Another Expedit question (sorry)...
bboyparkz
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Finally after several years of dreaming copped my self an Expedit.Thing is the room its going to be placed in isn???t ready for furniture yet, I got to sand the floors and a whole load of other stuff. (the previosue house owners had rather suspect taste).And the thing is Ikea (here in the UK anyway) only give like 7 days for you to check the goods are fine and not in anyway damaged and that there is nothing missing . So I???m a little worried about leaving the Expedit boxed and finding out a few months latter that its got defects or bits missing.I???ve already noticed one of the wardrobes I bought has a couple of areas of damage, nothing too worrying but enough to get me thinking about the Expedit .So here???s my question:If I set up the Expedit in another room will it be easy/possible to pick it up (with help from a friend) and transfer it to the correct room when the room is ready (same level not going to negotiate the stairs with this thing).Or is it just to damn heavy or is the structure not strong enough for it to be moved as a whole unit?Any advice would be greatCheers
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Thanks man.
Think I???ll start it in a moment.
Cheers
As far as the ikea expedits go the heavy parts are the inner shelfs, cause these are 'alomst' solid wood. The outer, thicker parts, are infact hollow, and made of very thin outer shell, around a mdf frame, which is stuffed with cardboard? (I managed break mine one the home from the shop.)
Unless you bought the realnice expensive versions. In which case those thing will be HEAVY.
Also taking thing back to ikea is a major pain in the ass. If you have to do this try and pick a quite day, maybe take a good book, and possibly a few valium.
Agreed man.
Ikea is not a good shopping experience.
I got dragged there once on a Saturday, by an exgirlfriend. Big mistake. Some guy lost it and started attacking people with a plank of wood. What made it even freakier, was that the army cadets, for some reason, were helping people pack bags that day (WTF?) and soon he was set upon by a couple of burly guys in full camoflage gear!
I'm gonna have to do this, and I don't think it's gonna be an easy task. All those little pegs and stuff..
I did. It gets shaky when you reassemble so you might want to jerryrig some support in there, maybe build in some brackets.
mine isnt wall mounted, and has never been. Its been about 1.5 years and shit is mad sturdy.
FUCK YEAH!!!!!
That's JUST what I wanted to hear!!!
I would get a level and make sure that shit wasn't tilted forward or backward. Also if you live in an area with earthquakes you might want to wall mount it.
on yeah, what he said for sure. WORK THAT LEVEL!
Mine was leaning a little bit to one side when I put it up and filled it (the larger 5x5 one). So I went ahead and mounted it, after putting a couple furniture pads on the upper back corners where it meets the wall. It took all of 5 minutes to fit the mounts so I say just go ahead and do it.
I wonder if the other storage unit mentioned above is the Billy?
function over fashion.
So delivery goes well all the relevant parts are there so I'm away...Until after putting the outer frame together I discover the all the holes that should have been punched into the inside to hold the pegs that hold up the shelves weren't there...
Thus followed an afternoon of phone calls pestering to get them to correct the mistake