Fitting Couldn’t be Easier

If you can provide the overall dimensions (in mms or inches) of the area you would like covered in faux books, we will send a quotation to you. (A plan or sketch is very helpful). We need to know if the shelves are already fixed and if so, the height between them.

The following points should be considered when supplying information to us.

A wider variety of footruns can be used if the height of the space between shelves varies. What 'look' do you want - formal or informal? We have some specialist titles e.g. legal, assorted wines, some country sports, some French authors. The majority of titles are classic English novels and Journals. Any restrictions on colour?

Does the door open towards you or away from you? If it opens towards you allowance must be made for the thickness of the book panels (25mm 1in.)

The background should be painted matt black (fig.1) to give the impression of being in shadow.

We can supply single spines and deckled edges to fill any spaces between the top of a footrun and the shelf above. (Deckled edge is the name given to the page edges of a book with the appearance of being in gold leaf).

We can also supply part panels of footruns to fill a complete shelf width, whatever the dimensions. If we are preparing a quotation for you, we will need to know the width of the beading used for the false shelves so that we provide an accurate layout of footruns. A standard size would be 25mm (1 inch).

To make it simple for you or your joiner, we will prepare the footruns to your specification. They will be packed 'shelf by shelf' with a plan and full instructions showing how the footruns should be arranged.

For permanent fixing, use a panel adhesive similar to Gripfill (fig.2). If sticking directly to a vertical surface, additional application of hotmelt glue from a glue gun will give instant adhesion whilst the permanent adhesive is setting (fig.3).

Are the footruns to be free standing on open shelves?

            

We can supply L brackets with industrial velcro to hold the panels upright. If possible, the footrun should fill the whole height of the shelf to give a realistic look.