Assembly instructions
Step-by-step guides for putting your Acumen furniture together. Each one has moving diagrams of every step, the parts list for your exact unit and roughly how long it takes. Pick your product below.
Dining tables
Fitting the legs to every dining table design, and fitting and removing the extension leaves.
Dining table assembly
Blencathra, Grasmoor, Glenridding, Helvellyn, Grisedale and Urban Loft, in pine or reclaimed elm, with or without leaves.
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Fitting the table leaves
Video tutorials for steel frame and timber frame tables. About 4 minutes per leaf, with one person holding the leaf while the other fits the bolts.
Watch the tutorials →Pipe shelving units
There are three ways our pipe shelving units are built, and each has its own guide. Inside each guide you can choose your number of shelves and legs.
Free standing
Stands on its own feet, with nothing fixed to the wall. Built lying on its back, then stood up.
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Wall mounted
Hangs on the wall, fixed at the top and the bottom of every leg. Built flat, then hung.
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Floor mounted
Stands on the floor and fixes to the wall at the top. Built upright, where it will live.
Open the guide →Not sure which you have? Free standing units have feet on the floor and nothing on the wall. Wall mounted units have flanges on the wall at the top and bottom. Floor mounted units stand on the floor and have a flange on the wall at the top. Free standing units also have an assembly video.
BOX-IT shelving and desks
Box section steel frames with timber shelves. Our TV and media units have their instructions on their own product pages.
Console tables
Steel frames that screw to the underside of the top. Each guide asks whether you want the top to cover a skirting board.
The Arundel
Two square steel frames, screwed to the underside of the top. Lengths from 80 to 300 cm.
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The Blencathra
Two X-shaped steel frames, screwed to the underside of the top. Lengths from 80 to 300 cm.
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The Glenridding
Two trapezium steel frames, screwed to the underside of the top. Lengths from 80 to 300 cm.
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The Bedford and Bedford XL
Two C-shaped steel frames, upright at the back and feet pointing forward. One guide for both sizes.
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The Warwick
Two square steel frames with a full-length lower shelf. Lengths from 80 to 200 cm.
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If a part is missing or something doesn't line up, contact us and we'll help you finish the job.