A few years back I managed to get four metal shelving units (about 10 feet high by 6 feet wide) that were built specifically to house records; bought them from a Salvation Army who had had them donated to them by the CBC (Canadian national radio). They did the trick perfectly, but they were extremely heavy, and, literally, someone got hurt every time I moved, even professional movers. Moving those things up and down stairs involved four people with ropes and trolleys; I can't count the number of bumps, bruises, sprains, and close-to-strained shoulders that happened over the years every time I moved. When I moved out of my last place into my new one, I just went back to milk crates cos they're so much easier to deal with, even if there are a ton of them (plus with my ex-girlfriend screaming at me the whole time I was moving out and making things hellish, the goal was to get out of there as quickly as possible! :)). It was funny, when my Dad helped me move into my new place, there was one truckload for my records, and the second truckload was everything else. You don't really realize how many records you have until you have to move them. I've generally always had two bedrooms and used the second bedroom for studio and records, but now that I'm on my way to getting married, I've got my better half to account to and she wants to move to a 1 bedroom to cut costs, so I might have to start doing some culling of the vinyl herd. It is definitely important to store the records in protective sleeves to keep out the dust, regardless of how you store 'em. If you use metal storage, remember that thinner metal will bend, but it lighter and easier to move, whereas heavier metal won't, but is much harder to move. Ditto with wood; lighter wood won't hold many records, so you'll need to find a balance. Hope this helps. Take care. Andrew
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