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ARGH! My tree has fallen over

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TheExtraGuineaPig · 04/12/2025 19:45

Was convinced by my teen DCs that we should get a bigger tree than I had planned - it's a 7ft but is big and wide and really bloody heavy! Anyway me and DS managed to wrangle it into the stand, which promptly broke. I've ordered a fancy Grinner tree stand to collect tomorrow but at the moment it's sort of wedged against the wall and is a bit bent! Do i need to try and get it more upright? worried that where it's bent will mean it's crooked when we finally get it upright

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SuperGinger · 04/12/2025 20:13

In my experience a good stand makes all the difference, you should be fine, is the bottom sawed flat?

TheExtraGuineaPig · 04/12/2025 20:19

Yes, they sawed the bottom for us when we bought it. I'm firstly worried about whether it will look permanently bent when I move it (currrently wedged against the wall), secondly I'm worried about getting it up and out of the broken stand and into the new one - but I'll cross that bridge. DS was excited and cut the netting off, we filled the stand with water then it tilted and sort of freed itself from the 3 point screw things in the stand, then when I tried to put it right 2 crews broke. It was obviously on it's last legs!
Feel annoyed because we rushed, didn't think about it and bough a too big/heavy tree for us to manage. Hopefully it's not too crooked tomorrow!!!

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Talkinpeace · 04/12/2025 20:21

For many, many years we have wired the top of ours (using green garden wire) to the nearest wall

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