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28th February 2008, 04:01 PM #1Senior Member
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calculating shelf spaces
How do i calculate how many shelves and the spacing measurments.
IE if I have a cupboard say 7ft high and I want 6 shelves (or any amount)
how do I calculate the spaces. hope I made myself clear ????????
thanks
john amcklin
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28th February 2008, 04:32 PM #2
Why Do I get the feeling your fishing
Take the total thickness of the shelves and subtract this from the inside measurment of the cupboard
Divide the remaning space by the number of shelves and this gives you the distance between shelves for equally spaced shelves
ie.. if shelves are 2' thick each then total thickness is 6 x 2" = 1'
7' - 1' = 6'
6' (divided by No of shelves) 6 =1'
bottom of first shelf is 1' from the bottom of the cupboard the bottom of the next shelf is 1' from the top of the first shelf etc etcAshore
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28th February 2008, 06:35 PM #3
I may be putting my foot in it here, but don't you have to add one more space than the number of shelves?
i.e. 600mm internal, 2 x 16mm Shelves.
(600 - 32) x 1/3 = 189.333* between base, first shelf, second shelf and top.
Completely prepared to reatract this if wrong...
Cheers,
Earl
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29th February 2008, 08:43 AM #4
quite correct ,there are alway 1 more space than the number of shelves in a cabinet
,6 shelves equals 7 spaces
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29th February 2008, 10:02 AM #5
Assuming the top of the cupboard is the same thickness as the bottom shelf you must include it with the shelves.
So for a 6 shelf cupboard
deduct the total thickness of 7 shelves from the total height and divide that by 6
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29th February 2008, 10:12 AM #6.
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John, are you pretty certain you know what you are going to store on the shelves? If not and even so whatever spacing you use will eventually not suit. Consider making the middle shelf only as a fixed shelf and use an adjustable shelving system.
Cheers
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29th February 2008, 12:21 PM #7
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