Carpentry and Woodworking - outdoor shelving

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mr_dove
01-30-04, 06:36 PM
Can anyone offer any tips and what materials/treatment to use in constructing a shelving unit that will live outdoors? I thought about buying one of those metal shelving units but they run over $100.

Furniture Bldr
01-30-04, 06:41 PM
To make a shelving unit, just the materials will cost you around or more than $100.00. I wouldn't buy a metal one for the outdoors, due to the obvious problem of rust. You can use Cedar, but no boards wider than 6". If they are wider, you'll have to glue them edge to edge.

If youre not looking for something nice, you can buy Marine Plywood. It will run you a lot more than $100.00
mr_dove
01-30-04, 06:47 PM
perhaps some powerful weather treatment for cheaper materials such as MDF or plywood?

Furniture Bldr
01-30-04, 06:50 PM
MDF is a highgrade of particle board. Wouldn't even last one year. Regular plywood will rot over time. Most of the time, the cheap way out will cost you more money in the long run when you end up redoing it
mr_dove
01-30-04, 06:57 PM
Maybe I'll have to buy a plastic shelving unit.
Furniture Bldr
01-30-04, 07:02 PM
Depending upon where you live, "If it gets cold" The plastic will crack.

Are you looking for a cheap solution or the best solution? The cheap solution will have you back at the store buying a new one in no time.

Let me ask you this, would you buy the cheapest car on the market with no options? Of course not, because youd want it to last. See my point?