On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:21:27 +0000, David wrote:
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?
OK.
Every day is a school day. :-(
Yes the kick board just pulls out from the clips.
Yes it sits in a plastic moulding.
For practical purposes of access I started by removing the plinth heater
by the passage door onto the deck and working my way along the run of
kitchen units to the other end where the dishwasher is.
However the fitters gave it a little bit of extra help to stay in place,
using thin screws down from inside the cupboards at a couple of points.
I destroyed one length of board by pulling it off the screw then my memory
in chief (partner) recalled seeing them put screws in and I located the
next one.
Most of the run is now free, but I have to dismount the second plinth
heater to see what the buggers have done around there.
After that, it is back to draining the swamp - that is, trying to work out
where the dishwasher is leaking.
I will have to renew the kick boards but that is no great deal; they are
cheap enough.
Probably worth checking everything out and doing a few Round Tuit jobs at
the same time now that I have ripped the ****er apart.
This is why I hate starting any new jobs.
There is always something that sticks or breaks or is hidden behind
something else and needs fixing.
Small consolation is that the run of kick board would have had to come out
anyway to access the dishwasher whether i fettle it, someone else fettles
it, or we replace it.
I feel another thread about expected life of appliances coming on.
Cheers
Dave R
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