Drawer glides are rated by weight. There will be a brand stamped on them, look them up & see. I think the drawer I load my cast iron in has a 1/4 in. plywood bottom. But the slides are rated 300 lbs. As long as it is a wood bottom and set into a groove in the drawer sides, not nailed to the bottom, that part should be ok.

The drawer systems I've seen use pegs to allocate space for different size plates ad bowls. Without a separation system the drawer movement will throw all the pieces against each other.

I thought of using drawers for dishes but decided the weight of the drawer with my heavy Franciscan Pebble Beach dishes would be too much. I'm only putting in 1 base drawer unit for pots and pans.

If your drawers have the soft close feature you will probably not need the peg system to hold the dishes in place. My drawers close very smoothly and softly and the dishes do not move at all. I didnt know this prior to ordering my cabinets and so I also ordered the peg system. It wasn't necessary but it does look cool. I don't know what my drawers are rated for as far as weight but I do have Blum hardware and I'm sure the cabinetmaker used the appropriate slides.

Thanks, BadgerGal, for that soft close reminder. I'll want to use that on my pot/pan drawer unit. Need to communicate with my cabinet maker. : )

Thanks for the responses. I heard back from my KD that the drawers are rated to 80 lbs - not sure how much that will hold. He also sent me the link for the rev a shelf peg board, but I think I am leaning towards the IKEA Rationell drawer dividers.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ikea Rationell Drawer Divider

Love my dish drawer (well, all my drawers, but that one is extra convenient). I have a few dish holder things in there, but the Ikea drawer liner keeps everything from sliding, so holders or pegs aren't necessary. The soft close definitely helps too.

My liner is gray to match the insides of my drawers. The clear one is linked below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ikea drawer liner

Here's my dish drawer. I had read on the forum that you don't need pegs if you have soft close, and it's true. I did put in Cushy Cupboards liners (also found on this forum), so that might be helping the situation. It's not cheap, but it costs less than pegs. There are probably other less-expensive liners that work well, too.

Another fan of soft close and just a "grippy" liner. It's definitely more cost effective than getting regular drawer hardware and the pegboard system. I had debated getting something in the first few days, but I quickly realized I didn't need to waste any money.

My drawer glides are rated for 100 lbs, and that made me a little nervous, but they seem to be fine with everything in them. (If I were really worried I guess I'd weigh the contents. Did think about it for two seconds...) Remember that you have to take into account the weight of the drawer itself in the weight rating.

I've got no pegs, dividers, or liners, and the dishes hardly budge when the soft-close drawers are opened or closed.

I have a dish drawer thanks to the suggestion of fellow GWers! I was reluctant at first, because it seemed so foreign to me, but now that we have moved in (about 3 wks now), I LOVE IT! I too have the Ikea liner, but any decent liner would work. I thought about getting the pegs but glad I didn't spend the money on them because I like the flexibility of no pegs and actually can fit a ton of dishes in my drawer.

{{!gwi}}

no pegs needed here either. I do have soft close and a rubber liner. I debated at first but so glad I didn't. Either way will be great. The fiesta ware is super heavy and my drawers glide fine.

I put some clear contact paper in and started putting my dishes in (I'll be using two dish drawers - two sets of dishes) - and I think I'm in love!

Tomorrow, I'll dig more dishes out of their storage spots and start getting things back together. YAY! Glad I came on GW early enough in this process to know to ask for drawers!

I do have some pegs - mostly to remind me where things go...
Drawer is wide 42 inches but seems great so far - thinking of putting heavier duty glides in downstream but KD says I am OK...

I have made a few changes to the location in the drawer but you get the idea

I don't have soft close. We thought the lower cabs came with it, but alas the KD made an error when she said they did. It was too much trouble to redo and not worth the time and effort. Anyway, I put the liner from the dollar store and none of the dishes slip. No pegs. I was going to get the dividers from Ikea, but all is well with out them.
I love emptying the DW right into the drawers. 2 banks of drawers are to the left of the DW. It's a pleasure.