9 Jan
2007
9 Jan
'07
2:10 p.m.
At 09:51 PM 1/8/2007, Richard wrote:
The shelf heights are adjustable in 1" increments
and no tools are
required for assembly or disassembly. They seem sturdy enough when
fully loaded, but I wouldn't want to trip and fall into them and put a
big transverse load on the whole system. It would most likely fall
over and have a danger of crushing you with what I've got loaded into
them.
There's that. I find particle board and OSB untrustworthy.
As Fred suspected, the rivet-lock ones with particle-board shelves
do tend to change over time. In a decade in a basement even with a
dehumidifier, heavy objects easily distort the shelves. They may
be fine for light-duty.
I've tried some of the plastic ones, too, 2" thick shelves with corrugation
and struts that would give the impression of strength - but over time, even
with objects only as heavy as monitors and computers, they've sagged an
inch in the middle of a yard-wide span.
- John