@ghdprentice That has worked for you? Those are paperboard (not to be critical) and aren't quite 12" deep? I'd like to see a pic of your setup, as other solutions are not looking too good. I saw some steel cabinets on ULine that would work but maybe this is getting out of hand. My son freaked out when I told him I was talking about doing that with my spare bedroom. It's a shame IKEA doesn't have their BILLY stuff anymore. Seems like someone would recognize this and capitalize on the audio market, but no one seems to go for a modular solution that grows as you do....most have pricey solutions for small collections. The market has not caught up with the many who are far beyond that. I would have built the shelves in the past as i built my speaker cabinets, but not now. I want something simple to solve the problem. Were I an entrepreneur I would be all over this.....
Modular LP record storage suggestions
After a recent move I am sitting in my new home with about 30 book & record boxes sitting in my garage, wanting to come inside. I figure to pare them out once I can get them out and keep perhaps 1/3 of what's out there. That might be about 1,000 albums or so. I've got a 6' long wall unused in a bedroom to place storage. I would want something up to about 6' in height. That's a lot of weight. In my old home I had steel-and-wire shelving that's inexpensive but inefficient insofar as there's little side support. I also had some of the old popular IKEA units that were efficient and heavy, but their new Kallix units look insubstantial to me. So I've come to the source where many of you surely have faced the same deal. All the interior bookcases I've found look too shaky for this. Otherwise, garage units (this doesn't have to be pretty!) are supportive enough, although usually too deep (24"). Most I've found also either have non-flat shelf surfaces and/or lack any kind of side support, on the ends or in the middle. The vertical supports between albums are the hardest thing to find. It would be nice if there were some sort of modular shelving, especially if it were narrow, like 3 feet or so, that you could put side by side. I'm open to ideas here, obviously. Having someone come in and build me a bookcase heavy enough for this seems very expensive. Garage type units would be much cheaper and just as good (and easier).
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@ghdprentice The link you gave said in the product details that it did NOT fit vinyl records (likely the reason for frequent returns), but did offer an Amazon search code to find one that did. @howardlee See above. I hope you find something I can use too 🙂
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I bought IKEA VITTSJÖ shelves but I had to make some extra work i.e. I put additional aluminium profile supports in the gaps and they serve perfectly for LP storage, see pics IKEA for vinyl
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