Steel shelving

From: Annette L. Demers (ademers@law.harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 21 2004 - 11:01:45 PDT


Dear Colleagues,

This is for a non-profit fledgling library trying to do much on a very
limited budget. Does anyone have any advice
about the proper way to reinforce steel shelving?

Thanks for any help!

Sincerely,
Annette Demers

>Hi Annette,
>
>Good news, I have a great intern and a supply of used industrial steel
>shelving. They're freestanding with crossbars and have held books for
>twenty years without any sign of wear. We'll try to haul them to the
>storage space tomorrow. Which brings me to my question.
>
>The floor of the storage area is somewhat uneven sloping cement. The
>building guys didn't think much of my sheets of wood idea, preferred a
>solution of propping up the shelf corners with two by fours and shim
>stock. Any advice?
>
>Best,



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