Confirmat Furniture screws in South Dublin?

Fergus

Hi folks..

I'm missing some screws for a bunk bed.. I've figured out they are 7mm x 50mm Confirmat type, as shown here:



(from this page http://www.dragonscrew.com/htm/Product27.htm)

Does anyone know where you can get these in (South) Dublin? Needless to say, Homebase/B+Q don't have em.

ttm

I have a photographic memory for stuff like that and I've only seen similar screws in the the actual furniture (or self assembly kit) and not in any shop.

I have seen some specialist decking screws that one rep seems to be getting into alot of builders merchants recently that have a parallel thread but I don't think they do any short enough and the head is way to big.

My guess is unless you can find some in a piece of furniture on the tip (or get some from someone that makes that sort of furniture) then you are stuck with either importing them or finding something similar and cutting it to size and perhaps grinding the diameter of the head down a bit?

Sorry if thats less than helpful perhaps someone can do better?

Fergus

Thanks for the tip tip... that might be an option.

I did find this place online that apparently provides missing parts for a lot of this self-assembly stuff, but I think it's only really for when you've just bought it and found bits missing: http://www.excel-spareparts.com

Another part I need is 12mm x 60mm wood dowels. Surely there is a decent shop in Dublin that would have those? (Homebase only does 6, 8 and 10 mm).

I guess I'm imagining a owner operated type of place that has a stock of all these obscure bits and pieces going back years and people that know what you're talking about.

Fergus

Here it is again under a slightly different name:

http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=0139894&ucst=t

Rats.. I used to live about 3 miles from a Fastenal too Now the closest one is in Hungary. yeesh.

Alun

There are a few small companies that have sprung up here recently that deliver and install Ikea self-assembly furniture, they may well have a stock of commonly "missing" parts.

http://www.simpleassemblymehole.com/ikea-furniture/ikea-furniture-assembly-service

http://www.flatpack.ie/

http://www.notboxes.com/

http://www.flatpackunpack.ie/

JoeB-

www.hafele.ie in Kilcoole sell these.

You might have to buy 100 for about 3.50....

Fergus

That's awesome Joe, thanks.

centre half

Could you maybe buy the same thing again, get a receipt, take what was missing. Bring it back and get your money back?

Just a suggestion

ttm

centre half wrote: »

Could you maybe buy the same thing again, get a receipt, take what was missing. Bring it back and get your money back?

Just a suggestion

Perhaps he bought the one that you took back but left it a while before he tried to put it up

Scratchface

NAA in Ballymount would do those screws aswell and save you a trip to wicklow.
They are agents for Hettich, which are to Hefele what Lidel are to Aldi.

centre half

ttm wrote: »

Perhaps he bought the one that you took back but left it a while before he tried to put it up

Ha ha, no, I don't do that. I like to make my own furniture but don't see why not do it. I know loads of girls that do that sort of thing with clothes and stuff. Plus if they give you out something with stuff missing,

BRING IT BACK

Fergus

Actually the bed was acquired from someone else [legitimately], and I don't know where it was originally purchased.. I just tracked down assembly instructions for an identical one on the web and was able to determine from that what type of fasteners were missing.

centre half

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Fergus

FWIW, I went to NAA and they were very helpful, but didn't have any in stock and they were packs of 500 .. about 50 euro.

I ended up getting them off this guy on ebay:
http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/The-Fastener-Supplier

Charged STG 2.00 postage and it arrived within a few days by urgent airmail.