Updated toilet and floating shelves

Hello people, lockdown has given me the time to give the old loo an overdue makeover. As the water tank was attached to the wall, the installation of the new loo (from Bunnings) left ugly holes on show. SOLUTION. I attached a couple of floating shelves to hide the holes. Done!

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MitchellMc

What an excellent make-over @Trying. You must be pleased with the results. I've been painting and refreshing our loo, and it makes a world of difference.

Novel idea to use the shelf to cover the damaged portion of the wall. That would have certainly saved you some work.

Many thanks for sharing.

Mitchell

Trying

Thank you for those kind words 🙂

Noyade

Very well done! Big difference - you must be now proud sitting on the throne. 🙂

Trying

@Noyade Thank you. Yes, it's a great place to survey my Queendom.😄

Noyade

I'm doing some painting in a shower/toilet area and would like to know more about floating shelves. In the photo above the shelves appear to be attached to a backing, which is then placed behind the toilet?

But what I'm after is shelving with no visible brackets placed at various heights on the original wall.

The shelves are ex-Bunnings clearance and are solid chipboard - 25mm thick.

Maybe not possible - too heavy?

Cheers!

MitchellMc

Hi @Noyade

These Flexi Storage Decorative Shelves are hollow and come with a couple of mounting brackets which is a plate that gets fixed to the wall and a long metal tube that sticks out from the wall. The hollow shelf gets slid onto the tube.

There are these Carinya 100 x 76 x 20mm Adjustable Floating Shelf Brackets, but the minimum shelf thickness is 24mm to accommodate the holes you need to drill in them. Alternatively we do have these Carinya 190 x 38 x 20mm White Floating Shelf Brackets that would be less intrusive than your current brackets.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell

Noyade

Many thanks @MitchellMc

I will 'shelve' this idea and think of something else. 🤔

Noyade

I really do wanna use these boards to make shelving - but they are thick and heavy and I don't want traditional brackets or having them boxed with sides.

Two cups of coffee and the whiteboard...

Plate and angle-iron steel painted matt black with white boards should look OK? Would it be stable with four large screws per shelf?

The wall facing steel angle will provide plenty of room for anchorage.

Any thoughts welcome. 👍

Noyade

What a dumb idea.

With weight on the shelves - they will all fold down like a venetian blind?

I got up too early today. 😞

Noyade

Mark 2...

Horizontal 25mm plate connecting the vertical members.

EricL

Hello @Noyade

I saw your Mark 2 and thought I would chip in with a Mark 3 design. Your frame design is good, but the shelf has to have support at the side to prevent it from drooping. Two screws at the back won't be enough to hold the weight of the shelf. A third point of support must be present.

Have a quick look at the sketch and let me know if it works for you.

Eric

Noyade

G'day Eric! @EricL

"Two screws at the back won't be enough to hold the weight of the shelf"

There was always going to be two frames to Mark 2, on both sides of the shelves - but I was just too lazy with the whiteboard to illustrate it. 😁

Your Mark 3 is simply superb! I will try this, thinking less steel is better. That's the great thing about this site - sharing ideas.

I bought some 25mm X 5mm steel yesterday which should be hidden by the shelving thickness - at certain angles. I'll start another thread when I get going - apologies to @Trying for hijacking this one.

Cheers!

Trying

Yea ! Another happy workshopper. Well done @Noyade. How good is it to have access to all that experience and knowledge on this amazing site ? Happy Easter everybody. Stay safe.

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