The flat - pack from hell

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stonerblue

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Four seperat parcels and 2 men to get each one upstairs and into the bedroom was a warning that this was not gonna be a simple job. It took me an hour just to un-pack the thing.
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It's gonna be a fancy kids bunk beds but after 5 hours graft I've managed to assemble 2 shelves and the sides of the steps. I'm on page 2 of a sixteen page step by step guide. Gonna be a long Sunday.
 
stonerblue said:
Four seperat parcels and 2 men to get each one upstairs and into the bedroom was a warning that this was not gonna be a simple job. It took me an hour just to un-pack the thing.
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It's gonna be a fancy kids bunk beds but after 5 hours graft I've managed to assemble 2 shelves and the sides of the steps. I'm on page 2 of a sixteen page step by step guide. Gonna be a long Sunday.
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The assembly instructions for your flat pack from hell must have given you temporary amnesia, you seem to have forgotten that today is Wednesday and not Sunday!!!
 
Flat pack from hell?
Try doing a large metal shed. Took me five days, 8 hours was stated and I’m DIY/ flat pack user.
 
We bought a German wardrobe from Bensons for Beds in Little Bury which was of monstrous proportion. I can't build things so we paid their recommended fitting team to knock it up for us for a ton. What an absolute bargain as it arrived flat packed in seven boxes.

A week later the two man team arrived and it took them a smidgen less than two hours to assemble with one lad working on the carcasses and the other building the doors. Effectively they could crack on blindfolded as they do that many, but it still took two hours so where is the wage for two lads, transportation and fuel etc. Best ton I ever spent.

I attempted a cheap small bedside cabinet once from MFI and after 5 hours fooked it off as non conducive to mental health. You had tap wooden dowels in and hammer in fancy metal fasteners that locked the wood and the nine page manual with three dimensional diagrams made me weep with abject misery. Not worth the hassle, truly it's not.
 
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stonerblue said:
Four seperat parcels and 2 men to get each one upstairs and into the bedroom was a warning that this was not gonna be a simple job. It took me an hour just to un-pack the thing.
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It's gonna be a fancy kids bunk beds but after 5 hours graft I've managed to assemble 2 shelves and the sides of the steps. I'm on page 2 of a sixteen page step by step guide. Gonna be a long Sunday.
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Fuck that
 
I recall some years ago we bought a flat pack wardrobe. It was 2 wardrobes separated by a thingy for women to tart themselves up but it was all one unit.
The instructions were brilliant....
1) put base on floor
2) Put sides on
3) attach rear sections
4) Put top on
5) Attach front doors and cupboards.
 
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