How Black Red White furniture is built
Black Red White, or BRW, is a Polish manufacturer. A large part of its range is flat-pack furniture in laminated chipboard: wardrobes, chests of drawers, wall units, kitchen cabinets. It goes together with cam fittings and dowels, and its strength comes from careful assembly rather than the thickness of the board. Tighten one cam off-square and the carcass is no longer a rectangle.
A big piece is often split across boxes numbered like “1/3” and “2/3”. The fittings usually sit in just one of them. Open the wrong box and it looks as if the screws are missing, when they’re simply in another pack.
Wall units and hanging cabinets are fixed to the wall, and a lot depends on the wall itself. An older block is concrete; a new build often has plasterboard, which needs a different plug. Tall wardrobes should be anchored as well, even if the manual shows it with a tiny icon.
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Common assembly slip-ups
- All boxes opened at once and the parts mixed up. Similar shelves of different depths end up in the wrong places.
- Edging facing the wrong way. The raw chipboard edge ends up facing the room and soaks up moisture.
- A drill on full power. The screw spins in the board and the hole is ruined.
- Carcass not checked across the diagonals before the back panel goes on. The rack stays for good.
- A hanging cabinet put up on the fixings from the box without checking the wall.
What to do beforehand
- Match the pack numbers against the delivery note and keep the boxes until the job is done.
- Clear the room where it will be built and the spot where it will stand.
- Find out what the wall is made of and mark where cables and pipes run.
- Anything damaged in transit? Photograph it straight away. That claim goes to the shop, not the fitter.
Ordering through the app
Describe in the app what furniture it is and how many boxes, and add photos of the packs and the spot where it goes. From those an assembler can see how long the job will take. Bids arrive with each fitter’s own price; you compare them, read reviews and pick one.
The phone number and address are visible after you choose. You pay the fitter directly and he issues the invoice. Fixings for assembly are usually included; carrying boxes upstairs and removing packaging are extra. The fitter answers for his assembly and puts right his own faults. Factory chips and missing parts remain a matter for the seller.
Order in the app
Describe the job, add photos and the address. Tradespeople send their own prices and dates, and you pick one of the offers.
Open the app
