Tanner-'op wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Frank Erskine wrote:
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:50:40 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
Tanner-'op wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Stephen wrote:
Hi,
I think I have seen plastic wedges you can buy to fit behind
door frames to make them plumb. What are they called so that I
might buy some?
https://www.screwfix.com/prods/35600...stic-Shims-100
Dave,
Bloody expensive items when all you need is a bit of wood and saw
to make your own (and you as a power-tool freak can even use a
circular saw to make 'em) - and absolutely useless when the
opening is far bigger than frame!
Tanner-'op
You miss the point matey. The SF ones are slotted so they drop
over the fixing and stay in place whatever you are doing - and you
can stack them, so if you had a 23mm gap you could use 3x6 & 1x5
and get things exactly right.
Wow!
A wooden wedge would give you total control, as a real craftsman,
over any adjustments, Imperial (preferably) or metric
It wouldn't give you anything like total control. It would fall out
if you backed off the fixing. And can't be adjusted if its too small
or too big.
Ever heard of a folding wedge Dave? I doubt it with your lack of
technical knowledge!
I'm fully aware of what a folding wedge or fox wedge is thank you - old
fashioned technology. My lack of technical knowledge? Thats rich coming
from someone stuck in the past like you are.
We don't use Yankee screwdrivers anymore, we use drill drivers. The
Ralwtool has been replaced. Pozidrive screws have been invented. Gripfill,
push fit plumbing, hard point saws, mobile phones, credit cards etc - the
world has changed since you were a lad.
Wooden wedges are a bodge compared to plastic ones.
Funny that, all the *professional* chippies I know wouldn't use the
things for fitting door frames - far too fiddly and unreliable to use.
Fiddly? You are having a laugh. The *professional* chippies you know must
all be stuck in a 1950's time warp like you are. Probably not bright enough
to appeciate modern technology.
The entire point of plastic packers is that they hang over the frame fixing
and don't fall off. You can add or remove them in 1mm increments
Again - *FOLDING* *WEDGES* Dave - those things can hold collapsing
buildings up and give a great accuracy in use, unlike plastic wedges.
Complete bollox.
So, two opposing wedges of completely unknown dimensions, tapped together to
give yet another unknown dimension are more accurate than a plastic wedge
with a tolerance of +/- .005mm?
Catch up matey. These days window & door frames are fixed using frame
fixings, not wooden wedges hammered into the gaps between bricks & clout
nails. Frame fixings give a stronger fix. They can be screwed in or out to
adjust the frame.
Try that with folding wedges & every time you back off a fixing the folding
wedge will fall out - a plastic packer won't & you can add another 1mm which
won't fall out either.
Who realistically wants their house to be held together by bits of
metrically specced kit?
The French?
Ah! That's where you did your research for that little franchise of
yours - France. Now that explains a lot!
First of all its not a franchise, its entirely mine from the ground up. I
may franchise the concept in the future.
The research wasn't into methods of doing the job, that's relatively simple
to someone of average intelligence who has renovated several houses. The
research was into marketing the concept and developing a brand - which has
been hugely successful.
And that's why I'm still booked up for weeks ahead at top money whilst many
*experienced* tradesmen are crying in their beer about lack of work.
--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk