Carpentry and Woodworking - Pull Out Shelves

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Dsherm112

01-28-05, 11:17 AM

I currently have shelves in the bathroom that are hard to reach because they are very deep. I'd like to replace them with pull out shelves on rollers. Are there stock systems that I can buy to use? If not, is there somewhere I can get plans telling me how to do this?

Thanks,

Sherm

Pilot Dane

01-28-05, 05:32 PM

You can buy various types of drawer slides from your local building supply store, big retailer (Lowes, Home Depot) or order them online. They come in all shapes and sizes. Full extension slides will allow your full shelf to extend out of the cabinet so you have easy access to everything.

Dave_D1945

01-29-05, 01:22 PM

I just did something similar for a customer's hall closet. Send me an email and I'll send you some pix.

scouter

02-08-05, 12:08 PM

If you are looking for Pull Out Shelves there are a slew of Companies on line that make custom shelves for a reasonable cost. I recommend http://www.shelvesthatslide.com They build a high quality shelf for a fair price.

jatco

02-10-05, 12:39 PM

I made my own, similar to those in that link, but I used the plasitc coated (heavy gauge) wire as seen here..
Very easy to do....
http://www.richelieu.com/av/new2/page.php?idSection=38&idPage=3&RevImage=1

scouter

02-10-05, 11:38 PM

The wire always seems so flimsy and things fall through the cracks. Even the ad photo in the link that you posted looks like the pantry shelves are sagging. There is allot of wasted space in the pantries that pull out as one unit. You have to space everything so far apart so that you can lift the items out. I think individual shelves give you better access.

jatco

02-11-05, 08:43 AM

In my case, the wire works just fine. They are stiff and dont give. They wrap individual drawers, on glides which handles all our pots and pans, tupperware etal, dog and cat food, etc etc..and nothing slips thru. You can always use full drawers with solid sides and backs to accomplish the same thing.
I have Zero wasted space. Full drawers width and depth.