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Best way to contruct worktop from reclaimed timber

March 20, 2016, 7:48 am
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Hi, thinking of sourcing some lengths of 9"x2" lengths of hardwood ( from southamptonwoodrecycling dot org dot uk ) and joining them to make a worktop.

My thinking on how to do this is:
1. lay planks together on a pair of trestle and clamp at ends.
2. Drill starter hole just in from one end at the join.
3. Go right down the join with a router straight bit so that we get two perfectly mating surfaces.
4. Remove waste at starter end.
5. Cutaway slots for biscuit joiners, insert biscuits, glue...

Best way to contruct worktop from reclaimed timber
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Microwave surround in cabinet. Help !!

March 21, 2016, 3:46 pm
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I am currently working on modifying my kitchen and have moved my undercounter oven into a tall housing unit (with no problems) the issue I have is that our current microwave is too good to get rid of and replace with an integrated one.
Has anyone any ideas I could use to fit some kind of housing surround around the microwave so that it doesn't look like it's just been stuck in the cavity above the oven ???
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how would you solve this problem..

March 22, 2016, 12:12 pm
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The kitchen has a solid concrete floor.

you have stripped the kitchen out.

Looking ay your plans you find the stop tap is sited behind a built in washer with a max of 3 inch of pipe below it into the concrete. your washer will not push back to fit and your stop tap has to be made accessible.

you have 3 days to fit the kitchen, your aim is to complete on schedule with no remedial work as always.

solve it and stay on time ?
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Batten wall in kitchen - anchor to wall and floor / just wall?

March 23, 2016, 10:26 am
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Hi,

New to DIY and this forum so be gentle!

I’m renovating my one bed flat in an old council block. As part of fitting the kitchen I need to batten out the back wall to cover-up some pipe work, plus make the new electrical wiring easier. Wall will need to support wall units which I plan to secure from rail fixed to noggins.

Please see drawings for reference from following 2 links:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tmo5wbcn9dg7f7q/Kitchen_Frontside.png?dl=0...

Batten wall in kitchen - anchor to wall and floor / just wall?
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Hardwood worktop finishing : to oil or not to oil?

March 23, 2016, 2:05 pm
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Title says it really. I have heard folk say you need to do X coats of oil before you let the worktop see any use, and then religiously oilit every week, and others say just leave the wood raw, let it get marked/splashed and just wipe it clean & dry and every year or so sand it. I kind of fear that the regular oiling would be subject to being put-off, and that if water got into an oiled surface it would be worse...

Thoughts welcome!
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Cooker hood vent to lean-to

March 24, 2016, 4:06 pm
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Hi all,

I am currently renovating our kitchen, and as part of this I want to install a cooker hood with an external vent. The cooker will be located on an external wall, which should hopefully make running it to outside a fairly easy DIY job. The problem is that there is a lean-to immediately behind this wall (very basic construction with corrugated plastic roof, currently not used for anything other than storage). The hood shaft will be above the lean-to, but I will likely be looking at...

Cooker hood vent to lean-to
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Masons mitre opinion

March 25, 2016, 3:59 pm
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Hi all just wanted peops opinion on my masons mitre i'm really OCD and keep finding faults with it. Its in my own kitchen and wanted it perfect....

Masons mitre opinion
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End panel

March 26, 2016, 8:54 am
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Hi I was just wondering which way everyone fits there end panels, In have ones which a small chamfer down one side. I am fitting them with the chamfer sitting with the chamfer on the doors, would you guys do this the same way ta.
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Worktop jigs

March 26, 2016, 1:55 pm
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Right blade for cutting worktop

April 4, 2016, 2:05 pm
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Here's a simple question. What is the best type of jigsaw blade for cutting a kitchen worktop to length.

It is 40mm thick laminated chipboard and the cut is straight across the width (i.e. about 600mm) but I have only one spare piece to match with the existing so I can't afford to mess up.

I have a Bosch GST 2000 jigsaw. The blade doesn't have to be a downwards cutter as I can mark and cut from the top or bottom surface. I have looked at details of T101BR, T101BRF blades but they say...

Right blade for cutting worktop
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Best tool to cut a kitchen worktop

April 6, 2016, 12:31 pm
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Hi,
First of many posts I'm sure!

I've recently started doing work on the side, handyman bits!

Just been asked to do a fairly bigger job then I'm used too,

I need to raise part of a kitchen worktop to the same height as the rest of the kitchen, the worktop in question is around 3 meters in length and has intergrated fridge, freezer,
the customer wants to keep half at the lower height and the other half raised to fit a base unit or two and a normal washing machine (plumbing already in...

Best tool to cut a kitchen worktop
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Kitchen worktops.

April 6, 2016, 12:58 pm
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Got 2 new worktops supplied, delivered, and set direct to garage on lots of wooden timbers.
2 weeks later the fitting day arrived.
Unwrapping the plastic off and find lots of very small swirls of scratches.

Fortunately most of the scratches were where the cuts outs were to be, so a lot of jiggling with measurements and looked reasonable.

Unable to ring supplier as was a Sat morning.
So no real choice but to carry on and fit.

Both worktops were quite bad.
Monday morning rang the said...

Kitchen worktops.
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Worktop needs moving

April 8, 2016, 5:50 am
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Ive got a butt and scribed worktop but we have a dishwasher underneath that needs replacing however the plug has been put through back of worktop and sealed around it!can we cut seal and move worktop?coz the new dishwasher will have a sealed plug and we need space to put new plug under worktop and through top to plug in!!help
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Best Value Kitchen & Worktop Suppliers?

April 8, 2016, 5:13 pm
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Hello,

Can anyone with experience please tell me what the best budget kitchen options are and whether it is even possible to find what I am looking for for my budget.

I am after 10 units, white gloss integrated handles + sink + oven + hob + hood + fridge freezer (all most basic budget option), soft close, + worktops for £1800 max. Preferably already part assembled. Able to be supplied within a week.

I was thinking about going for cheap ready to fit units and then decent quality worktops...

Best Value Kitchen & Worktop Suppliers?
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Glass door hinges

April 9, 2016, 3:02 pm
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I am looking for some FGV hinges 80059 for some glass doors that were left over from a Space kitchen. If anyone knows where I could source them, need 3 hinges in total.
Thanks
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Supporting a worktop

April 10, 2016, 2:50 pm
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I am fitting a utility room and have to put a washing machine next to a larder unit.

What's the best way to support the worktop over the washing machine? I have been thinking about cutting the larder unit decor end in half and sitting the worktop between the two halves? It's either that or brackets?

Is there a better way?
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Silicone woes

April 11, 2016, 2:34 pm
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Hi all I just need some info on silicone sealant's, I have always used sanitary silicone but looking at the back of the tube it says not for use in food prep areas but on the front it says for use in kitchens? I'm confused if any one can shed some light on this that would be awesome.
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Sealing gap between worktop & cooker

April 12, 2016, 5:04 am
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Going to be having a free-standing cooker, with (probably granite) worktops each side running up to it.

What's the best way to seal the gaps between the worktops and the cooker to stop spills etc running down the side?
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Unhappy customers from CON way interiors , braintree , essex

April 13, 2016, 2:33 am
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Hi.... Im searching to find people that have had kitchen - bedrooms or bathrooms from CONway interiors of braintree , essex...
Please could you leave feed back if you have had any dealings with this company who operate there business from car boot sales around essex as local people know of there HEAVY handed tactics in sealing a deal...
The company is run by MR SMOOTH TALKING up is own * sean CONway who once have your money then has nothing to do with you...
Please tell me if you have had...

Unhappy customers from CON way interiors , braintree , essex
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TPD Interiers kitchen fitters , Colchester, marks Tey

April 13, 2016, 2:58 am
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hi... I'm looking for information from customers who have had dealings with TPD / DPT Interiers Colchester..this company formally Conway interior/ interior design has set up again using a different trading name.
This company is run by Sean Conway and Trevor Howard...this company has been trading for the last 2 years under these names after going into voluntary Bankruptcy in 2011... Case number 485...countless CCJ's against Sean Conway... Both Sean and Trevor have been made Bankrupt owing...

TPD Interiers kitchen fitters , Colchester, marks Tey
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