Shelves for utility room... On a stud wall

[MumNeedsTea]

We have a tiny utility room and I am looking to put up some shelves on one of the walls to increase storage space. The idea is to have high shelves where we can store cleaning products, toilet rolls and everything else which is currently cluttering the floor, and also to have coat hooks under the shelf.

I need help choosing shelves. I have no idea which ones will be strong enough and which ones will be suitable for a stud wall. I Iike the idea of Ikea floating shelves, but I don't think they will be strong enough. I am crap at DIY and will get a handyman to fit the shelves, but I at least need to know which ones to buy. I can see loads on homebase and bnq website (The ones which need a bracket), but again no idea which one is fit for purpose.

Any help would be highly appreciated :)

This is the site we used for the garage: www.bigdug.co.uk/shelving-c2

Ikea do something like the top track shelves - the Algot range. Some of their hallway stuff might be appropriate: the hat rack: www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/racks-stands/tjusig-hat-rack-black-art-20152634/

I would also trail through pinterest for ideas. Things like using the back of the door (www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JVPCKD0/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2HRBC4EJCKJ74&coliid=I24WMK2ZMZ4XXD) and over the door shelves etc.

I have the Ikea Algot range. You only need to secure the horizontal supports into the wall and the rest is small screws for the,self supporting vertical tracks.The system is very versatile and the only crticism is that the mesh baskets have rusted (unheated room) so,I replaced them with plastic coated ones.

easy

you have to find out where the studs are so you can put your screws into them

if you look at the wall carefully, with a light shining over (not against) the surface, you might be able to detect the nail marks by eye or fingertip, or by tapping with your knuckles. They will be in columns about 600mm apart, probably starting in a corner.

If you really can't, drill a hole above eyeline where you would like a screw to go. if there is air behind the plasterboard, insert my Special Locating Tool horizontally, feeding in into the space until it touches the next stud on each side. Mark the tool and transfer the distance to the surface of the wall using a pencil. The Special Locating Tool is available for £50 plus P&P, or you can make your own by straightening out a wire coathanger and bending it into a shallow curve.

Don't drill directly vertically or horizontally from any electrical socket or switch, or within 150mm of a corner or the ceiling. Sockets and switches may be on the other side of the wall.

Shelving systems like Spur are very strong. The slotted uprights are screwed to the wall. The fixings at the top are the most important.

Thanks for all your input!

Piglet as always, you are a treasure of information!