Adrian wrote:
(Andrew Gabriel) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:
Even flat-packed, you'll need to take over another room to take delivery
into. I can't imagine what I would have done if the thing had arrived
already assembled, or how I would have collected it.
That's a very good point - when our kitchen was done a couple of years
ago, the boxed ready-built (not Howdens) units were delivered a few days
before they were required. Stored in the kitchen, they filled the entire
room - so had to be stacked in the garden whilst work was actually being
done. Fortunately, the weather was good - since I'd hate to think how
chipboard carcasses in cardboard boxes would stand up to a ****ing wet
day...
On top of that, a corner unit had to be disassembled in order to
physically get it into the house, never mind the kitchen, and a couple of
others (boiler casing and base for butler sink) had to be dismantled to
accomodate a couple of modifications.
Flatpack would have made life a LOT easier.
Totally agreed.
Also, if you need to massage the design of units to work in your
kitchen, it is much easier if they arrive flat. I have recently replaced
a few units (due to water damage). Realised that the original
installation had done some odd things. And decided on a different set of
odd things for the replacements. Such as cutting a 1000 unit down to
about 800 (instead of 500 as in the original). Would have been a devil
of a job on glue and dowelled fully assembled units. As it was, all I
had to do was cut the base and the cross rails, drill a few new holes
for the Confirmats and assemble. (Yes - cut a slice off the thin back as
well.) And add a couple of holes for legs!
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