stedebs Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Dont say that Ive got new kitchen flooring stacked up waiting to be laid and I dont want to start! Id ignore it completely if I could but the oven is starting to drop through the floor!! Hopefully your mum and son are showing a wee bit of gratitude?! mum is lol ........... I have flooring (laminate) ready for my bedroom that I keep ignoring cos i need to gloss the skirting first lol I HATE gloss lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stedebs Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: @stedebs what is you expertise in the kitchen arena? I maybe in need of brains to pick no expert lol .......... just a DIYer. I've done around 7 kitchens now, but they are all flat pack and usually straight forward. Mums is proving difficult cos she wants to keep the worksurfaces, just replace the cupboards.............. and new cupboards are not as deep as old ones ...... and slightly higher so legs have to be shorter, a lot shorter !!!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Good Evening . last shift of the week soon! I've got to leave early and go to the supermarket on the way! First time I'll have been anywhere apart from work for weeks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 12 minutes ago, rennie said: Good Evening . last shift of the week soon! I've got to leave early and go to the supermarket on the way! First time I'll have been anywhere apart from work for weeks! ooh the excitement, prepare for odd outer body/alternate universe feeling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 27 minutes ago, Bender said: Pipe sleeve has to be through all building material, if the other side is an outside wall then the inside should be sealed to the sleeve so in the event of a leak in the wall section the gas exits the sleeve and can be detected outside via the nose, is the sleeve just a larger copper pipe. Dosen't need to be that far through but I'm sure you get the idea Thanks, that’s useful information. I think the sleeve is plastic pipe. I’ll recess the plaster around it as it won’t be visible due to the boxing, and seal the pipe inside as you suggest. Smelling the gas outside might be tricky as it’s about 7m off the ground as it exits the building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 16 minutes ago, stedebs said: no expert lol .......... just a DIYer. I've done around 7 kitchens now, but they are all flat pack and usually straight forward. Mums is proving difficult cos she wants to keep the worksurfaces, just replace the cupboards.............. and new cupboards are not as deep as old ones ...... and slightly higher so legs have to be shorter, a lot shorter !!!!! When I’m feeling brave I’ll take a photo of the worse parts of the utility flooring I have to replace. The washing machine had been leaking silently out there until so much damage was done once dried the laminate top just peeled away, no-one likes going out there. You mums kitchen sounds a pig of a job, sure you can’t talk her into new worktop?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, Steve_M said: Thanks, that’s useful information. I think the sleeve is plastic pipe. I’ll recess the plaster around it as it won’t be visible due to the boxing, and seal the pipe inside as you suggest. Smelling the gas outside might be tricky as it’s about 7m off the ground as it exits the building. I didn't hear plastic, the pipe sleve is supposed to be capable of carrying the gas, height is ok lpg is heavier than air and will drop on a calm day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Bender said: I didn't hear plastic, the pipe sleve is supposed to be capable of carrying the gas, height is ok lpg is heavier than air and will drop on a calm day Calm day? This is Cumbria y’know. Calm is a rare event. Thanks for the advice. I’ll check all is good and compliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stedebs Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: When I’m feeling brave I’ll take a photo of the worse parts of the utility flooring I have to replace. The washing machine had been leaking silently out there until so much damage was done once dried the laminate top just peeled away, no-one likes going out there. You mums kitchen sounds a pig of a job, sure you can’t talk her into new worktop?! nope ........ I tried lol. cabinets down one wall all need 30mm cutting off the back, and all the base cabinets are only 60mm off the floor ......... adjusting the legs is a first class pain ...... infact the back legs have been replaced by a length of wood. hey ho, itll look good when I've finished ...... and I should never have to do hers again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, stedebs said: nope ........ I tried lol. cabinets down one wall all need 30mm cutting off the back, and all the base cabinets are only 60mm off the floor ......... adjusting the legs is a first class pain ...... infact the back legs have been replaced by a length of wood. hey ho, itll look good when I've finished ...... and I should never have to do hers again Hmm I think you might be inline for daughter of the year cos I’d of declared it can’t be done without new worktop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, Steve_M said: Calm day? This is Cumbria y’know. Calm is a rare event. Thanks for the advice. I’ll check all is good and compliant. Any questions just drop a pm or stick it up on board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bender said: Any questions just drop a pm or stick it up on board Will do. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Good Morning I still like Fridays! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer5 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Not long to go now till the weather improves, the rain will wash the salt off and the shopping for milk extends over a few hundred miles. Good morning 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 @rennie I's Friday it's five to five it's time for?.............. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynax Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Good morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stedebs Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 morning folks ......... day off from mums kitchen today so I thought I might go out, maybe a bit of shopping (get a bottle or 2 in for myself) or just for a walk for some exercise...But no!!!!! Son phones, he's put an order in on ebay and delivery is today ....... but his address on ebay is still my house cos the pratt hasn't changed it!!!!!!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I have just unwittingly thoroughly depressed myself. I opened the weather app to see when this promised uptick in temperature is occurring (with a view to saving necessary chores for two wheeled weather) to view the most exciting forecast I’ve ever seen in February. For a brief moment until seeing the temps and realising this can’t be Blighty I was ecstatic. God I hate myself right now! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Frog Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: I have just unwittingly thoroughly depressed myself. I opened the weather app to see when this promised uptick in temperature is occurring (with a view to saving necessary chores for two wheeled weather) to view the most exciting forecast I’ve ever seen in February. For a brief moment until seeing the temps and realising this can’t be Blighty I was ecstatic. God I hate myself right now! Spain ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 @Ian Frog yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 Just think that's what XTreme will be enjoying right now. At least I suppose we don't have to see his pictures of sun kissed semi deserts and rugged individualism. Quite miss it really. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Me too. I’ve decided that this time next year I’ll be in Spain. Hopefully for extended periods in rented accommodation until I find my feet but if the market hasn’t bottomed out at the very least a few weeks on and off though out the winter. Still thats not cheering me up right now, although the idea of annoying everyone posting sunshiney ride pics on here is 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 We’re just back for a bracing stroll around the nearby Woodland Trust site. Now recovering with a warming cuppa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I dunno what it is about the word brace or bracing that always makes me think ‘You mean I’m not going to enjoy this’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Installed new washing machine, leaking continued. U bend has imperceptible crack that only leaks when the machines emptying. Just standing water is not enough to cause it to leak so I didn’t detect it when I examined it. Very expensive new machine could have been avoided for the sake of replacing a £5 unbend. What a prat. My only defence is no-one else found it either 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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