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Cheers Alan, I would have gladly accepted your offer too :) I have a friend who has cut some joints for his family but he messed the last one up so is reluctant to do another just in case its a trend!

Thanks Alan, I was cutting that bottom of the end panel flush with the bottom of the units so the plinth continues on past it and was going to do the end finisher panel (not yet fitted) L shaped at the bottom so the plinth finishes against it. I have some edging tape for the plinth to tidy that...

Well its getting there slow but sure. Quite a lot still to do, here's a couple of grainy pics I just took. The 6" bend on the hood looks like a ships vent shaft, need to buy/borrow a 152mm core drill for that as my largest is 127mm. The black sheet on the left is a spashback for behind the...

Thanks for the reply Steve, just thought it best to check.

Well I have been busy fitting these base units and got to the end of the bases where I have a tall oven housing unit. This has a seperate extra wood grain effect end panel both sides. How do you guys who have been there before me fit these? As the chip is only 15mm thick it doesnt give much of...

Merry Xmas all, no the kitchen isnt finished... Dont buy kitchen units from Homebase, unless you want to build them blind. The instruction sheets with each carcass are generic to cover a multitude of differing uses and fail in the main to help you if you ordered anything other than a basic...

Time for an update to this saga ;-) The plaster around the first fix socket back boxes was in a pretty poor state so I needed to make good around them, I found a double and single box "Electrical Backbox Plastering Guide" kit on ebay that I thought worth a try, it works really well leaving a...

http://www.discount-electrical.co.uk/se ... al-lengths But it may be better to order them from your local electrical factors as the above company has a delivery charge of £7.50

Taken me coat back off now ;-) http://www.npower.com/web/diyloftinsulation/index.htm

Honest it is supposed to start again at the time I gave. I cant tell how I know but it was/is correct info. No doubt it will all be sorted later tonight or in the morning. Oldman wanders off to get his coat almost wishing he hadnt said anything :wink:

Many have made good use of this offer already before it expired (the £1 a roll offer is limited to the first 10,000 customers) Available delivered to your home for this price in 100mm or 170mm flavours. Price works out at 18p and 30p per square metre delivered. The offer is due to start again...

Not quite the same problem but I had a ground level shed at the bottom of a slopping garden, mainly clay so little drainage. I used 4" perforated pipe in a 2ft square trench filled with pea shingle to re route the water away from the shed. I have other land drains that I laid and put...

The plasterer came back this afternoon and put the finish coat on the wall, it looks an awful lot better now. Looks like I will need to fit coving now though as where the 2nd bodge up was so thick its left a not too smooth edge on the ceiling where it was stripped back, same was on the 2...

Well the guy turned up to strip the wall, put down a tarp, ply sheeting and cloths. The plaster came off reasonably easily, some real big differences in thickness, top of the wall was around 18mm and bottom was 38mm. Interestingly the hardwall didnt stick to my plastic cable capping so with them...

Roger I have already chalked the wall with all my cable runs and if the guy chasing off the plaster looks like he has less than mensa entry IQ I will take over the chasing near my cables. I have put down my own tarp and like the last time they plastered they will bring another for over that. I...

The boss of the "specialist plastering" company that did the work visited this morning first thing, he took one look at the window wall and said its all got to come off, totally unacceptable. The plasterer will be sacked. I suggested at as they hadnt managed to get it right twice already, what...

When I ordered my kitchen I ordered 3 lengths of worktop. I only actually need 2 lengths, but knowing my luck lately... I am pretty sure to need the third :roll:

No Triggaaar not the bead edge, cut a bit of 50mm beading from both sides then bend and twist the actual corner part cause your snips wont cut it and you will end up with a barb that sticks out at right angles to the bead. Thats whats there. Sorry I was too angry to take better pics. My...

Well Studders was right...dont let em back...I should have taken notice of what he said. I am so peeeeeed off now. They came back today to finish the job for the 2nd time. I watched them like a hawk all the time, getting more nervous as the multi finish went on and on and on, how thick does it...

The firm's estimator turned up this morning first thing, he agreed it was unacceptable and said the plasterer will be back later today to redo as needed. He just arrived and has pva'd the wall and window revels, has cut some much wider than last time expalmet type beading for round the window...