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PRO Member Comment by Phil Voice on March 11, 2013 at 15:32

Perhaps just add further frames?

Oak will be heavy and you will need to make sure the seat can take the weight of several people.

PRO Member Comment by Angelique Robb on March 10, 2013 at 19:59

Phil, yes, that's what I'd like to achieve but with oak - so it will be alot heavier than an ikea shelf!!! We can embed one side in our blockwork wall but I'm worried about 4-6 people sitting on this and not holding the weight of the oak and the people. I've spoken to one local joiner and he said he didn't know how it was done!!!! Thanks for your advice - maybe I'll see if there is something like the ikea metal frames that can hold heavier weights.

PRO Member Comment by Phil Voice on March 10, 2013 at 18:56

Hi Angelique

I think I know what you are wanting to achieve. It seems like a cantilever system would work best but that would require the greater amount of bench material to be embedded into the wall.

We bought a shelf from Ikea a couple of years ago which is mounted onto iron bars which are fixed to the wall using two large bolts. The shelf, which has two holes drilled into it, is slid over the metal bars.

Here it is on an Ikea video