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Old 17th Mar 2017, 11:04 pm   #4
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Default Re: Cheap display rack/shelving

Oh dear

I had a nearly identical plastic shelving unit. Mine came from Argos.

Although it seemed strong I put it in the loft with empty project boxes, boxes of components plumbing fittings and loudspeakers and after a few weeks went up in the loft to find it had started tipping up and was near the point of collapse. The structure had started to parallelogram. It was lucky that it came to rest on one of the sloping roof timbers or it could have gone over altogether.

The warmth of the loft during last summer made it go soft. It was not overloaded by some margin but would suggest that some sort of bracing is fitted to prevent any disasters if old radios ECT. is to be put on it.

Christopher Capener
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