On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:34:07 +0000, Jimk wrote:
David Wrote in message:
In 2012 we had the rear of the house extended and a new kitchen fitted.
Laminate flooring and the kitchen on top.
Kick board/plate sealed to the laminate with some kind of silicone
sealant.
My previous experience of silicone sealant is that it still stays
fairly soft and flexible and can be peeled off if required.
This clear sealant seems to be set hard.
Moderate attempts with a knife won't cut it, and I am delaying getting
brutal because I don't want to damage the floor or kick board.
I am off to trawl the Internet, but meanwhile does anyone know how to
soften or otherwise remove this stuff without terminal destruction?
I may be taking the wrong approach because I am trying to see
underneath a built in dishwasher to try and trace a leak.
I assumed that I would have to take the kick plate off.
Do I instead have to slide the dishwasher out?
That is, does a built in dishwasher sit on a cabinet floor or do its'
bits dangle into the void?
Cheers
Dave R
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AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64
Will the kick panel not come off with some flavour of moulded
extrusion still attached to the bottom?
You may have to remove other kick boards to release the one you
want out.
If they are done proper there'll be clips securing the kick boards
to the cabinet legs too..
The laminate floor goes under the kitchen units right up to the wall.
The units are one long run along the wall of roughly 7.4 metres.
The kick board is one long run of 3 metres, followed by another run of 2.4
metres.
It has just been suggested to me that it may not be silicone sealant, but
instead a plastic moulding/u shaped channel as used (for example) to seal
round glass shower doors.
I will investigate further.
It is a Howdens kitchen.
I am assuming that it is clipped to the legs of the cabinets.
Cheers
Dave R
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AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64
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