Home DIY

Ah, I was never involved that much in the buying process, doors usually came from b&q type places.

Edit when would you use a biscuit joint on a work top instead bolt together but joint.

ALL THE TOAST!!!

Got it from ebay for £15 bundled with a Dualit toastie maker, from some greasy spoon in Manchester area. Took a LOT of cleaning but it's a toast-making tank!

Who did you use for the worktops?

@hippy see toaster heaven.

A company called Barncrest, but website seems to redirect to Norfolk Oak now. I do remember posting about them on here a few years ago and general feeling was other online places were cheaper, but we did find the whole thing very smooth. Though as I said, we made sure the layout was just straight runs so it would be easy to fit.

Looks great!

Husband says thank you ;)

I'm jealous of anyone that has a kitchen.

Edit when would you use a biscuit joint on a work top instead bolt together but joint.

I put biscuits in all worktops I fit that aren't resin/stone. The biscuit just makes it easier to get the join 100% level and means you don't end up with a lip either side of the join. I still join the worktops as you describe but this makes it easier to get a great finish.

Edit. I just re read this post and realised that I said join perhaps too much.

Fantastic.

Thanks, when I spoke to a builder about that he said why bother with biscuits but will probably pick your brains later.

That's just brillant!

"Would you like some toast?"

I might be wrong about it being under a supporting wall but there are definetely bricks sitting above it on part of its length.
There is quite a gap from the air brick to to the joist and it sits above the DPS but as Bobbo mentioned over the years there has been a build up of dirt etc meaning that when there is heavy rain it can run down and drip over that particular joist. Hard to explain without photos.

I think that sounds about right. Its a joist that runs parallel to the front of the house and has bricks running above it for part of its length bt perhaps it doesn't;t sit directly under the main front wall. Its a victorian terrace so over a hundred years direct coming through the air brick, tbh its actually a grate with quite large holes so I discovered that a lot of crap has built up over the decades and created a nice slope for the rain water to drip down over the DPC and onto that joist/bearer.

@Bobbo is this something you could help me with? or recommend someone else?

Has anyone got a sharpened card scraper they would be willing to lend to me?

Or if someone could make me one happy to pay/beer etc

Depends when, as I'll need it for the next week or so, but you could borrow mine. But they are so cheap you could just get one. Could lend you my burnisher to sharpen it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0001P0PIG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't have a bench vise to clamp and sharpen it :(

Actually, I probably just lack the patience and ability.

First time I did it I didn't have a vice either, just did it on the floor and with awkward fingers. Only needs a few rolls of a burnisher to create an edge.

Yea but you've built a small house in your garden; I can barely salvage a fucked wooden worktop.

I need the tool, I don't want to have to make the tool...the inertia just stops me from doing the job.

Literally takes a minute of zero skill work to sharpen all 4 edges!

Anyways, happy to lend you mine in a week if that works for you.

Would it be a matter of clearing out the dirt, getting air to dry it out and if truly rotten reinforcing it with another timber ie overlap with existing hoist and fitting a noggin for strength.

Hard to explain without photos.

Definitely, because this

a nice slope for the rain water to drip down over the DPC and onto that joist/bearer.

has me thinking that any advice would be dependent on the build of the floor / walls.

^ Removing all the crap is a good start though.

all the spotlights on my lounge circuit have gone out.

gf said when she turned it last on they fizzled a bit, but were fine. next time they dont turn on at all.

i tried putting a known good bulb in one of the sockets to no avail and a ‘gone’ bulb in a working socket and that continued to work fine.

whats next? nothing tripped in fuse box, thats the limit of my electrical diagnosis ability

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Considering how much of that 0.75mm copper is showing I'd suggest loose termination on the GU10 lamp holders.