zoothorn Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 4 hours ago, joe90 said: +1 on 1mm packers when fitting door stops, nothing worse than having to move door latch after painting. top tip.....I hate doors slamming and I stick those little clear door bumps to the door stops top and bottom. https://www.screwfix.com/p/door-cushion-domes-49-pack/18213?tc=SB6&ds_kid=92700046986170840&ds_rl=1241687&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1245725&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=CjwKCAiAqJn9BRB0EiwAJ1Sztd6jGctNAgUHXkaMvxBSX_qWq0iB7JAC3FpW2Hy5PU1wbhicoWAiJxoCSX8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds I always slam every door out of bone idleness, I rather like it.! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 @Onoff and/ or @joe90 my mdf windowboard sill is not doing alot for me, its also too low really the window starts a good 4" above it. and too shallow. I was wondering if you might know of any hardwood sources I could shape & fix ontop? is this something that's found in the usual sheds.. or would it be a specialist place to get a 1m plank from I wonder. A nice piece of oak.. would offset the 'zoots white lab' samey samey goings on. I tried to get a wickes grey for the walls but they wouldnt post to me. odd. I got some wickes olive paint posted to me a few weeks before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, zoothorn said: @Onoff and/ or @joe90 my mdf windowboard sill is not doing alot for me, its also too low really the window starts a good 4" above it. and too shallow. I was wondering if you might know of any hardwood sources I could shape & fix ontop? is this something that's found in the usual sheds.. or would it be a specialist place to get a 1m plank from I wonder. A nice piece of oak.. would offset the 'zoots white lab' samey samey goings on. I tried to get a wickes grey for the walls but they wouldnt post to me. odd. I got some wickes olive paint posted to me a few weeks before. What about that forest they've just felled near you? You'd have to season it mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Onoff said: What about that forest they've just felled near you? You'd have to season it mind. All noble fir & larch that was. Even if I came across a chainsawed oak trunk there's no way I could whittle it down. I thought I saw a hardwood reddish plank in jewsons.. but if it was hardwood I bet Id have to buy a 5m length. Any more practical ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Despite the lovely idea of seasoning your own!!!,! Would take years. Have you not got a sawmill or timber merchant near you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamieled Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Have a look at a smaller or more independent sawmill, most of them usually advertise on the web. We've cut and dried boards for all our cills and they look good in situ, worth the extra effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I was being quite serious about using felled wood and seasoning yourself. Nothing nicer imo. The BiL has a bloody great log sawmill on rails like a bandsaw on it's side. Came from Eastern Europe. Has a petrol engine on it. Makes loads of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Onoff said: I was being quite serious about using felled wood and seasoning yourself how long will it take to season and does zoot have the space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 @zoothorn, I've your address somewhere but it means going back through years of pms. PM me again your post code and I'll try and find some local places to you for bits of hardwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Onoff said: @zoothorn, I've your address somewhere but it means going back through years of pms. PM me again your post code and I'll try and find some local places to you for bits of hardwood. Thanks Onoff- I do have a sawmill just over the hill (just like out of twin peaks.. its ace) but all fir as far as I know. But I will ask. What's a Bil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, zoothorn said: Thanks Onoff- I do have a sawmill just over the hill (just like out of twin peaks.. its ace) but all fir as far as I know. But I will ask. What's a Bil? Brother in law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jimbo Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 19 hours ago, zoothorn said: Good ok thats a plan.. tho i do have the adjacent bedroom doors to copy, made from same stock in town, that being t & g belt n braces doors or w'evaaa theyre called.. but get your point, makes sense to do this bit later esp as im pushed fo time. thanks chaps. Looking great, Zoot the Hoot. What you need now is another 10 or 15 0f those to do now, and you would get super quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Big Jimbo said: Looking great, Zoot the Hoot. What you need now is another 10 or 15 0f those to do now, and you would get super quick. Yes but I'll be Biden's age. Btw behind the picture, in the stairwell & above yr head as you come up the stairs, is my dreaded noisy boiler box CH thing (this being the spare bed's cupboard).. you can't get more central in the house: kitchen & bathroom are onwards from it, both gnd floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 5 hours ago, jamieled said: Have a look at a smaller or more independent sawmill, most of them usually advertise on the web. We've cut and dried boards for all our cills and they look good in situ, worth the extra effort. Yes ill certainly have a word in mine.. the only time i went in 4 yrs ago when i moved here i spoke to a chap with a nazi tattoo mind you. Im a bit scared. Earlier that day nearby i 'spoke ' to a weird one eyed woman, who spoke no english, with a dog with different coloured eyes.. called Bob. Thats all she said pointing at dog, Bob. With our pine forest steep valleys.. I thought id just landed in a twin peaks episode. Btw i like your green, in your J. Thx zh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) Edited November 11, 2020 by zoothorn 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Looks good! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Onoff said: Looks good! ? Well only cos of you guys' input.. hugely satisfying. Looks browner here in pics, as I chose, but worryingly beige In reality I think With all the light pouring in this room. Turns out I didnt need my stupid 'alone' piece of skirting so well he did this old wall, i rather like too, but hey ho. A break now faff with me curtains etc, get moved in.. then onto the flamin door! Final job up here. Gotta be a good fit too as i can hear the dreaded CH compressor 3 rooms away even in here. Thanks zH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNewton Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) Yes, looks good @zoothorn I enjoy your threads, sometimes for the wrong reason and by God sometimes they are *painful*, but it is great to see one conclude with a nice ending. I do hoping you're sprawling around on that carpet taking in that new carpet smell? Oh, is it just me that does that then? P.S. Please only mention your air pump in the relevant thread; we don't need to all hear it (pun intended!) in here... Edited November 11, 2020 by MJNewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 Thanks MJN. Yes I sprawled @MJNewton once but I do have my big f-o french doors so couldn't writhe about. & the new smell.. omg is ace. why this can't be bottled & sold or summink burnt & it gives off its sheepy whiff, is utterly beyond me. My air pump like sooo sucks. it wakes me up spews out water doesn't get me warm & I shall proclaim its wretchedness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNewton Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 29 minutes ago, zoothorn said: Yes I sprawled @MJNewton once Just to be clear to other readers; I wasn't actually there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 33 minutes ago, MJNewton said: Just to be clear to other readers; I wasn't actually there Tbf he didn't specifically say where it happened just that it did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Has anyone ever known of, or experienced feet 'ache' from spongey underlay-? I kniow this might seem a weird one, but carpet just in I asked about the underlay on day fitting (knowing its important) & told 'got you some good stuff'. Its definitely slightly higher & spongier underlay than adjacent bedroom he did 3 yrs ago, but the carpet indents very noticeably (IE if you stand for a while in one spot, or kneel).. & I can't help feeling its actually making my feet ache. A bit like a soft bed makes my back ache. It might just be my mind playing tricks. It does feel a bit odd tho like Ive got noticeable padding under the carpet, which always 'registers' rather than an underlay which you don't notice after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 1 minute ago, zoothorn said: underlay Is it made in Spain per chance? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Just now, Onoff said: Is it made in Spain per chance? Who knows, I can ask him.. but I bet Ive been given the crap stuff. I know nothing about such materials, googling all I can it seems the only info is the thinner the poorer quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Onoff said: Is it made in Spain per chance? You're wasted on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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