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Andrew Mawson
Jun 4, 2013, 3:14:38 PM6/4/13
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"dave" wrote in message news:rsdsq8d624djiqp5p...@4ax.com...
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>Bought some of these brackets (from Wicks) to put some shelves up in
>the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
>thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
>they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
>these things are not 90 deg.
>Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
>there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
>section :-) ?
>
>http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
I had exactly the same issue with two sizes of brackets I bought in bulk
from Screwfix. Most were close to 90 degrees but a few were miles out. I
should have sent them back but had enough good ones and time was short when
it happened. Mine were a more rectangular style with spot welded
re-inforcement set at the wrong angle!
http://www.screwfix.com/p/hi-load-bracket-120kg-250-x-250mm-pack-of-10/34119
http://www.screwfix.com/p/hi-load-bracket-147kg-200-x-200mm-pack-of-10/30268
AWEM
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>Bought some of these brackets (from Wicks) to put some shelves up in
>the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
>thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
>they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
>these things are not 90 deg.
>Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
>there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
>section :-) ?
>
>http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
I had exactly the same issue with two sizes of brackets I bought in bulk
from Screwfix. Most were close to 90 degrees but a few were miles out. I
should have sent them back but had enough good ones and time was short when
it happened. Mine were a more rectangular style with spot welded
re-inforcement set at the wrong angle!
http://www.screwfix.com/p/hi-load-bracket-120kg-250-x-250mm-pack-of-10/34119
http://www.screwfix.com/p/hi-load-bracket-147kg-200-x-200mm-pack-of-10/30268
AWEM
MrWeld
Jun 4, 2013, 3:19:14 PM6/4/13
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On 04/06/2013 19:59, dave wrote:
> Bought some of these brackets (from Wicks) to put some shelves up in
> the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
> thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
> they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
> these things are not 90 deg.
> Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
> there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
> section :-) ?
>
> http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
>
Maybe they're made like that deliberately, so that when people like me
> Bought some of these brackets (from Wicks) to put some shelves up in
> the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
> thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
> they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
> these things are not 90 deg.
> Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
> there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
> section :-) ?
>
> http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
>
recklessly overload them with boxes of stuff that might come in useful
one day, they are approximately horizontal.
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bm
Jun 4, 2013, 6:14:34 PM6/4/13
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"dave" <da...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:rsdsq8d624djiqp5p...@4ax.com...
> Bought some of these brackets (from Wicks) to put some shelves up in
> the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
> thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
> they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
> these things are not 90 deg.
> Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
> there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
> section :-) ?
>
> http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
It's a new EU directive from H&S to stop eggs from falling onto the floor.
> the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
> thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
> they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
> these things are not 90 deg.
> Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
> there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
> section :-) ?
>
> http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
The Medway Handyman
Jun 5, 2013, 3:10:42 AM6/5/13
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On 04/06/2013 19:59, dave wrote:
> Bought some of these brackets (from Wicks) to put some shelves up in
> the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
> thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
> they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
> these things are not 90 deg.
> Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
> there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
> section :-) ?
>
> http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
>
It's to cope with forward sloping walls...
> the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
> thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
> they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
> these things are not 90 deg.
> Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
> there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
> section :-) ?
>
> http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
>
Seriously, the squareness of the bracket is one factor, but the
plumbness of the wall governs how level the shelf is.
--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
Muddymike
Jun 5, 2013, 3:22:43 AM6/5/13
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"dave" wrote in message news:rsdsq8d624djiqp5p...@4ax.com...
well known for sloping off all over the place :-)
Mike
>
>Bought some of these brackets (from Wicks) to put some shelves up in
>the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
>thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
>they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
>these things are not 90 deg.
>Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
>there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
>section :-) ?
>
>http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
The answer is in the name "London shelf bracket" Londoners are after all
>Bought some of these brackets (from Wicks) to put some shelves up in
>the garage. When finished the shelf slopes downwards to the wall! I
>thought these brackets were meant to be 90 degrees - so checked - and
>they aren't! Easily fixed them with some spacers but just wondered why
>these things are not 90 deg.
>Some older ones I have, from the dark ages, *are* bang on 90 deg. Is
>there some fashion for backward sloping shelves - or maybe trapizoid
>section :-) ?
>
>http://www.pickardhardware.com/london-shelf-bracket-each-p-1738.html?osCsid=1e415092092233b6cc12e59fcebf1406
well known for sloping off all over the place :-)
Mike
Davey
Jun 5, 2013, 5:21:54 PM6/5/13
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system. Remember the tomatoes?
--
Davey.
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