Have any of you ever assembled cubicles?

[abcdefz]

Just curious. Looks like I'm in charge of some teardown and rearranging and ordering and stuff.

I'd always assumed cubicles were just... like Legos, I guess, but as I'm looking into it, some places charge $1000 per cubicle for assembly, and there can be special tools involved, etc.

Well, I'm a special tool all right, but I think I'm in over my head and I already look pretty stupid to my boss. I can't find anything very handy on the internet so far, so I'm asking for knowledge.

Anybody? Anybody?

[abcdefz]

HOLY CRAP


Cubicles come disassembled so can we assemble them?
** There is more to installing cubicles than simply putting them together. There are code requirements, as well as laws which must be adhered to in installing the products, and each of our installers has been trained to know the idiosyncrasy that each manufacturer builds into their products to prevent them being copied.

[Sarky Devotchka]

if you show it to me, I can figure it out. I once put together a complicated Ikea desk for my friend because it didn't come with instructions.

just think about it logically. like, "why did they make this in this shape?", lay out all the components and look at some diagrams. it's not like building a house, shouldn't be too difficult.

[Bob]

HOLY CRAP

i guess that makes sense. i mean, how often do you ever think about your cubicle walls? once they're put together, nobody ever thinks about them. if they're put together shoddily, then there's a chance they'll fall down over a long enough period of time. who knows how long they'll be standing there before someone has to take them down again? cubicle wall injuries seem like a lawsuit just waiting to happen. i suppose it makes sense that there would be some kind of regulations involved.

[abcdefz]

i guess that makes sense. i mean, how often do you ever think about your cubicle walls? once they're put together, nobody ever thinks about them. if they're put together shoddily, then there's a chance they'll fall down over a long enough period of time. who knows how long they'll be standing there before someone has to take them down again? cubicle wall injuries seem like a lawsuit just waiting to happen. i suppose it makes sense that there would be some kind of regulations involved.


Yeah -- once I gave it some thought, I figure OSHA must be involved somehow.


if you show it to me, I can figure it out. I once put together a complicated Ikea desk for my friend because it didn't come with instructions.

just think about it logically. like, "why did they make this in this shape?", lay out all the components and look at some diagrams. it's not like building a house, shouldn't be too difficult.


That's true, but you should see these cubes we have. Their joints are really mysterious. Ican't even find a manufacturer's name on them, let alone a model number.

Very weird. It's like they were born this way.

[burbboi]

I ripped down a whole whack of cubicles when I worked for a moving company years ago. Usually there are strategically places screws to secure the dividers in place. In my case, the screw heads were those weird star shaped ones. Sort of like allen keys but more like stars. If you knew where these screws were located in one cubicle, you knew where they all were because it was the same through and through.

[ToucanSpam]

I've assembled and dissassembled cubicles as well as put in the computer, etc at my old job.

[abcdefz]

(y)

Found 'em. They're in the tops, covered by plastic. That's weird -- I was assuming they'd be bolted at the side, but it looks like somehow they're all secured at the top.

[Sarky Devotchka]

Yeah -- once I gave it some thought, I figure OSHA must be involved somehow.





That's true, but you should see these cubes we have. Their joints are really mysterious. Ican't even find a manufacturer's name on them, let alone a model number.

Very weird. It's like they were born this way.

take a picture of it. or mail me the whole set, I'll put it together for you and then drive them all back to you on a big truck. it will only cost you $15,000. thanks.

[ToucanSpam]

There's a plastic/metally strip on top that covers the inside stuff like wires. It also covers the spot where the pieces connect.

[abcdefz]

...actually, most of our wires are external. (n)

[Sarky Devotchka]

(y)

Found 'em. They're in the tops, covered by plastic. That's weird -- I was assuming they'd be bolted at the side, but it looks like somehow they're all secured at the top.

wait, what did you find? bolts? I'm guessing that there's some sort of sliding thing that needs to go on, then they're fastened at the top? usually they try to hide the hardware these days, so it just looks magically held together, or so nobody snags their sweaters on a screw.

[abcdefz]

wait, what did you find? bolts? I'm guessing that there's some sort of sliding thing that needs to go on, then they're fastened at the top? usually they try to hide the hardware these days, so it just looks magically held together, or so nobody snags their sweaters on a screw.

Yep.

Though you'd have to be crawling on top of the cubicles to snag anything, in theory. Cubicle surfing?

Maybe people hang their wet jeans on the corners.

[Sarky Devotchka]

I hang my wet jeans on corners all the time.

oh? what. I'm hungry.