Worktop Joint
 

My Mum has just purchased her Council house and everything that's been OK
for the last 20 years "needs changing" i.e, bathroom, kitchen, fence, patio
etc and Yours Truly has got the contract!!
My question relates to the kitchen worktop. It will only have one join as
it will be 'L' shaped and I don't want to go to the expense of hiring a jig
etc., or a joiner for that matter, for one joint. I am sure I have seen
mention on here of worktops with pre machined male and female joints or am I
dreaming it? If anybody can point me in the right direction I would
appreciate it.

Many thanks

John

In article , John wrote:
I am sure I have seen
mention on here of worktops with pre machined male and female joints or am I
dreaming it? If anybody can point me in the right direction I would
appreciate it.

Our local Homebase sells them

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"John" wrote in message
...
My Mum has just purchased her Council house and everything that's been OK
for the last 20 years "needs changing" i.e, bathroom, kitchen, fence,
patio
etc and Yours Truly has got the contract!!
My question relates to the kitchen worktop. It will only have one join as
it will be 'L' shaped and I don't want to go to the expense of hiring a
jig
etc., or a joiner for that matter, for one joint. I am sure I have seen
mention on here of worktops with pre machined male and female joints or am
I
dreaming it? If anybody can point me in the right direction I would
appreciate it.


Any good woodworking place will cut the surface and put butt and scribe
joints in for about £55. Use the coloured worksurface glue from Screwfix
for a good result.

Homebase or B&Q will do it in store for you.

Cheers



"G&M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
...
My Mum has just purchased her Council house and everything that's been OK
for the last 20 years "needs changing" i.e, bathroom, kitchen, fence,
patio
etc and Yours Truly has got the contract!!
My question relates to the kitchen worktop. It will only have one join
as
it will be 'L' shaped and I don't want to go to the expense of hiring a
jig
etc., or a joiner for that matter, for one joint. I am sure I have seen
mention on here of worktops with pre machined male and female joints or
am
I
dreaming it? If anybody can point me in the right direction I would
appreciate it.


Any good woodworking place will cut the surface and put butt and scribe
joints in for about £55. Use the coloured worksurface glue from Screwfix
for a good result.

This is OK IF the corner is square

You could get it done professionally for around £60 if you are in Essex

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"Andrew" wrote in message
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Homebase or B&Q will do it in store for you.

Cheers



"G&M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
...
My Mum has just purchased her Council house and everything that's been
OK
for the last 20 years "needs changing" i.e, bathroom, kitchen, fence,
patio
etc and Yours Truly has got the contract!!
My question relates to the kitchen worktop. It will only have one join
as
it will be 'L' shaped and I don't want to go to the expense of hiring a
jig
etc., or a joiner for that matter, for one joint. I am sure I have
seen
mention on here of worktops with pre machined male and female joints or
am
I
dreaming it? If anybody can point me in the right direction I would
appreciate it.


Any good woodworking place will cut the surface and put butt and scribe
joints in for about £55. Use the coloured worksurface glue from
Screwfix
for a good result.






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"kitchenman" wrote in message
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This is OK IF the corner is square

You could get it done professionally for around £60 if you are in Essex

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dave batter
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In which case you would adjust the position of the units and worktop, and
not cut an out of square joint.

dg

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:00:05 +0000, dg wrote:


"kitchenman" wrote in message
o.uk...
This is OK IF the corner is square

You could get it done professionally for around £60 if you are in Essex

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dave batter
www.kitchenman.co.uk

In which case you would adjust the position of the units and worktop, and
not cut an out of square joint.

This is a matter of degree (ahem 'scuse the pun).
If the walls are out so that you have more than a couple of cm gap at
the back then you are going to have a lot of trouble.
In my experience that sort of misalignment is normal.

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You can buy a metal joint strip that is formed to take both faces, it is
fixed to both worktops, does the job for about 5 pounds, fit it yourself.


"John" wrote in message
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My Mum has just purchased her Council house and everything that's been OK
for the last 20 years "needs changing" i.e, bathroom, kitchen, fence,
patio
etc and Yours Truly has got the contract!!
My question relates to the kitchen worktop. It will only have one join as
it will be 'L' shaped and I don't want to go to the expense of hiring a
jig
etc., or a joiner for that matter, for one joint. I am sure I have seen
mention on here of worktops with pre machined male and female joints or am
I
dreaming it? If anybody can point me in the right direction I would
appreciate it.

Many thanks

John

That's what I call a salmonella joint, if you want it to look right you
gotta pay for it


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"@BB" wrote in message
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You can buy a metal joint strip that is formed to take both faces, it is
fixed to both worktops, does the job for about 5 pounds, fit it yourself.


"John" wrote in message
...
My Mum has just purchased her Council house and everything that's been
OK
for the last 20 years "needs changing" i.e, bathroom, kitchen, fence,
patio
etc and Yours Truly has got the contract!!
My question relates to the kitchen worktop. It will only have one join
as
it will be 'L' shaped and I don't want to go to the expense of hiring a
jig
etc., or a joiner for that matter, for one joint. I am sure I have seen
mention on here of worktops with pre machined male and female joints or
am
I
dreaming it? If anybody can point me in the right direction I would
appreciate it.

Many thanks

John






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In article ,
kitchenman writes
That's what I call a salmonella joint, if you want it to look right you
gotta pay for it



Recently doing up my mum and dad's old house and in the kitchen I
remember some of the dodgy practises that went on there. By rights we
should have all been long deceased with all manner of illnesses but for
some strange reason I can hardly ever remember anyone having a gut upset
and of course allergies were unheard of...

Perhaps our excessive cleanliness?. After all you should seen how my old
grannie lived, and she waited till she was 89 before she departed this
life, and I never recall her being ill......
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It was a client who first coined that phrase.

She was/is a nursing sister at a local hospital

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"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article ,
kitchenman writes
That's what I call a salmonella joint, if you want it to look right you
gotta pay for it



Recently doing up my mum and dad's old house and in the kitchen I
remember some of the dodgy practises that went on there. By rights we
should have all been long deceased with all manner of illnesses but for
some strange reason I can hardly ever remember anyone having a gut upset
and of course allergies were unheard of...

Perhaps our excessive cleanliness?. After all you should seen how my old
grannie lived, and she waited till she was 89 before she departed this
life, and I never recall her being ill......
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:36:21 GMT, "kitchenman"
wrote:

She was/is a nursing sister at a local hospital

We should take hygiene advice from British hospitals ?

In article , Andy Dingley
writes
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:36:21 GMT, "kitchenman"
wrote:

She was/is a nursing sister at a local hospital

We should take hygiene advice from British hospitals ?

Probably when she *was* there;!......
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