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In reply to Post #30
I'd be lost without it mate, so much easier and more accurate (still have to check them tho, they don't like being dropped)
Were both the same colour or were you comparing red to green?
I'd be lost without it mate, so much easier and more accurate (still have to check them tho, they don't like being dropped)
Were both the same colour or were you comparing red to green?
In reply to Post #32
Both red.
My Dewalt is only the entry level but for using at home indoors is more than enough for me as a DIYer.
The reason for the Dewalt being superior is the glass is at 45% meaning the beam covers all of the wall, ceiling and floor all at once vertically, horizontally its also very wide
The beam on the cheap one without the 45% was far more limited.
Both red.
My Dewalt is only the entry level but for using at home indoors is more than enough for me as a DIYer.
The reason for the Dewalt being superior is the glass is at 45% meaning the beam covers all of the wall, ceiling and floor all at once vertically, horizontally its also very wide
The beam on the cheap one without the 45% was far more limited.
In reply to Post #33
The cheaper dewalt ones are still professional tools. To late for you but screwfix usually aren't good on prices with them. My bosch one was double the price in screwfix/toolstation.
Some of cheap offerings are crap, a sparky had a cheap one on a job and couldn't work out why his sockets weren't parallel with my worktops, turns out the one he had was self levelling and pretty accurate, but had no warning when it went past the range it could compensate for
The cheaper dewalt ones are still professional tools. To late for you but screwfix usually aren't good on prices with them. My bosch one was double the price in screwfix/toolstation.
Some of cheap offerings are crap, a sparky had a cheap one on a job and couldn't work out why his sockets weren't parallel with my worktops, turns out the one he had was self levelling and pretty accurate, but had no warning when it went past the range it could compensate for
In reply to Post #34
It certain feels professional it's a DW088K. I had special offer code and paid £89.99 which at the time I couldn't beat elsewhere, also if there's any problems Screwfix is only around the corner.
I bought a Dewalt Orbital Sander last week from Howe Tools, that was much cheaper than Screwfix
I always try to use Topcashback or Quidco to gain a few more pennies
It certain feels professional it's a DW088K. I had special offer code and paid £89.99 which at the time I couldn't beat elsewhere, also if there's any problems Screwfix is only around the corner.
I bought a Dewalt Orbital Sander last week from Howe Tools, that was much cheaper than Screwfix
I always try to use Topcashback or Quidco to gain a few more pennies
In reply to Post #35
Looks good
I like to show off and leave it on when I go home so the client walks in to see all the top glowing red
I have to have rechargeables or it'd cost me a fortune.
Plug the sander into a hoover, that dust gets everywhere!
Looks good
I like to show off and leave it on when I go home so the client walks in to see all the top glowing red
I have to have rechargeables or it'd cost me a fortune.
Plug the sander into a hoover, that dust gets everywhere!
I asked the neighbour if he requested a canopy here, said he would have asked for a straight one
Notice the rsj peeking through, looks like the weight of the doors has pulled it forward
Decorator will get over it...
Another day, another room, same crap
I question the blokes ability to get dressed in the morning unassisted if he can't figure these out.
Back to some proper jobs for a while so this'll likely be the last photo, and i think it sums up the standards of AAaaaaaarrrrrggghhhh Design and build perfectly
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In reply to Post #37
I question the blokes ability to get dressed in the morning unassisted if he can't figure these out.
So considering what you have to work with, have you managed to salvage the kitchen and now you are finished?
I question the blokes ability to get dressed in the morning unassisted if he can't figure these out.
So considering what you have to work with, have you managed to salvage the kitchen and now you are finished?
In reply to Post #38
Waiting on some replacement bits and other work to be done before the final finish, but the difference is night and day from what I started with. Would have been a nice job to do from the start
Waiting on some replacement bits and other work to be done before the final finish, but the difference is night and day from what I started with. Would have been a nice job to do from the start
In reply to Post #39
Who made the kitchen?
I got mine from here
LINKY POO™ https://diy-kitchens.com/
Have you worked on them, what's your honest opinion, don't hold back!
Who made the kitchen?
I got mine from here
LINKY POO™ https://diy-kitchens.com/
Have you worked on them, what's your honest opinion, don't hold back!
In reply to Post #37
Talking of canopies here's a story.
The first builder prior to building a canopy over my daughter's front door I asked him if he could extend it so that it also covered our front door.
He agreed to do so.
I agreed to pay for my half after he'd completed it.
He completed the work and my daughter had to pay her half as the contract administrator who was overseeing the project issues the builder with a certificate for payment. This was then passed onto my daughter's solicitor by him for payment and it was promptly paid.
I however had my concerns about the whole canopy and despite the builder attempting to put things right it was still not right.
The builder took me to a small claims court demanding payment of £950. Having taken me to court I sought an expert inspection/report on said canopy and needless to say it was condemned as it didn't even meet regulations and it was even lifting in the wind and pieces falling off. Needless to say the builder didn't carry on with his claim thereafter.
In come the second builder with a second contract administrator and I informed my daughter's solicitor that the canopy was lifting and pieces falling off it. I was told that if I was confident enough to take it down then to do so because this was a Saturday afternoon and to wait until Monday for the builders to return could have being dangerous to people such as postmen etc etc.
Anyway, it's all documented for me to take it down and during taking it down I took photographs and forwarded these onto my daughter's solicitor along with it all bagged up into 1 tonne sacks.
For some inexplicable reason the contract administrator gave the builder a certificate for payment as he believed they had taken it down, then lo and behold the builder then forwarded it to my daughters solicitor in which it was paid totalling £450.
That is just the tip of a very very expensive and frustrating iceberg.
Talking of canopies here's a story.
The first builder prior to building a canopy over my daughter's front door I asked him if he could extend it so that it also covered our front door.
He agreed to do so.
I agreed to pay for my half after he'd completed it.
He completed the work and my daughter had to pay her half as the contract administrator who was overseeing the project issues the builder with a certificate for payment. This was then passed onto my daughter's solicitor by him for payment and it was promptly paid.
I however had my concerns about the whole canopy and despite the builder attempting to put things right it was still not right.
The builder took me to a small claims court demanding payment of £950. Having taken me to court I sought an expert inspection/report on said canopy and needless to say it was condemned as it didn't even meet regulations and it was even lifting in the wind and pieces falling off. Needless to say the builder didn't carry on with his claim thereafter.
In come the second builder with a second contract administrator and I informed my daughter's solicitor that the canopy was lifting and pieces falling off it. I was told that if I was confident enough to take it down then to do so because this was a Saturday afternoon and to wait until Monday for the builders to return could have being dangerous to people such as postmen etc etc.
Anyway, it's all documented for me to take it down and during taking it down I took photographs and forwarded these onto my daughter's solicitor along with it all bagged up into 1 tonne sacks.
For some inexplicable reason the contract administrator gave the builder a certificate for payment as he believed they had taken it down, then lo and behold the builder then forwarded it to my daughters solicitor in which it was paid totalling £450.
That is just the tip of a very very expensive and frustrating iceberg.
In reply to Post #41
He completed the work and my daughter had to pay her half as the contract administrator who was overseeing the project issues the builder with a certificate for payment. This was then passed onto my daughter's solicitor by him for payment and it was promptly paid.
I can understand it if it were a big complex undertaking but why would contract administrators and solicitors get involved in a canopy?
He completed the work and my daughter had to pay her half as the contract administrator who was overseeing the project issues the builder with a certificate for payment. This was then passed onto my daughter's solicitor by him for payment and it was promptly paid.
I can understand it if it were a big complex undertaking but why would contract administrators and solicitors get involved in a canopy?
In reply to Post #40
Done a few of those, found them a decent product, service and aftercare. The problem is usually in the diy bit
Its been a while tho, I'm sure there were things with the product I didn't like. My issue was turning up to fit a job and having to redesign it wasting hours in the process, losing time waiting for the right stuff...
Hopefully that side of it has got better
Done a few of those, found them a decent product, service and aftercare. The problem is usually in the diy bit
Its been a while tho, I'm sure there were things with the product I didn't like. My issue was turning up to fit a job and having to redesign it wasting hours in the process, losing time waiting for the right stuff...
Hopefully that side of it has got better
In reply to Post #41
Too many cooks
Too many cooks
In reply to Post #43
I'm pleased with the actual product but I can imagine problems for people like yourself who turn up and have to fit something that an unqualified person has designed.
I spent ages backwards and forwards on the phone and emails trying to get it right.
Even then there was a couple of unexpected things that needed some thought.
Almost finished, I've done everything I can.
Just need worksurfaces and splashbacks which I can't do.
Someone came yesterday to template them, the same company will fit them within 2 weeks
After seeing it as someone else's house I went for Dekton in the end.
Please don't tell me I've made a mistake!
I'm pleased with the actual product but I can imagine problems for people like yourself who turn up and have to fit something that an unqualified person has designed.
I spent ages backwards and forwards on the phone and emails trying to get it right.
Even then there was a couple of unexpected things that needed some thought.
Almost finished, I've done everything I can.
Just need worksurfaces and splashbacks which I can't do.
Someone came yesterday to template them, the same company will fit them within 2 weeks
After seeing it as someone else's house I went for Dekton in the end.
Please don't tell me I've made a mistake!