Kitchen worktops

[puddlesurfer]

I'll get it sorted, it just means I'll have to use a chippy that I dont know and that's always worrying! I just can't afford these worktops to be done badly they're too expensive!

[gwh200]

I didn't mean for you to make a trip down especially Si, I meant if you're down London way for some reason could you do it!
I think TinTin is a bit far away too!

He's actually in sw19 working...I bet he'd be glad to drive the enormous distance to you.

[puddlesurfer]

SW19 is Wimbledon, thats only about 6 miles away! TinTin
TINTIN!

[soramad]

I biscuit all types of tops regardless but with solid tops your male & female cuts are only a very slight trim on each joint so that you are virtually just butting them together.

another little tip that might be handy, solid or strip wood worktops can expand and contract quite a bit across the width, so its usual to leave a gap on the wall side to allow for expansion this is usually covered by tiles if thick enough or a matching upstand, i have had to replace solid timber worktops where no gap has been left, they have been fixed onto the units at the front which in turn were fixed to the wall, consiquently the worktops had bowed upward in the centre and on one of the corners the joint had ripped up the centre biscuit. These worktops had been correctly finished with the proper oil but moisture still caused them to expand.

[puddlesurfer]

cheers - was planning on leaving about 5mm anyway

[si tate]

another little tip that might be handy, solid or strip wood worktops can expand and contract quite a bit across the width, so its usual to leave a gap on the wall side to allow for expansion this is usually covered by tiles if thick enough or a matching upstand, i have had to replace solid timber worktops where no gap has been left, they have been fixed onto the units at the front which in turn were fixed to the wall, consiquently the worktops had bowed upward in the centre and on one of the corners the joint had ripped up the centre biscuit. These worktops had been correctly finished with the proper oil but moisture still caused them to expand.

Some good points mate & another one is to have the worktops in the house laid flat & unpacked a few days before you fit them so as they are at room temperature.

[puddlesurfer]

they're in the house already - I just need to get them fitted!

[si tate]

they're in the house already - I just need to get them fitted!

Well i think we've covered all bases apart from the fitting.

[puddlesurfer]

Therein lies the problem!!!!!! I'm almost tempted to go out and buy the bits I need and do it myself - with plenty of practice on the old work surfaces first! but I'd rather pay an expert

[tintin]

I'd love to be able to say "be over tomorrow to do them", but sadly the earliest i could do them would be early october!!
I've just been let down so i'm shorthanded on my job! It HAS to be finished when the client returns from america on the 3rd! (guess who's working 12 hour days!)
Sorry dude


Alan

[soramad]

your only option is to have a look through yellow pages and find a chippy who is equiped to do worktops or alternatively look for a kitchen fitter who will/should know what he is doing and have the kit.

[puddlesurfer]

Quote TinTin

I'd love to be able to say "be over tomorrow to do them", but sadly the earliest i could do them would be early october!!
I've just been let down so i'm shorthanded on my job! It HAS to be finished when the client returns from america on the 3rd! (guess who's working 12 hour days!)
Sorry dude

No worries Alan, I've got a friend of a friend coming over to have a look tomorrow - I'll just have to pay whatever it costs - as long as it's not silly money.

[tintin]

Shouldn't be more than a days money for a good fitter (about 150 cash)

[puddlesurfer]

I can live with that!