I have just been ushered out of one of the meeting rooms as a 42" tv has just fallen off the wall. Looking at the stand before being chased out by the office manager, it had been GLUED on!
It has taken me 10 minutes to stop laughing.
Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall!
Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
So does that mean that I shouldn't have used "I can't believe it's not nails" to attach my mahoosive, 70+ Kg CRT Trinitron to the chimney breast? J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
No More Nails is fine. If you use glue, then make sure it's safe by using gaffer tape as an added precaution 
Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
they walk among us....
Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
That's what happens when you put out your building maintenance to the lowest bidder..... 
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
Believe it or not, the glue is fine. The wallpaper on the other hand...........
I have seen a "repair" after one of the contractors put a vent for a tumble dryer from the ground floor kitchen in to the stairwell (I kid you not!)
I have seen a "repair" after one of the contractors put a vent for a tumble dryer from the ground floor kitchen in to the stairwell (I kid you not!)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
My mother is sitting next to me shaking her head at the stupidity!!
Me I'm laughing my head off!!
Me I'm laughing my head off!!
I'm Diabetic,& disabled BUT!! NOT DEAD YET!!
Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
Should have done a belt and braces jobbie and supplimented the glue with some silicone sealant and some expanding foam!
Kev
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Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
Don't laugh at expanding foam....you'd be amaxed at the number of upvc windows held in by it!
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Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall
mr rusty wrote:Don't laugh at expanding foam....you'd be amaxed at the number of upvc windows held in by it!
as some1 who has been in the construction industry since i was 16 i am amazed at its widespread use, as a construction director i am dismayed at its widespread use! it does have its uses but is sometimes abused.
kev