Deep floating shelves? 40cm?

craig_t · 29 Nov 2015 at 23:21

Does anyone know where I can get some floating shelves in a veneered oak effect around 60CM X 40CM? I'm struggling to find much over 20-30CM. Ideally not wanting to go bespoke, due to the sheer cost of them

TomO · 30 Nov 2015 at 10:51

my guess is that they dont make them that deep due to the leverage effect on the end furthest from the wall, and therefore how strong they would have to make the brackets to cope (and assuming it doesnt just rip them out of the wall)

Skiddley · 30 Nov 2015 at 13:10

I've made a few sets at 400mm. Absolutely no problems when loaded up.

valve90210 · 30 Nov 2015 at 14:01

Out of interest Skiddley, how do you fix the shelves to the wall?

josh_sheffield · 1 Dec 2015 at 12:36

I've made deep floating shelves before. I used some steel bars. Drilled a hole into the wall, used resin to fix the steel and then slotted on the shelf which had holes drilled to match the location and diameter of steel.

If that makes no sense watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMnWO49jajI