[House] TODOs for big giant wardrobe

Robin Lee Powell rlpowell at digitalkingdom.org
Mon Aug 15 18:13:01 PDT 2016


WRT earthquake: this thing is *way* more sturdy than our
bookshelves; I'd worry about those first.  But yeah, there's totally
stuff for that;
https://www.amazon.com/Quakehold-4162-15-Inch-Furniture-Antique/dp/B000FJP24U
for example.  I leave it to you to pick something and buy an
appropriate number.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 06:07:35PM -0700, RJ Johnson wrote:
> If people give a shit about the fit and flatness of the back
>  walls, we'll want to get 12 L-bracket-thingies from a hardware
>  store and screw them into place that way; what do people think?
> 
> Did you have an idea for the TV hardware?
> 
> If you are talking about the back wall of the closet fixture being flush or
> flat, I don't have any concern.
> 
> I would like to see if there is some way of securing it to the wall behind
> and/or to the side. I'm not worried about the girls using it as a jungle
> gym, but moreso about it staying put during a serious tremor. Yes, I'm
> being paranoid about an earthquake.
> 
> RJ
> 
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Ruth Anne <raladue at digitalkingdom.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >
> > Please read all of this; there's a warning and a question.
> >>
> >> In approximate order of importance:
> >>
> >> - Tomorrow-or-later, put the runners on the mirror door
> >>  NB: MIRROR HAS NO LOWER RUNNERS, move it very carefully!, because
> >>  if it slips free by surprise you *will* be sorry.  We're waiting
> >>  on the wood glue to dry because the lower runners tore right out
> >>  of the "wood".
> >> - The rope is crap; replace with turnbuckle and wire; take bolt to
> >>  the hardware store, replace with hook to attach the wires to; if
> >>  we're going to have a structural support it might as well be
> >>  structurally sound
> >> - Get a boatload more shelves (and maybe shelf pins, but we might
> >>  have some and/or they might come with the shelves); take a shelf
> >>  and a shelf pin to the hardware store for comparison
> >> - If people give a shit about the fit and flatness of the back
> >>  walls, we'll want to get 12 L-bracket-thingies from a hardware
> >>  store and screw them into place that way; what do people think?
> >> - Get rid of the broken-ass changing table
> >> - Do something permanent with all the TV hardware
> >>
> >> Missing anything?  I mean, obviously, organize shit, but this isn't
> >> that kind of list.
> >>
> >
> > Nope, and you are all kinds of awesome!
> >
> >
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