Posted by Rod Speed on August 15, 2010, 6:14 pm
mike wrote:
> Wonder if they have "half height" cinder blocks.
Yes they do, but that wont work because they are 4" high, too low for paperbacks.
> Or if there's a cinder-block like item at a Home Depot or Lowes
> that would serve the purpose. I have thought of milk crate-like
> boxes, but they're too wide and probably too tall.
Correct on both counts.
You can use bricks, but they arent anything like as stable as blocks.
> Definitely not interested in buying pre-made bookshelves. There either
> aren't enough planks or they're not wide enough. I have a walk-in
> closet where I could easily put in temporary shelving from 5 to 6 ft
> long. They don't make bookcases that long so far as I know.
Corse they do.
Posted by mike on August 15, 2010, 6:26 pm
> mike wrote:
> > Wonder if they have "half height" cinder blocks.
> Yes they do, but that wont work because they are 4" high, too low for paperbacks.
I checked my local Home Depot today. They sell 6" x 6" x 6" half
cinder blocks for $1.27 each. Perfect for paperbacks.
Posted by Rod Speed on August 15, 2010, 7:16 pm
mike wrote
>> mike wrote
>>> Wonder if they have "half height" cinder blocks.
>> Yes they do, but that wont work because they are 4" high, too low for
paperbacks.
> I checked my local Home Depot today. They sell 6" x 6" x 6" half cinder blocks
Those arent half cinder blocks, the normal height is 8"
> for $1.27 each. Perfect for paperbacks.
Posted by mike on August 15, 2010, 7:29 pm
> mike wrote
> >> mike wrote
> >>> Wonder if they have "half height" cinder blocks.
> >> Yes they do, but that wont work because they are 4" high, too low for paperbacks.
> > I checked my local Home Depot today. They sell 6" x 6" x 6" half cinder blocks
> Those arent half cinder blocks, the normal height is 8"
> > for $1.27 each. Perfect for paperbacks.
My mistake. There were, in fact, 8" x 8" x 8".
Posted by Rod Speed on August 15, 2010, 8:41 pm
mike wrote
>> mike wrote
>>>> mike wrote
>>>>> Wonder if they have "half height" cinder blocks.
>>>> Yes they do, but that wont work because they are 4" high, too low for
paperbacks.
>>> I checked my local Home Depot today. They sell 6" x 6" x 6" half cinder
blocks
>> Those arent half cinder blocks, the normal height is 8"
>>> for $1.27 each. Perfect for paperbacks.
> My mistake. There were, in fact, 8" x 8" x 8".
You can get them 6" x 6" x 6" but they are much less common so rather harder to
find.
No use for paperbacks tho, they are bigger than that.
In fact the bigger modern paperbacks are over 9" high, so too big for shelves
done with
8" blocks too, tho you can pad them up a bit with some bits of wood on the top
of each block.
In fact nominal 8" blocks arent actually 8" high, 8" includes the mortar when
laid in a wall.
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