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When Shelves Collapse! (B&Q Shelving - 1 DVD Collection - 0)

Matthew Smart (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 23rd October 2005, 21:50

I`ve kept my DVDs & games in a cupboard for ages, and I finally get round to buying shelving to proudly display them along my wall and what happens? I get to witness my entire collection go *poof* before my very eyes. :( The top shelve went, then it was a simple domino effect.

Bloody B&Q >:( I had an awful job getting the shelves up in the first place, thanks to the brackets not fitting the wall fixings (I had to sit and whittle away with a knife for an hour!) and the cheap screws.

Thankfully, there`s not too many disc fatalities, but the boxes have taken a right bloody bashing. Most of the snappers have seen their hubs destroyed, there`s plastic ripped from a fair few amarays, and the cardboard sleeved DVDs are all bashed up. We won`t get into the damage to the 2 Disc SEs with the flip-over plastic bit - it`s still too painful...

Miraculously, the bottom shelve that had my games collection on it emerged unscathed. But now I can`t help but worry it`s going next! :o I`m taking the bloody things back to B&Q tomorrow, and if the punk behind the returns desk gives me any grief.... so help him!

I think i`ll stick with the cupboard from now on.

"I may be a bastard, but I`m not a f***ing bastard"

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BigmanInc (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 23rd October 2005, 22:10

One might suggest whittling the fixings away with a knife perhaps contributed to the collapse of the shelves? I bet the people at B&Q hate it when people feel the need to `customise` things and then complain when they collapse. Should have taken the shelves back when you realised the fixtures didn`t fit 8)



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David Beckett (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 23rd October 2005, 22:11

Any chance of a picture of the destruction? My DVD`s are on shelves and I`d like to see what disastrous consequences could emerge if something broke.


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Matthew Smart (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 23rd October 2005, 22:32

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One might suggest whittling the fixings away with a knife perhaps contributed to the collapse of the shelves? I bet the people at B&Q hate it when people feel the need to `customise` things and then complain when they collapse. Should have taken the shelves back when you realised the fixtures didn`t fit


Actually smart-arse, after examination it was definitely down to either:

a) bad screws

or

b) Cheap wood.

or

c) A bit o` both

The wood had split from (I assume) the screws being erm... screwed. They held the fixing onto the wall, which the shelf-balancing bracket then slotted into. As for the whittling, I`d already been over today to return 2 shelves because the actual `shelves` were split, which I didn`t notice `til I got home.

Trust me, If I`d gone over when I discovered pieces didn`t fit, B&Q security would have had to eject me for foaming at the mouth and ranting like a lunatic about how crap their products are. (damn, no `foaming at the mouth` smiley.)

Anyway, I did get a credit in my standard grade Craft & Design. I knows what I is doing with the whittling. ;)

No pic, wossname - no digital camera. But after seeing your collection in the other thread, my incident would be comparable to tremor against the meteor strike-like disaster if your shelves fell! :o



"I may be a bastard, but I`m not a f***ing bastard"

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Mark Oates (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 23rd October 2005, 23:12

Shelves can be a swine to put up, but I find the least likely to collapse are the "Spur" variety which have a metal strip that screws into the wall, then the shelf supports hook into that. They can support a murderous amount of weight as long as they`re anchored properly. And by that I mean two-inch screws into rawlplugs drilled into solid brickwork.

I think we might have problems with a foaming-at-the-mouth smiley as people might mistake it for a Father Christmas smiley. :B

J Mark Oates



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Hulk Smash! (Elite) posted this on Monday, 24th October 2005, 03:04

I can see it now on Channel 5 - "When Shelves Collapse: The Hidden Nightmare" - documentary featuring the pit-falls of dvd collecting/storing... ;)




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Rassilon (Elite) posted this on Monday, 24th October 2005, 08:08

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I think we might have problems with a foaming-at-the-mouth smiley as people might mistake it for a Father Christmas smiley.


Not if Father Christmas was wearing his red hat.



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This item was edited on Monday, 24th October 2005, 09:09

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David Beckett (Reviewer) posted this on Monday, 24th October 2005, 08:25

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Shelves can be a swine to put up, but I find the least likely to collapse are the "Spur" variety which have a metal strip that screws into the wall, then the shelf supports hook into that. They can support a murderous amount of weight as long as they`re anchored properly. And by that I mean two-inch screws into rawlplugs drilled into solid brickwork.
That`s exactly the shelving system I have and can report no problems so far. :)


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Give me ten men like Clouseau and I could destroy the world.

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tifoso (Elite) posted this on Monday, 24th October 2005, 08:26

Shock news story; Father Christmas caught wearing red hat! :)

Almost as bad as last night Rass. I settled down to watch The Doctor rerun on UK Gold, When Mrs Tifoso goes "Oh no you don`t, I`m watching the big revelation on Emmerdale". My arguement of "how can you compare this tosh with a Time Lord from Galifray choosing new assistant?", was shot down with "you`ve seen it before and the kids are getting the DVD set for your crimbo!"

Women, no emotions whatsoever.................................

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C2 Lad (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Monday, 24th October 2005, 12:58

i remember a while ago i posted asking what people used for storage, some of you used shelves, some big metal boxes sepcially for the job!
ive been using shelves but now have so many dvd`s/games that im runnign out of room!
where do you get these big metal boxes and whats the price and benefits like?

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