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PeterC writes:
On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:33:43 GMT, DerbyBorn wrote:

I fitted a new cloakroom washbasin. Glad I checked each fixing hole
relative to the top of the basin as one of them was about 3/8" higher than
the other. I eas able to make allowances when I drilled the wall.

I suppose the holes are merely poked in when the moulding is soft.

It isn't just soft plastic - I have an aluminium bog-roll holder and when I
fitted it the holes were the same spacing as the old one. Unfortunately
there was a difference of about 3mm in heightof the holes in the holder and
the holes in the wall were level. Then the holes for the sprung cylinder on
which the roll goes were out by another couple of mm - in the same
direction!
I did some filing and bodge drilling but the roll is still noticeably tilted
and has been annoying me for about 25 years. Somewhere I have a tuit in the
form of a right-angled drill chuck so eventually...

I fitted some metal shelf brackets from IKEA for dad.
Every mounting hole was in a different random position.
I had to number the brackes to make sure I fitted the
same bracket I had use to mark each drill hole, or they
would all have been out of line and at random angles.

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Andrew Gabriel
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