Your wall will be able to take as much weight as you can hang on it. I finally received the drill bits and the pins. There would have to be so much weight on there for any kind of deflection or the force of the pin crushing wood and the shelf slipping off. I can’t see why the fit is so crucial for the shelf. However, in a normal situation, the weight would probably be distributed over the entire shelf. For example, this bookcase lists its max load per shelf as 66 lbs near the bottom of the page on the product information tab. There would have to be so much weight on there for any kind of deflection or the force of the pin crushing wood and the shelf slipping off. The Ikea cabinets may have max load information on the packaging or assembly manual. Now owned by the Container Store, Elfa products provide custom results for the organizing professional and the dedicated do-it-yourself homeowner. – Doresoom Sep 16 '11 at 14:04 @Doresroom - good info. A typical range for proof strength for steel is 50 to 100 kpsi (i.e., a screw with a 1 square inch cross-sectional area of steel can hold up to 50,000 to 100,000 pounds). EXPECTED LOAD. There are units that hang from the ceiling, screw into the wall or just stand on the floor, so there are a lot of options depending on your needs. The Elfa BuiltRite Solutions catalog gives a basic capacity of 100 lbs. Glass thickness between 3/8th and 5/8th can support heavier items compared to 1/4th thickness. For example, a tempered glass shelf that is 11 inches wide by 16 inches long and 3/16 of an inch thick with one foot between supports could hold approximately 239 pounds. If you’re using plastic drywall plugs and a few screws, then I wouldn’t put much more than 50 lbs. For example, a Shelfology 34" heavy duty floating shelf bracket has three rods welded to it that individually, can handle roughly 45lbs per rod. Every 12"x12" span of 1/2" drywall can hold 40lb in pull out load, as if you were hanging from a ceiling. I don't trust the integrity of the dressers to hold that much weight, so I would be relying mostly on the L-brackets to hold the load. Glass Weight Load Calculator. 4. Thank you very much. How much load a screw can hold does not depend on its length, assuming it is long enough. It’s mostly dependent on how the shelf is anchored to the wall. The depth of the shelves runs 12, 16 or 20 inches, supported by a top track that is mounted with Elfa anchors on 1/2-inch or 5/8-inch sheet rock. So we use six bricks (42 pounds) and placed them right in the center of the shelf. on a single shelf. Glass shelves that are 1/4th thick should not have brackets that are more than 2-4 inches apart.

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