Slide-out Pantry Shelf - No More Fighting the VELCRO!

[MAX Burner]

I got this idea from a social media posting, but here's a quick mod that makes the "secret compartment" below the Pantry easier to access:

1.  Pulled off VELCRO from cabinet.

2.  Installed a couple 8" drawer slides from Amazon:

3.  Replaced the VELCRO onto the drawer slides:

4.  One and done, can't even tell the difference; except for the convenience factor - time for a cold one.

Cheers!

A & D

[Katjo]

I love this mod! It is on our to do this.

[Gliddenwoods]

How do you stop it from sliding open when traveling down the road?

[Gliddenwoods]

What brand & model # did you use?

Thanks.

[MAX Burner]

43 minutes ago, Gliddenwoods said:

How do you stop it from sliding open when traveling down the road?

The glides are soft-close style with a detent in the retracted position, just like the Oliver kitchen drawers...

We ordered the slides yesterday, they arrived here this morning, it's an easy/quick DIY mod for less than $12:

Cheers!

[Gliddenwoods]

Thank-you MAX Burner.

[jd1923]

17 hours ago, MAX Burner said:

We ordered the slides yesterday, they arrived here this morning, it's an easy/quick DIY mod for less than $12.

Wow, very good idea and start-to-finish in 24 hours is impressive! Just put these slides on my Amazon Wishlist (for after we get a handle on the big jobs, on our very new-to-us Oliver). Thanks, Art & Diane!

[MAX Burner]

...follow-up info:  @Gliddenwoods:  We installed that mod 3 days before leaving on the road trip we're currently on now.  After the first leg, about 275 miles, checking the pantry compartment sliding top a few times - no issues.  The "soft-close" slides hold fast.

[NandNPNW]

We did this mod without knowing it was already posted! Our exception was utilizing 12lb double sided tape and black 10" locking drawer slides. The tape (from local ACE Hardware) was the thinnest we could find in the weight capacity I was looking for. It's installed on both the slide base and the bottom of the countertop. I was concerned about it floating too high above the base but it closes up nicely and is not noticeable. Not concerned about pulling them off as all the force is lateral and not expecting any weight bearing for the tabletop once slid out.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GJMLDPL?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

[jd1923]

Bravo @NandNPNW for installing this without drilling mounting holes! This is great.

The Ace Hardware product is likely good, I loved Ace in the day, back in Chicagoland, where Ace started! Next time, or if your install loosens up, go with 3M 4950 VHB tape. Instead of 12 LB you get 80 LB / SQ IN, so you could lean on the counter fully extended to get off the floor, been there Ha-Ha.

This product is amazing! I'm an engineer and over-engineer about everything! I used to bolt down everything, but not anymore. I used this product to mount 2 large heavy solar panels on a fiberglass roof with only 20 SQ IN of tape each. This is an amazing product! Amazon.com: 3M Double Sided Mounting Tape 1” x 120” 4950 Foam Tape Heavy Duty Adhesive Waterproof for Car Home Office Deco Color White : Office Products

[Ty J]

Thanks For posting this mod!

Finished mine Today

 

[John and Jodi]

I'm glad a lot of people have had success with this mod, but we haven't. One variable that seems to be different is that we have Foy's extended pantry countertop. I don't know if it's heavier or what, but every time I take the trailer somewhere, the countertop slides open; it doesn't stay closed. Now I have to use a hook-and-eye fastener to secure the countertop since un-doing the mod is not an option.

[Galileo]

We actually like the Velcro.

I don’t know if others had this small storage area shown to them as a “secret compartment” - but I think the Velcro is more apt to keep it that way. 

Anyway - we go in that compartment so seldom that there’s not a huge convenience or time saving benefit for us. 

I’m also fond of leaning on that surface or putting quite a bit of body weight on it while extricating myself from the (king layout) bed. So making it readily movable will make it easy to bend those slides at least, and likely to send me crashing to the floor in the middle of the night at worst. 

[Ronbrink]

21 hours ago, Galileo said:

We actually like the Velcro.

Same here! My pantry shelf mod involved extending it out to make it even with the adjacent twin bed with heavy duty Velcro for securement. The additional length provides more counter space/staging area. I also extended the dinette table an additional 7” for an equivalent bump out; making its utility for dining much better. I previously installed sliding Lagun tables for each of the twin beds and used the original Lagun tabletop for the pantry extension, likewise the original pantry shelf for the dinette table extension. We’ve been very pleased with these mods. 

Here’s a pic of the two Lagun tables, a much more challenging mod I must say! For those that have the Lagun option, you know the nightstand drawer is restricted when this table is in use. In my year model the nightstand tabletop can be lifted off, allowing access to the drawer content from atop; which was acceptable, since I preferred the leave the Lagun mounted for daily use and stowing it was a PITA. By design, I can now open the drawer even with both Laguns permanently mounted; and the wifey is now happy to have her own bed table, being I tended to ‘hog’ the original one for self use! There have been a few mods featured in this forum on relocating the Lagun mount to the side of the nightstand to enable front drawer access and my mod, as well. 

Edited 53 minutes ago by Ronbrink