I was asked to fit a set of three floating shelves someone had bought

Very peculiar fitting which seem to have a small expanding metal bit that goes in the hole in the wall then you screw a threaded rod into that and somehow then put the shelf on the threaded rod - only problem is the rod is a VERY tight fit in the hole in the shelf and MIGHT screw in but certainly wouldn't push in

The instructions were not helpful:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jl5gfcj1l9...24.32.jpg?dl=0

On 27/04/2018 22:06, Murmansk wrote:
I was asked to fit a set of three floating shelves someone had bought

Very peculiar fitting which seem to have a small expanding metal bit that goes in the hole in the wall then you screw a threaded rod into that and somehow then put the shelf on the threaded rod - only problem is the rod is a VERY tight fit in the hole in the shelf and MIGHT screw in but certainly wouldn't push in

The instructions were not helpful:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jl5gfcj1l9...24.32.jpg?dl=0


They look fairly clear..

you drill a hole
use a supplied tool to insert and expand the anchors
remove the tool and fit the rods (screw in)
push the shelf onto the rods.

How difficult it is is another matter.

On 27/04/2018 22:06, Murmansk wrote:

only problem is the rod is a VERY tight fit in the hole in the shelf and
MIGHT screw in but certainly wouldn't push in

probably because the wall isn't flat and/or the rods are not square to
the wall and parallel to each other and/or you have the two rods too far
apart or too close to each other (even by a few mm).


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alan_m wrote:
On 27/04/2018 22:06, Murmansk wrote:

only problem is the rod is a VERY tight fit in the hole in the shelf and
MIGHT screw in but certainly wouldn't push in

probably because the wall isn't flat and/or the rods are not square to
the wall and parallel to each other and/or you have the two rods too far
apart or too close to each other (even by a few mm).

I bought a similar shelf where the rodes went in easily - it wobbles. Use
a mallet to get the shelf onto the rods.

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On 27/04/2018 22:06, Murmansk wrote:
I was asked to fit a set of three floating shelves someone had
bought

Very peculiar fitting which seem to have a small expanding metal bit
that goes in the hole in the wall then you screw a threaded rod into
that and somehow then put the shelf on the threaded rod - only
problem is the rod is a VERY tight fit in the hole in the shelf and
MIGHT screw in but certainly wouldn't push in

You may find that while the threaded rod feels like a very tight fit
when you try to push it in by hand, once its firmly embedded in the
wall, and you can now push on the shelf itself to drive it onto the rod,
it might go in somewhat more easily.


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Cheers,

John.

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