Wonderful piece of furniture, recommendations for assembly
We ordered sideboard Monaco in oak/slate grey 140 cm. (When it arrived the box said Montana, but its still the same piece)
Wonderful piece that fits perfectly with our existing oak and slate grey other bedroom furniture. Very reasonable price (euro 219,-), looks sleek and modern. Bought online, delivered at the front door (3rd floor) at the exact time and date we asked for. They called 15 minutes ahead of time to anounce delivery. Everything was carefully packaged, pre drilled and easily marked with individual numbers corresponding with the instructions. Numbers were either printed in easily washable ink or on stickers.
A few points of critique for furture buyers: upon assembly, read carefully and decide when to stray from instructions!
My advice:
- When youve finished step 1, part 2 (bottom half of the page), make it easier for yourself to attach part H (already assembled with G) first to parts 515015 and 515016. You will thank yourself later for it: I did it when the whole cabinet was already assembled and I took at least 15 minutes of cursing and swearing to attach these bloody things, trying to crouch down and having to do it without being able to see. Its a awkward angle and the screws arent doing you any favours: the thread of the screw doest go all the way to the head of the screw which gives the fully fastened screw room to be loose. I had to undo the screws again, and use other screws to fix this. Not a happy moment.
- Also, when you get to step 3, do yourself the other great service to disassemble the rails, and attach the 2-slide part attach the drawer rails to sides 517010 and 517009. And then fix the slighter, single rail to the side of the drawer itself, later on. The parts unstick using a little black lever on the inside of the mechanism. It is suggested you do this at step 12 but unless youre working on a high work top, your back and arms are going to be very upset with you. Its nigh impossible when youve already installed parts 315006. A lot of calling of deities here!
I think the people who write the manual dont realise most of us do not assemble the furniture on work tables.
- On the bottom of page 4, the drawing says to use screws C to fix parts 517010 and 517009 to part 519012. This must be screws F. And you should do this immediately when installing said numbers, because youre not going to have opportunity to do it later, unless you want to put everything upside down.
- Three other things: there werent enough dowels in the package (5 missing) and theyre a bit smaller than the hardware store sells, so it took me 3 shops to get the right ones. And do not trust the pre drilled dowel holes arent too deep: I put in one (original!) that with one slight tap of the mallet, went straight through the laminated front of the drawer. Left a visible crack that I fixed with glue but it still is noticeable.
The pre drilled holes at the back of one drawer were so crooked that the back was twisted. Had to redrill that and fasten with other screws.
its all finished now. Looks amazing! Took at least 6 hours to assemble, and after 6 months of assembling at least 50 pieces of furniture, I still forgot to use my common sense when assembling this one. Dont make my mistakes. :)
The drawers dont close on their own. I had to unlevel the rails a teensy bit to make the drawer heavier on the back but they still slide open when closed. A little magnet helped but it really should not have needed that. Also, despite checking all of the holes and measuring the same height or each of the parts, the holes where part G fits into the door, is a bit off. When the doors closed, one of them was 5 mm higher than the other one. I had to redrill a hole and fill with a filler to redo.
A 3 out of 5 stars because of the instructions being illogical, the dowels missing, the miss drilled holes in the drawers and door. Once installed and finished however, it looks very good!
Wouldnt recommend to novice assemblers. Would recommend if instructions were a lot more accurate and holes properly drilled.
On the whole, content with the result but only because I was able to fix while assembling.
