Our garbage bin had been for the past few years staining the wall behind it because every time somebody tried opening it with the foot, it was pushed backwards and would make contact with the white wall behind it. We had somehow got used to live with the fact of that big stain on the wall.
We have painted recently, and I decided to do something about this stain so that it wouldn't appear again. Here is what we did: we put two door stoppers at the bottom back of the bin.
First we cut two rectangular pieces of wood.
(Hmmm... the floaters instead of shoes... I guess we need to improve in safety at work)
We placed these pieces of wood inside the bin, at the back, i.e. behind the points where the stoppers will go.
Then we drilled two holes of the respective size for the screws, going from outside, through the bin and reaching the wood. As you can imagine, the wood is to give strength for holding the screws that will hold the stoppers.
Finally, of course, we screwed the stoppers, and viola, the bin doesn't touch the wall, unless you really force it to!
We have painted recently, and I decided to do something about this stain so that it wouldn't appear again. Here is what we did: we put two door stoppers at the bottom back of the bin.
(Hmmm... the floaters instead of shoes... I guess we need to improve in safety at work)
We placed these pieces of wood inside the bin, at the back, i.e. behind the points where the stoppers will go.
Then we drilled two holes of the respective size for the screws, going from outside, through the bin and reaching the wood. As you can imagine, the wood is to give strength for holding the screws that will hold the stoppers.
Finally, of course, we screwed the stoppers, and viola, the bin doesn't touch the wall, unless you really force it to!
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