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[Bean]

Hehe

Good luck getting rest of the cupboards done, loads of boxes!!

That's OK - most of them are doors!!

The biiiig ones are the cooker hood and the belfast sink!!

[arnie]

hi just a reminder for you. remember to screw the kicthen unit legs open enough so you can get the finishing board in.(the piece from floor to unit). i forgot to do it after i'd drilled the units to the wall. and 4yrs later the finishing board is still lying flat in the garage. lol.

dam the missis just saw this and now wants me to get the jigsaw out, lol


simon.

[cooperdan]

yay..

looking very good...

need help building cupboards..id help

whenever i have a flat pack in the house i have to assembale it, worrying fetish lol lol

[Bean]

dam the missis just saw this and now wants me to get the jigsaw out, lol

Hehe - Glad to have been of service!

Thanks for the heads up though - appreciate it. We've already set our height for the units, really - We're working to a limited height for the wall cupboards at the far end, which actually happens to work out just right




Dan - Yes, that is a worrying fetish!



I'd like to say it's therapeutic, but it really isn't

[cooperdan]

Hmmm yeh i suppose..

I think it is to a certain point, until maybe you find out that you put panel A where panel C is supposed to go..and B maybe is supposed to go where panel A is......

[Bean]

One of the instruction pages has 3 "Step 1" stages on it!!

Plus ... we've got an 800 pan drawer ... but they don't give you ANY instructions on when to put the drawers in! They just assume that you know! The instructions are just for the 800 cupboard and you have to battle through it all!!

Seem to have got through it now though - So should be alright!

But they give you just a random amount of nails for the backs (usually too little), too many spare dowels & not enough screws!


Oh well ... Seems to be goin' alright anyways!

[cooperdan]

Well thats good then

They tend to not give you enough glue..well in my experience

oh the joys

[Bean]

Spent most of yesterday trying to find some flooring that we like!

I think we've decided on wood, but god knows what - The only ones I like are just silly money!


We made the awful mistake of going 'round reclamation yards yesterday, too - Just to see if they might have anything of interest!!

There was a nice floor .... at £140 per m²


Still - We got a free hot chocolate from them, so it wasn't a totally wasted day!!





If anyone knows of some nice solid oak flooring (wide planks) - For ooooh, £2 per m² ... send me a PM!? lol

[Down&Out]

Your bound to find something on ebay?

I know it sounds crude

but theres no harm in trying

[Bean]

Crude? No no, lol - eBay rules! I've been scouring it for our new front door, lol

We've looked, but it's really hard to tell what it's actually like just from a photo. Photos can be edited and the colour of the wood changed slightly - We need something that won't clash with the solid wood worktop - plus I'm really annoyingly particular ...

But ... once we find something we think we like, we'll get a sample just to make sure - The perfect floor is out there, just need to track it down, that's all!! (And ask for a pay-rise, lol)

[Down&Out]

Crude? No no, lol - eBay rules! I've been scouring it for our new front door, lol

We've looked, but it's really hard to tell what it's actually like just from a photo. Photos can be edited and the colour of the wood changed slightly - We need something that won't clash with the solid wood worktop - plus I'm really annoyingly particular ...

But ... once we find something we think we like, we'll get a sample just to make sure - The perfect floor is out there, just need to track it down, that's all!! (And ask for a pay-rise, lol)

I know what you mean! Im perticular about stuff too

I see what you mean, best be buying new then

[Udo]

Crude? No no, lol - eBay rules! I've been scouring it for our new front door, lol

Dont you start bidding against me on the doors lol been looking myself for ages, new neighbours trashed (well the fitters did) an original door down the road >

[Bean]

Lol Mind you - I haven't found one yet!

Well... I have - But I'm not paying upwards of £500 for one!

[Udo]

Lol Mind you - I haven't found one yet!

Well... I have - But I'm not paying upwards of £500 for one!

I was looking less £ than that lol

[B-shaw]

whenever i have a flat pack in the house i have to assembale it, worrying fetish lol lol

I am the same.
When i re-did my bedroom and got everything new. the furniture arrived before id got the new carpet fitted.
I got too excited and just put it all together anyway. when my mom came home to a living room full of my furniture she wasn't best happy lmao!
Luckily there wasn't a wardrobe in the mix.

Looking Good anyways Bean!