get the shelving board and even got them to cut it to the right length for me. So, all I had to do was screw it to the brackets.
So, I now have 1 wall, with 9 * 1.47m long shelves. Each capable of holding just over 90 standard sized keep cases.
I bought 4 uprights for my 1.47m wall and the wall is made if a plasterboard sandwich (4 layers of plasterboard only, nothing else) and it holds the weight of 100's of dvd's. The top shelf I have collectors boxes and the other 8 are all filled. | | | 
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am generally considered a "danger to property and others" as a DIYer but I managed to put up this set of shelves within a few days (OK they were spread out days but the total hours weren't really that long), actually completed just last Saturday. Apparently they're called 'Elfa brackets" but I just knew it as slotted uprights with clip in brackets... Edit: Looks like I have something similar to ajm going by description! Though my uprghts/brackets are B&Q with shelves are Homebase... also cut to size for free. My wall is hard brick not plasterboard and I only needed 3 uprights for 175cm shelves... no weight holding problems at all; VERY solidIt's much more efficient than 'bookshelf' type units as it goes much higher and can be made to match "DVD height" spacing. Also (and even my wife agrees) not only does it hold a lot more it actually looks less intrusive into the room because it stays 'closer to the wall'. BTW, this set will hold about 850-900 titles (1 title = 1 film or 1 TV series) I reckon - there are about 750 in this picture I think using 9 shelves at 175cm long each. The following 3 images are: 1) Wall with uprights on (with test shelf for level) 2) Completed shelves (shot from doorway) 3) Completed and occupied shelves (shot from reverse angle)     | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong | | | | Last edited: by Voltaire53 |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks guy's. I used to get these shelf's from argos.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9288885/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+and+furniture%7C14417894/c_2/2%7C14417894%7CCD+racks%2C+DVD+racks+and+video+racks%7C14418325.htm
I could store more than 600 DvD's into a very small space with them but they begin to fall apart after a few years. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VirtualScot: Quote:
Do you know how many DvD's each Billy Bookcase hold's? Edited (where italicised) after a bit of experimentation following bbbbb's post. We keep all our DVDs (around 1100) on/in three IKEA Billy 202 cm bookcases (2 x 80 cm, & 1 x 60cm) with additional shelves. I don't think they do the 60 cm any more. An 80 cm shelf will hold around 51 "standard width" Keepcases (bbbbb's 52 is doable, but a bit of a tight fit), though obviously it will vary once you start mixing slip covers, box sets, digipacks etc. You can add two shelves to each Billy to make 8 shelf spaces within the carcass, and if you have enough ceiling height, an extension (even if you don't have enough height for the full extension, you can still stack some on top. So you will then have roughly space for 408 ( 459 with extension) per 80cm Billy. The only issue with the Billys is their depth (29 cm), which means a lot of wasted space in front of the DVDs. Justin's shelves are better in this respect. High density storage is an expensive option: CD-REKREDCool Shelving | | | | Chris | | | | Last edited: by Mole |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ajm: Quote:
Billy's work out expensive if you have a lot of dvd's. I think they hold about 90 each. Cowpie. Already one slender Benno (19x19x212) holds 12 x 10 = 120 B-rDs. A loaded Billy (80x28x202) holds 52 x 10 = 520 DVDs in Keep Case. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Can i be cheeky and ask to see a photo of these Billy shelfs in action please. Help's my brain to have a visual image. |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mithi: Quote:
about density:
When you have an otherwise unused wardrobe, simply build shelves into that one on the back wall and into the doors. I'm trying to convince my wife to put shelves in the built in cupboard with the boiler in it and the other half just stacked with boxes... so far she's not going for it but I'll keep trying | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
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| | Posted: | | | | That's why I posted the second link. The posts from bbbbb should show Billy in use. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | Scot, I've got a couple of shots taken this morning. I don't think I can post them here directly coz I don't use any online storage, but if you PM me your email address I'll send them to you. They're a bit cluttered (like the rest of my study!) but it should give you the general idea. The files are 5MB each - OK if you have broadband north of Hadrian's Wall | | | | Chris |
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