Rosalba and I have purchased some Cantilever shelving to store some of the recycled material we are using to build our house. This shelving has arrived as a giant "Meccano Set" which Rosalba and I started assembling on Sunday.
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bought two sets and in this picture you can see the second set how it
was delivered before we have assembled it and installed it. Most parts
can easily be handled by a single person except for the uprights which
you can see at the bottom of the pack. The uprights are really heavy and
are still quite heavy even when carrying with two people. The only tools
we needed where a couple of spanners and a tin snip to cut the bands
holding the packs together.
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this next picture we have already assembled one set of this "Meccano
Set". Assembling and setting this up took a bit more than 2 hours to do
and was actually quite intensive. Setting this up was also made slightly
more difficult by the fact that it was raining when we did it and all
the parts where wet and a bit slippery. The shelving was easy to set-up,
but you definitely want to be at least two people as carrying some of
the bits by yourself is backbreaking.
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last picture shows how we have been able to already clear up the shed a
bit and how much cleaner it looks than just having it all stacked on the
floor.
Unfortunately we ran out of time and out of nuts to assemble the second set. So we have another set to assemble and set-up. We'll most likely do that in about a fortnight which should also give the supplier of the shelving enough time send the missing nuts to us.
All in all, the shelving was not cheap, but it will defenitley out last us and every single arm on this shelving is rated to cary up to 500 kg, which will mean we can store almost anything on this shelving. The arms alre also adjustable which is great as well and we are really happy with it.
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