Ikea Eket shelves with a large vinyl collection?


Hi All, 

Has anyone had success storing a large vinyl collection (2000+) in the Ikea Eket shelves? I'm worried about the weight restrictions per shelf. My current shelves hold about 40 lbs. per shelf, but the Eket is rated only 15 lbs per shelf. Any experience with this? 
lspice

Showing 1 response by ketchup

It's too bad they stopped making the Expedit line.  The Kallax, which  replaced the Expedit, is basically the same as the Expedit but thinner and weaker.  That was the whole point of the Kallax.  They wanted to reduce cost/use less wood.  When I put my Expedits together, I glued every piece together with construction adhesive and then carefully leveled it.  It's extremely solid now.  You could probably do this with any of their stuff to increase the strength.
https://gizmodo.com/heres-why-ikea-is-discontinuing-everyones-favorite-sh-1527126312