Record Storage (1 Viewer)

[krystal]

yup!
they're going through the planning stages now so barring any major hiccups they should be opening relatively soon.

Ballymun?

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

i can't wait to riot at the opening of the new ikea. First riot, then buy some nice cushions.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Crazy,at least it's not too far away. Looks like I'll be getting some new shelves.

 

[pete]

Ballymun?

we can call it Santry Cross if you prefer.

Or you could say "Exit 6 of the M50", just like like BMW dealership Joe Duffy Motors whose address is not North Road, Finglas (which you might assume from their physical location), but is in fact "Exit 5 of the M50".

incidentally, joe duffy motors (in finglas) sold more bmw's in the most recent quarter than any other european BMW dealership....

 

[krystal]

hopefully there'll be a few crushings.

i can't wait to riot at the opening of the new ikea. First riot, then buy some nice cushions.

 

[roxy]

i can't wait to riot at the opening of the new ikea. First riot, then buy some nice cushions.

Indeed.

I have cousins from Edmonton in London. One of them was telling me recently about the night IKEA opened in Edmonton. It was a midnight opening. They had no barriers to force people into a queue. Thousands upon thousands showed up, all in a big mass outisde the store. The carpark (if there was one at that stage) coulnd't cope and the adjacent road network began to get choked up (at midnight!). It got to the stage where people started to abandon their cars on the nearby motorways and began walking to the store so they wouldn't be late.

They opened the doors, and the looting began.

Deadly buzz, by all accounts.

 

[pete]

if they open on may 1st we can have a reclaim the sheets protest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4252421.stm

 

[nlgbbbblth]

no need to arrange your vinyls alphabetically, just arrange then according to genre.

My vinyl (LPs/12"/10") is sorted by genre and then alphabetically within each genre.

7"s are just alphabetical.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

it's looking like this:

but the smaller one...only 3 levels. should be alright..if i'm rough maths is good

oh rough maths...oh, slap me professor

 

[krystal]

that's a good one. We had the smaller version of it before, and now Gary has it, it's good n strong.

it's looking like this:

but the smaller one...only 3 levels. should be alright..if i'm rough maths is good

oh rough maths...oh, slap me professor

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I bought a few standalone shelving units in Atlantic around six years ago after I got tired of having records all over the floor.

They're easy to assemble and very sturdy. Each shelf holds approx 160 LPs/12"s and there's four shelves per unit.

You'll need to take off any plastic sleeves though. Otherwise you'll be driven crazy.

is that because when you put a record back into its proper place the plastic sleeves get left behind flapping around and obscuring your view of the spines? i have discovered that inserting the inner cardboard sleeve into the plastic one so that the opening of the plastic sleve faces upwards and the opening of the cardboard sleeve faces the back of the shelf almost completely eradicates this problem. the spines are still viewable and they are still protected.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

is that because when you put a record back into its proper place the plastic sleeves get left behind flapping around and obscuring your view of the spines? i have discovered that inserting the inner cardboard sleeve into the plastic one so that the opening of the plastic sleve faces upwards and the opening of the cardboard sleeve faces the back of the shelf almost completely eradicates this problem. the spines are still viewable and they are still protected.

That was it exactly

good tip!

although I offloaded loads of plastic sleeves to a mate when I moved house. Don't have many left now

 

[Dixer]

Any new suggestions on this front?
Ideally you'd get 12 1/2" stackable wooden cubes with an open side that you could use spine style or bin style but where would a larrier search for such an item? Or could you get them made? Any carpenters on thumped?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Record Collector magazine (any issue) usually has adverts for cool record storage furniture.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Wait for ikea to open and buy an expedit.

 

[Buzzo]

The yoke we got from habitat is doin the trick:

You'd think though, that there were something wrong with it. The bane of my life seems to find logic in lying many many records on their side on top of the shelves....

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I have one of those(once again,thanks Kirstie & Neil)very sturdy.

 

[Dixer]

The yoke we got from habitat is doin the trick:

You'd think though, that there were something wrong with it. The bane of my life seems to find logic in lying many many records on their side on top of the shelves....

Buiochas Said item is a little wide for my quarters but I may roll in there see what else is to be had. Second time ever in Habitat for the Dixer.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

these iCube things look pretty good - the site says they only ship to northern ireland but i saw some guy on a forum saying his got shipped to ireland - might have been the north, dunno.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Got a load of "folding boxes" on Lidl today for 2.99 each. The smaller ones are great for 7"s and they are stackable. The bigger ones are wide enough for lp's but not high enough to stack,I dunno how well they would hold the weight of lp's either. The fact they are red or blue plastic doesn't bother me.
I'm going back tomorrow for a load more.