On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:17:23 +0000, Jon Fairbairn
wrote:


I've made some kickers (the fronts of the plinths) for my
kitchen. I want to make an unobtrusive seal between them
and the floor to stop spills seeping underneath, but as I
store junk behind them (and some of them are actually
drawers) I don't want to run silicone sealant along the
bottom. What I'd like is something like the stuff that
comes with IKEA plinths -- a transparent plastic strip that
fits on the bottom edge of the kicker and has a vane that
presses against the floor.

I've made some diagrams of roughly what I'm after here
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jon.fairbairn/kicker-plastic.png
and here
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jon.fairbairn/kicker-silicone.png. What
happens on the invisible inside edge doesn't matter (the
IKEA stuff has a vane and vertical part both sides) I don't
think IKEA sells this stuff separately.

Not knowing the True Name of such seals, I've tried web
searches for various combinations of "plastic", "silicone",
"strip", "flashing" and "seal" without any really useful
result; I found sites that would make such things, but as I
only want about 10m, a minimum order of 1km seems a bit too
much. What should I be searching for? Or where can I get
some?

Thanks,

Jón

As you made the kickers them I'm guessing they won't have a groove
along the bottom like my MFI ones have to take the seal. You could
try doing a search for companies that do shower screen seals .They
might have something that you could use . There are also door seals to
keep out draughts .The one I have has a metal part that nails on to
the outside door surround and the other part is rubber which seals
against the door when it's closed .
You also get seals in DG windows but I'm not sure how they fit on