Directions for a Metal Stacking Shelf

Putting your metal shelf together should only take one to two hours.

Metal stacking shelves are versatile pieces of furniture that may be useful in your laundry room, garage or pantry. Putting a metal stacking shelf together is a quick project any homeowner can accomplish. Many of these shelves simply snap together. If your shelf is made of a heavier and sturdier metal, build it in the room in which it will be placed. Lighter shelves can easily be transported from one location to another.

Things You'll Need

• Rubber mallet
• Hammer

Instructions

1. Hold the metal shelves upright, approximately a shelf-length distance apart. If possible, ask a friend or family member to help you hold one of the sides. Otherwise, lean it against a wall or workbench while you support the other side.

2. Position the bottom shelf between the two posts. Put the shelf's knobs into the posts' bottom keyhole openings. Push the shelf down to snap it into place. Place a level on the shelf. Use a rubber mallet to hit the shelf's high end further down, if necessary.

3. Line up the top shelf's knobs with the keyholes on the posts' top edges. Push the shelf into place, hold a level on it and hit it the higher end with a rubber mallet, if necessary.

4. Install the middle shelves the same way you installed the bottom and top shelf.

5. Lay the provided particle board over each shelf. Push one supplied pin through each of the pre-drilled holes in the particle board. Use a hammer to tap the pins into place so as to hold the particle board to the shelf.

Tips & Warnings

• Some metal stacking shelves require that you put together the shelves themselves. In this case, put the shelves' front and back beams in place between the posts, then install the shorter piece between the two shelf beams, in the keyhole slots.

References

• Shelving Direct: Metal Point Plus Vertical Storage
• Vistamation: Series 200B Assembly Instructions