So it turns out that my initial anchor choice was not up to the rigors of Matt's library. Who knew?
We used instead a new anchor invention which were quite easy to install and hold a ton. Not really. But a lot more than the previous anchors.
Wow, that is a lot of big books! No wonder the shelf couldn't take it.
ReplyDeleteThis was my lesson in the important truth that paperbacks may be lighter than hardbacks, but that doesn't make them weightless. Ironically, when I was buying anchors the first time, the guy at Lowes (who was so great I submitted a customer comment about him) pointed out the superior anchors and said, "These are amazing, but they are overkill, unless you are shelving encyclopedias." When the shelf fell, I immediately went back for the encyclopedia anchors. Sometimes overkill is good. And they were so much easier to install than anchors. I need to take a picture of the box, but that was the final picture taken with my camera. I dropped it right after and it broke. Then I accidentally deleted the final picture of the box of anchors.
ReplyDeleteOops. Did everything tumble or was it mostly empty.
ReplyDeleteEverything tumbled. The pencil holder my brother made Matt for Christmas last year even made a mark on the floor. I wonder how the cats reacted?
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