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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Cheap, Sturdy Bookcases?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.063215.18767@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 06:32:15 GMT
- Article-I.D.: hpcvaac.1992Jul29.063215.18767
- References: <1992Jul24.061943.6388@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
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- acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
- : >Blocks-and-boards shelving frequently gets dismissed as tacky college-
- : >student stuff, but if sturdy storage space on the cheap is more important
- : >than matching your interior-decoration scheme, it's impossible to beat.
- :
- : I used to have those Blocks-boards shelving but started to worry they
- : come crashing down if someone bumps it. With a little daughter now, I
- : even worry more. There is no way to secure them to walls. Am I
- : paranoid?
-
- If they are not wobbly, then there shouldn't be a problem.
-
- However, you can secure them to a wall. Just fasten a ledger strip on
- the back bottom of one or two of the shelves. Then nail the ledger strip
- to the wall - or fasten it with some sort of anchors meant to hold in walls.
-
- Bill
-