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The ultimate landlord special: leaving a massive wardrobe in the master bedroom to avoid painting some wallpaper. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by merthyr1831@lemmy.ml to c/diy@hexbear.net

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The wardrobe was massive and a god damn awful pain in the arse to unbuild (and too big to take to the tip in our tiny car) but it had to be done, leaving this gross wallpaper and possibly damage all the way to the original plaster from ca. 1907.

The shelving tracks on the right are ancient and the screws just wont budge at all. There's half a dozen layers of paint and wallpaper making it worse (you can see how deep it goes where the shelves have been in place even longer). Any ideas on decimating some old ass screws would be cool. We can afford to hire or borrow powertools if that's necessary.

EDIT oh we peeled some of it back and the plaster is fucked to the brick lmao

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[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 months ago

Try a drill on the screws…failing that, drill them out. You’ll probably end up having to drill holes in the wall to get them out…

Or…you could cut the shelf rails off leaving the screws intact and exposed, then get some mole grips, a decent branded pair, and you might be able to untwist them.

It’s going to be a pain in the arse either way. Good luck.

[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

My go to is hammer, screwdriver, penetrating fluid. Soak the screw with fluid, wait a few minutes, then place the screwdriver onto the screw and tap the end with the hammer. If that doesn't work, electric impact it out. If that doesn't work, ez outs. If that doesn't work, sledgehammer.