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    Finally got around to building a wood storage rack for my growing collection of "one day I'll use this" timber.

    Made from construction grade radiata. Ran it through the thicknesser to remove rounded edges (and blue colouring) and then laminated together to create thick, interconnected pieces. Probably over-engineered, but it's carrying a significant weight. The arms are angled at 3 degrees.

    I filled it with the timber I had sitting on the floor. This means that I don't need any more timber, or I need more rack storage.

    Wood rack 2.jpg

    cheers,

    ajw

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    What type of masonry bolt did you use to attach to the brickwork and were they in the joints or into the brick?
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    You got it all off the floor which is good that means you have an air flow around the lowest pile .It makes it tidy & accessible in different piles on your racks .
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    Hi Ray,

    The racks are free-standing. Not attached to the wall at all. I was concerned about the weight, so decided to make them free-standing.

    Quote Originally Posted by rwbuild View Post
    What type of masonry bolt did you use to attach to the brickwork and were they in the joints or into the brick?

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    like most people, i do enjoy a good rack

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajw View Post
    Made from construction grade radiata. Ran it through the thicknesser to remove rounded edges (and blue colouring)
    Very neat idea! I had thought about using treated pine (it's cheap enough, and no-one ever seems to stock untreated) for a rack/stickers myself, but I thought this would mean the chemicals in the treated timber would leach out into anything adjacent to it?

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    MM, according to the guy at Bunnings, this timber isn't chemically treated. He said the blue paint/wash is to identify the structural grade of the timber. It doesn't have the appearance or smell of chemically treated timber, but I'm no expert. I ran it through the thicknesser to get rid of the blue paint/wash so it wouldn't rub off on other timber, and to get better glue surfaces.

    The racks are simple enough to make, and have given me back some much-needed floor space. Worthwhile doing if you've got a lot of timber sitting around the place.

    cheers,

    ajw

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    Blue pine has been treated with synthetic pyrethroids to resist borers and termites. The treatment is usually water-based, and better for the environment than many other treatments”

    H2 'Blue' is used in areas south of the Tropic of Capricorn, while H2 'Red' is used north of the Tropic of Capricorn as additional protection against a ferocious local termite. H2 treated pine is specially treated to protect against borers and termites and is suitable for interior, above-ground use only.”

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    With advice like that from the "trained person in red and green" you have to wonder what some people have unwittingly let themselves in for and been given potentially lethal advice
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