Hi all

Patience is not my strong point, so instead of trying to source good
condition second hand I went out and bought 1 wall unit and 1 base to be
fitted in a walk in cupboard for my light tools.
Didn't investigate too far, but presumably all B & Q kitchens use the same
carcasses?

Problems experienced:

Wall unit fixings - are they serious? This had 2 bits of bent plate which
are each screwed to the wall with 2 screws. I used 2" x 10s and found that
nipping them up "damned tight" started to crunch the bracket throught the
plasterboard (dry lined brick wall). Then there are these weird plastic!
adjuster blocks with a metal claw projecting behind to engage the top edge
of the plates. So the unit just hangs on the plates and is not "locked"
vertically. Granted it is unlikely that the unit will be lifted in future
accidentally, but the whole arrangement seems weak albeit neat and straight
forward. Anyone had any failures?

The internal finish does not seem as solid as MFI stuff (the only self
assembly items I have constructed recently have been MFI wardrobes). The
veneer tended to flake as I screwed the metal post-type fasteners into
place.

The backing hard board was ripped. Looking at the way this was packed, it
would be difficult for this item to survive any package handling at all. It
is the weakest part and was on the bottom of the pack, in some areas only
"supported" internally with polystyrene blocks.

I believe all modern units are now constructed as boxes on plastic legs like
this one, instead of having full height side panels. The adjustment thread
on those legs is coarse and there doesn't appear to be a way to lock them at
the required height. I found that these could easily move when I was
fine-tuning the position of the carcass.

Finally handles! These are purchased separately at what appear to be
rip-off prices.


The only positives we

Managed to talk the "showroom" guy into allowing exchange of parts from
other box rather than re-package and return the whole thing back.

Got most of the job done over weekend.

For some reason the doors were incorrectly priced in our favour - £6 instead
of £26. I guess this just about compensated for the return hassle.


Am I expecting too much?
Following a suggestion from Jacob in my thread last week " Where do all the
old Kitchens Go", I mentioned the possibility of free standing furniture to
SWMBO. Didn't get the rapturous reception it might have I'm afraid.


Phil