Ikea Metod wall cabinet as a bookshelf - load capacity?

Hi,

I am building a study with Metod cabinets. There are some wall cabinets with glass doors, meant for books - 80 high and, except for one, 80 wide, 60 deep. Wooden shelves instead of glass, by the way.

Now I am getting a bit panicked about the load capacity and can't find anything online: how many kg can I put in there? Books are really heavy..

So far, I haven't heard of a cabinet collapsing due to the weight of the books. The question that might rather arise is: how much do your wall plugs hold? Is it brick or just drywall?

Dishes are also really heavy ^^ I wouldn't worry about whether the cabinet can handle it. The Billy shelves are constructed similarly and hold up too. But, as my predecessor already mentioned, be sure to use the appropriate anchors.

The walls are a mix of fired clay bricks and a few hollow blocks - typical 50s. Are Fischer UX8x50 and lens head screws 5x60 at 25-30cm spacing okay? I have also considered, after hanging the cabinets, to additionally press-dowel a beech strip 30x30 underneath so that the cabinets are further supported from below.

60mm screws? Uh... rather not. I would use them to anchor a small shelf to the wall that won't bear weight or a small lamp. I secured the last kitchen with 160mm screws...

160?! =:-O

They actually come out on the other side!

According to the load table from Fischer, the UX8x50 in my walls hold at least 30kg each, behind a 60cm wall cabinet there are 2, but I could also install 3. That would give me 90kg including a safety buffer (which is already included in the tables). With UX10x60 then even 50kg per anchor.