Do you want the grain to continue to show, or a uniform even colour? If you want grain then Ronseal Fence Life Plus Shed is pretty nice to keep the wood grain underneath. Two coats allowing to fully dry between them.
Sounds like a plan, as long as it doesn't transfer when you sit on it if it's a little bit damp or something really
I havent sat on the fence but I dont think it would. If I wanted to make sure, a clear coat might be worth sticking over the top
Hhmm, not sure if I have. I mean I can see the benefit but then there's also the downsides to consider.
I know what you mean, it should be ok but it might not be. You could put a clear coat on but it might be a waste. I’m 50/50
Thank you, yeh I was most pleased with that, not easy to do with a jig saw on a circular object. It's not perfect but about as perfect as I could get on an irregular shaped post.
Talking of chairs, does anybody know of anywhere you can just pick up chair frames or sites with plans for them? We have some old sofa cushions from, well, an old sofa and they are the comfiest leather cushions we've ever had. Always planned to buy or make a frame for them for a couple of window chairs. That plan has seen them in the loft for three years....
Soooo..... dishwashers. And more specifically, their removal. When the flooring has been rather wonderfully laid right up to them and there's not enough room under the worktop to lift them up and out. Yes, the feet are wound fully in. No, the worktop can't be lifted. Ideally, I don't want to be cutting sections of the floor out. Looked up the manual online and it seems that to unbolt the internal metal washing area bit (which I understand is confusingly called a "tub") I need access to the sides (hidden by adjacent units) and maybe the top (hidden by the worktop). It also seems the pedestal it sits on that hides the pump etc. is one big unit, so I can't remove the front to gain that extra gap to get over the front of the flooring. Only thing I can come up with is angle grinding the front of the pedestal off. Anyone else want to have a go at suggesting an approach (nuke from orbit not an option, btw)?
No, don't think so. Screwed right in, they're flush with the bottom of the pedestal. Also not sure if I can get them completely off with the limited lift I have on the unit, but I will have a look - cheers. You guys go ahead and make plans for the weekend - I don't think I'll be requiring your services!
@ModSquid - I'm not familiar with your alien tech from the UK, but most dishwashers have the back legs closer to the middle of the whole assembly. You might be able to tilt it forward enough to unscrew the back legs completely, giving you wiggle room to do the same to the front legs. Generally, I'm dealing with crap cabinets anyway, so my preferred option is violence. ed: yeah, Missed fingers' comment completely.
Have you got a picture? It sounds like it's absolutely shoehorned in and you might have the same difficulty installing the replacement, or is it fully integrated in a weird way? If the flooring is laminate or the like taking it up might be the most sensible option.
Cheers all for the input so far (not you, Ian! ). This is what I'm dealing with pedestal-wise from the manual, but will grab a picture once I get in: Dishwasher by ModSquid posted 22 Sep 2023 at 17:19 I don't think I can get to the back legs easily enough to remove them. Also, as the missus pointed out, the inside of that tray is, we think, a solid bottom, rather than it being a hollow frame as I first thought when I saw it. It certainly is right in there - we've found over the years that the previous owners may have taken some shortcuts as they went along. The floor is inch-thick proper wood, glued tongue and groove from front door across whole ground floor, through hall, kitchen and lounge to rear of house. Of course that would be the case. Hence I'm proper loathe to try any dismantling...! Re: the replacement, we've done cursory measuring (it's been a hall ornament for about a month now) and think it might go in. If it does, I won't have had to touch the flooring; if it doesn't (touch wood(en floor)) then I'm back to where we are now but with the choice made for me.
Aye I'm with you, I'd say angle grinder at the standby. Don't want to tell you how to suck eggs but you've undone the Torx 20 screws and wound the feet as far as they'll go?
It’s roughly £60-100 a sq m to get someone to lay wooden flooring. If you can cut the cost down a bit by not doing under the units, most people will.
