Building Closet Shelves Plywood

1 x 4 boards.

Building closet shelves plywood.

Attaching upper shelves to the closets. These plywood shelves with 1x2s for trim saved us over 4000 on a closet system. All you need to make your own custom closet shelving system is. It holds screws in place.

Which kind of wood should i use for my closet. You can easily finish a project like. Plywood is very firm. Nail gun wood glue.

Electric drill and 2 inch construction screws. Using the remainder of the approximately 2 1 2 left over strips of plywood cut a piece the width of the closet for the back of the shelf support. My new diy entry closet shelves. Many manufacturers and designers recommend plywood over mdf for two reasons.

The rigidity of plywood and composite wood can be improved by gluing on solid wood edges or plastic laminate faces fig. Six 1 x 3 inch boards with lengths based on the back and side wall measurements in step 1. Two 11 7 8 inch wide long closet shelves to the length that fits the width of your closet in step 1. If your shelves are narrow less than 24 wide i would go with plywood.

A level measuring tape pencil. Simply cut another 1 x2 board the length of your shelf minus 3 inches to accommodate the side supports and screw it to the studs along the back wall of the closet. If you are building straightforward shelves you also need to add wood supports along the back wall of the closet. These shelves were so easy to install.

It depends on how large wide your shelves are but in my experience plywood is much more stable than solid wood and won t expand contract with the humidity changes as much. This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions. Then cut 2 more pieces 14 1 4 for the side supports. Six 11 7 8 inch square shelves for the central unit.

Again don t forget the level. Each of these shelves is the same thickness length and width. It s better for a closet. When you need wood pre cut wood shelves are readily available and most.

You ll use 3 4 inch plywood to make this closet organizer. The minimum thickness you need for shelves is 1 2 inch but if you plan to load them with heavy items use 3 4 inch plywood. Strengthening plywood and composite shelves. The solid wood shelf holds up four times the weight of the plain particleboard shelf.