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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7603470, member: 19463&quot;]Due to past bad experiences with sagging shelves, we built in our new house (2003) coin book shelves using 2x12&quot; (nominal, 1 1/2&quot; actual thickness) lumber. Elsewhere in the house, the builder used 1/2&quot; pressboard shelves for knicknack shelves but these sagged terribly with photo albums and had to be redone within a few years.&nbsp; The thick wood proved up to the job.&nbsp; I encourage anyone considering building a library to consider carefully just how heavy books are.&nbsp; I have several individual volumes that weigh in between 3 and 5 pounds.&nbsp; A foot of auction catalogs like CNG is over 50 pounds.&nbsp; Do the math and consider steel rods imbedded or beefy lumber.&nbsp; Gravity is not your friend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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