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    Quote Originally Posted by JBrown89 View Post
    Is the wood on those shelves very chemical resistant. Aren't they particle board? Had some at the shop I use to work at and if any oil or chemical spilled, they became very weak.
    The box said the shelves are chemical resistant. I'm taking that with a grain of salt and figured that by the time I move into a bigger garage I'll just replace them with some 3/8" plywood or thicker MDF.

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    Here's mine in the corner of my garage.
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    I cleaned out 3 storage units/and the entire office at Global, after 10 years of banker's boxes full of files sitting on them and being taken on and off, the mdf/steel ones were all rickety while the more heavy duty all steel ones were still going strong.

    But like brett said im sure they are fine for a couple of years.
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    For a $75 shelf I figured I could make decent shelves when it becomes necessary.

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    Is the top half separate from the bottom? That is what the problem was on most of them.
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    nice BDR, that's exactly what I want to build, but twice as long

    the last little shelving unit I built like that I definitely built the bottom shelf too low, I think next time I am going to go for 2 inches taller than a 5-gal bucket
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    Quote Originally Posted by rockfrawg View Post
    how does all the stuff not fall off???
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    Quote Originally Posted by mudtoy67 View Post
    I didn't build a shelf on the bottom (like the one above mentions). I figure why build a shelf when there's a nice floor already there?
    Water damage. I used to have my ammo stash sitting on the floor of my mom's water heater closet at her house (its the entire area under a staircase so there's plenty of room). It has a bare concrete floor but after a year or so I noticed that the boxes of my bottom layer of ammo were sticking to the floor like they had gotten wet, but as far as I know there hadnt been any standing water down there. I guess it was just condensation or something but since I elevate the ammo off the floor and onto shelves it hasnt been a problem since.
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    I guess it just depends on what you're using the shelves for. In my case it didn't make sense since all I'm storing is car parts/junk.

    I had the same thing happen with ammo once, though it didn't help it was next to the wall for the water heater.
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    I have one of the metal / particle board shelves from Lowes that works good. For the heavy / large items I have shelves made out of 1 1/2" gal. pipe. with 3/4" plywood (gift from El Paso).
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    finally got a pic of the shelves I built for my basement. I like this design, the plywood adds a lot of rigidity

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