Thread: Cement Shelves

Has anyone had experience with building shelving (along a concrete wall) out of cement? Thinking of constructing something with wooden doors. A search has come up dry but I've heard it's do-able. Cheers in advance!

Many kitchen frames are constructed using concrete and reo and then clad with wooden panels and doors, tiles and granite tops.

Actually you have a lot less long term problems such as wood rot and insect infestation when using concrete frames.

The only problem I have seen is if the framework is not square the fitting of sliding drawers and doors is almost impossible.

You can cantilever concrete shelves but they they need to be structurally reinforced into the wall with rebar or metal supports. You need to create forms
around the supports for pouring the concrete to the desired shape. There a lot of books on the subject of designing in concrete.

Yep, my kitchen is bricks and mortar, with floor tiles for work tops.
Cost.. about 100 quid.