I don't have 72 inches of vertical space. Can I overlap the top and bottom sections to make it not as tall, but still keep all 5 shelves?
183713
Probably. You will need to look at the overlay which will loose some spacing for the crossbars. Also the cross bar connections that extend from the cross bars will not fit through both upward braces. A little modification would be necessary to achieve stability.
183714
The way that the vertical posts are built prohibit this. I bought shorter shelf systems. Keep looking you will find them.
183715
Ronald, the way that the shelves are designed and segmented makes height adjustment impracticable. Each vertical section is composed of two 36" lengths of L steel and they are designed to fit one another flush at the end of each joint segment. There is no provision or configuration for overlapping. I can't think of any way to alter that design to shorten without compromising the fit or load strength of the unit. Hope this heps.
183716
Nope, the corner pieces come in 8 pieces, and they are held together evenly by the middle shelf. Overlapping them will not allow the shelf to fit, and even if you managed to do so, the shelf would no longer be sturdy, as the corner ends stacking on top of each other and held with the shelf is what gives it it's structural stability.If you have the tools, and the skill, however you can cut off however much you need from the top of the top corner pieces, as the rest of the shelves are all adjustable as to where you put them. Hope this helps.
183717
Other responders have it - the center shelf can only join the top and bottom sections butted, not overlapped. Yes you could trim off the 4 top braces with a hack-saw if you need it a few inches shorter. Also, don't forget that the two sections can be assembled separately and joined side-to-side (or front to back) to make a half-height shelf system - sometimes advertised as a "workbench". I'm almost positive that the kit comes with the short slotted rods to link together the two shelf sections in this configuration.
1579103
You can use full height. Shelves are removable. Comes with 2 shelves. I bought 2 more. Did not need the height. Shelves slide out of grooves.
135087
No, unfortunately, I wondered about the same thing. Those bottom legs you see in the pic are set as they are. If you were to try to stack two units, the bottom legs will not connect to the top shelf of the second unit. I even looked at the Honey-Can-Do website and catalog (which was not very user friendly). There MIGHT be a way if you buy each piece separately, but I was not willing to go there. Honestly, even if you could do it, I would not trust the safety of stacking it that high and putting items on it. I hope this helps!
259814
I would not attempt to do this assembling with the shelf on top. I think that the height of the hanging folders would cause a problem with the shelf laying flat....I suggest you google the name of the company and call them to ask the same question. You need a unit with a top overlay covering. What benefit would you have to the shelf just covering the top and not the lower unit?
1254381
The shelves are the same throughout. You can setup the height for all of them though.
972856
The shelves are at fixed heights. You could leave out the middle or bottom shelf, and you may be able to get away with leaving out both, but I think you kinda need to put in at least 2 shelves, to maintain the stability of the legs. I should think it possible, with some careful drilling to place holes at other heights. The bottom of the bottommost shelf is @ 3-3/8" in off the ground and the top of it @ 7-1/4" above the ground. The top of the middle shelf looks like it would be @ 21-1/4" off the ground.
1637615
I am not sure, but there are separate pieces to it at different lengths. If you need it shorteryou can just leave a section out, but you might not be able to use all of the shelves if you do.
771993
Yes! This is exactly how I use it. There are effectively 6 positions for the shelves, and you can use any of them. I'll try to add a customer photo to show this.
946751
Yes, you can adjust the shelve heights - there are grooves every couple of inches or so on the legs that allow the shelves to be re-positioned.
1974241
I don't see why you can't, but you can't do it with the shelves at the same height as they'd occupy the same space on the "co-mingled" poles. That being said, you can buy connector units that allow you to connect independent shelves together into a cohesive unit if you really need them joined and not just standing right next to each other.
75554
Yes. Although, the top of one smaller units will look unfinished. You will have only 4 top plastic corner connectors in the package. In order to make two shorter shelves you need 8 top corner connectors. Hope this helps.
841893
They are great shelves but I agree with Carly that they are much shorter than you expect. I have two, one on top of the other and to get the cabinet space that I was looking for I should have purchased three of them. I think your idea might possibly work but if it doesn't, you'd have to go up with them. Good luck!
1006368
Hi, you could just use three shelves, but if you have the room for the five shelves you always can use the storage space.
1902303
No, they aren't meant to stack on top of each other. Would suggest you get the 4 or 5 shelf unit if you need one with more shelves.
1347382
The spacing is up to you. Make sure you put larger/heavier items on the lower shelves.
1189168
The shelves are adjustable so you can set them to the height you want. However, there is a 1 3/4" lip that hangs down from each shelf. Therefore, you couldnt have 4 shelves that would provide you with 20" height on each one. You could have 3 and then one with less storage height.
1685281
I don't think so. The vertical posts are just tall enough to fit into the shelves. Maybe they sell longer posts? Or you could make your own out of PVC piping I'm sure.