The PURCHASE of HANDTOOLS

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:21 pm

I've seen enough now to be convinced that Hand Tools ought to be sold only to purchasers who can first demonstrate a certain level of competence.

We moved into a new flat at the beginning of the year and I've discovered that the place a veritable landmine of mechanical-electrical cock-ups. First off was the placement of the bog-roll dispenser – right at your elbow. We had scabs up and down our forearm for 3 weeks until I could find my tools and shift the thing up and out of harms way.

It's an older apartment with timber floors that creak. I rather like it that way but the door to our boys room rattled (when closed) every time we walked past it. Easily fixed with a bit of sticky-sided furniture foot floss. Why didn't the previous occupants think of it?

There were at least 14 hooks on the walls of our bedroom ¦ all of them painted over, leaving dried globs of paint. I pulled each of them and filled in the holes before re-painting.

The TV antenna cable was pulled at a thoughtless angle from the wall outlet to the floor and permanently tacked along the boards “as is.

They'd had a micro-wave oven placed in the thin-metal cupboard directly above the fridge. But I guess they'd spent all of their money on the micro-wave and were left skint. They couldn't afford to purchase a “three lead ground cable? It is required by Swedish law to use ONLY “three lead ground wiring in the kitchen, the loo, and the garage. So here was a dual outlet (each with its own fuse for safety purposes), one for the fridge, the second for the freezer ¦. but these fools put in a non-grounded adapter (the flanges carved off with a knife to make it fit) and plugged it in the micro-wave with that. But that's not all! The white-enamel metal cupboard above the fridge (made for bread and such) had no hole at the back through which the micro-wave cable could be fed. So did they drill a nice clean hole then screw off the the cable head in order to thread the thing through to the now “illegal electrical outlet? Oh no. Instead, they drilled a series of small holes through the back of the metal cupboard, forming a rugged circle (the approximate diameter of the cable head), then violently knocked it through with a hammer, leaving a jagged, razor sharp, daisy-like gape in the back of the cupboard. And did they at least grind or file the edges smooth? Not a chance. So there it was this cable, resting through and upon a razor-sharp, jagged hole. And each time you'd open or close the fridge the vibration would slice its' way closer, (ever closer) to the non-ground wire within – just waiting for the moment it would “short out and set fire to the whole building and the lives half the residents of the neighbourhood. As it was behind the fridge and freezer, it was a month before I discovered what a time bomb catastrophe there was lurking there.

Today I decided it was time to mount a couple of gate hooks on the door to the balcony so that we could let in fresh air without propping a chair against the door to keep it from flapping in the wind. I just finished the job about an hour ago. But then I had to remove the silly window clasp they had affixed to the upper edge of the door (requiring a foot stool in order to reach) that only allowed for about a centimetre gap anyway. Four screws was all it took. But but for Christ's sake it took half an hour. Every screw-head was stripped, leaving virtually no grip for the screwdriver to get its tooth into. I had to drill them out – one by one – and twist them with a flat-nose pliers.

So please, people – take note of the different sorts of screwdrivers (and their sizes), and make an effort to find out their purpose. Please?

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:31 pm

Kept you busy though didn't it ?

Smaug · Post by **Smaug** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:09 pm

High Threshold;1483573 wrote: I've seen enough now to be convinced that Hand Tools ought to be sold only to purchasers who can first demonstrate a certain level of competence.

We moved into a new flat at the beginning of the year and I've discovered that the place a veritable landmine of mechanical-electrical cock-ups. First off was the placement of the bog-roll dispenser – right at your elbow. We had scabs up and down our forearm for 3 weeks until I could find my tools and shift the thing up and out of harms way.

It's an older apartment with timber floors that creak. I rather like it that way but the door to our boys room rattled (when closed) every time we walked past it. Easily fixed with a bit of sticky-sided furniture foot floss. Why didn't the previous occupants think of it?

There were at least 14 hooks on the walls of our bedroom ¦ all of them painted over, leaving dried globs of paint. I pulled each of them and filled in the holes before re-painting.

The TV antenna cable was pulled at a thoughtless angle from the wall outlet to the floor and permanently tacked along the boards “as is.

They'd had a micro-wave oven placed in the thin-metal cupboard directly above the fridge. But I guess they'd spent all of their money on the micro-wave and were left skint. They couldn't afford to purchase a “three lead ground cable? It is required by Swedish law to use ONLY “three lead ground wiring in the kitchen, the loo, and the garage. So here was a dual outlet (each with its own fuse for safety purposes), one for the fridge, the second for the freezer ¦. but these fools put in a non-grounded adapter (the flanges carved off with a knife to make it fit) and plugged it in the micro-wave with that. But that's not all! The white-enamel metal cupboard above the fridge (made for bread and such) had no hole at the back through which the micro-wave cable could be fed. So did they drill a nice clean hole then screw off the the cable head in order to thread the thing through to the now “illegal electrical outlet? Oh no. Instead, they drilled a series of small holes through the back of the metal cupboard, forming a rugged circle (the approximate diameter of the cable head), then violently knocked it through with a hammer, leaving a jagged, razor sharp, daisy-like gape in the back of the cupboard. And did they at least grind or file the edges smooth? Not a chance. So there it was this cable, resting through and upon a razor-sharp, jagged hole. And each time you'd open or close the fridge the vibration would slice its' way closer, (ever closer) to the non-ground wire within – just waiting for the moment it would “short out and set fire to the whole building and the lives half the residents of the neighbourhood. As it was behind the fridge and freezer, it was a month before I discovered what a time bomb catastrophe there was lurking there.

Today I decided it was time to mount a couple of gate hooks on the door to the balcony so that we could let in fresh air without propping a chair against the door to keep it from flapping in the wind. I just finished the job about an hour ago. But then I had to remove the silly window clasp they had affixed to the upper edge of the door (requiring a foot stool in order to reach) that only allowed for about a centimetre gap anyway. Four screws was all it took. But but for Christ's sake it took half an hour. Every screw-head was stripped, leaving virtually no grip for the screwdriver to get its tooth into. I had to drill them out – one by one – and twist them with a flat-nose pliers.

So please, people – take note of the different sorts of screwdrivers (and their sizes), and make an effort to find out their purpose. Please?

If I were you, I'd check absolutely everything in your new flat to make sure that the last residents (they weren't called Bodge & Scarper by chance?) haven't left you any more death-traps and time-bombs. Some people shouldn't go within 10 metres of a toolset!

Post by **Betty Boop** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:04 pm

It's good to know we have our very own 'handyman' at FG though, shame you live in Sweden :wah:

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:57 pm

Smaug;1483581 wrote: ..... Some people shouldn't go within 10 metres of a toolset!
Exactly what I was thinking. :yh_angry

Betty Boop;1483586 wrote: It's good to know we have our very own 'handyman' at FG though, shame you live in Sweden
Well, if you put on the kettle and contribute to my travel fees ¦... :yh_think

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:37 am

Betty Boop;1483586 wrote: It's good to know we have our very own 'handyman' at FG though, shame you live in Sweden :wah:

Handy men, I am apparently a professional handyman.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:46 am

High Threshold;1483591 wrote: Exactly what I was thinking. :yh_angry

Well, if you put on the kettle and contribute to my travel fees ¦... :yh_think

Writing the list of jobs to be done as we type.....:wah:

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:49 am

Bruv;1483594 wrote: Handy men, I am apparently a professional handyman.

two handy men! spoilt for choice now

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:55 am

Seriously, some of the bodge jobs I've seen by supposed 'Professionals' beggars belief.

There was a time when I was doing some wallpapering for a friend of mine. When I came to the part where the socket was I went to loosen the front fascia plate, and found one of the screws was loose, and the other wasn't even aligned with the backplate. I removed the fascia altogether, so as to get it all lined up & was horrified at what I found:

1. The backplate wasn't screwed to the wall. It was held in place by the cable.

2. Too much insulation had been stripped & had sellotape wrapped around it to stop it from shorting.

3. Where the live cable went into the connector there was no bolt, so a woodscrew had been used instead.

Furthermore, he had paid a professional electrical company £50 to convert what was a single socket into this double socket. Needless to say, I did the whole lot over for him - properly - and then completed the wallpapering. Really, it's scary what can go on.

Smaug · Post by **Smaug** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:46 am

FourPart;1483602 wrote: Seriously, some of the bodge jobs I've seen by supposed 'Professionals' beggars belief.

There was a time when I was doing some wallpapering for a friend of mine. When I came to the part where the socket was I went to loosen the front fascia plate, and found one of the screws was loose, and the other wasn't even aligned with the backplate. I removed the fascia altogether, so as to get it all lined up & was horrified at what I found:

1. The backplate wasn't screwed to the wall. It was held in place by the cable.

2. Too much insulation had been stripped & had sellotape wrapped around it to stop it from shorting.

3. Where the live cable went into the connector there was no bolt, so a woodscrew had been used instead.

Furthermore, he had paid a professional electrical company £50 to convert what was a single socket into this double socket. Needless to say, I did the whole lot over for him - properly - and then completed the wallpapering. Really, it's scary what can go on.

Cowboys like that are a risk to life and limb, and if caught,should be jailed!

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:42 am

Betty Boop;1483598 wrote: two handy men! spoilt for choice now

Choose me! Choose me! I've always wanted to visit Cornwall but never made it further west than Sidmouth.

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:48 am

FourPart;1483602 wrote: Seriously, some of the bodge jobs I've seen by supposed 'Professionals' beggars belief.

There was a time when I was doing some wallpapering for a friend of mine. When I came to the part where the socket was I went to loosen the front fascia plate, and found one of the screws was loose, and the other wasn't even aligned with the backplate. I removed the fascia altogether, so as to get it all lined up & was horrified at what I found:

1. The backplate wasn't screwed to the wall. It was held in place by the cable.

2. Too much insulation had been stripped & had sellotape wrapped around it to stop it from shorting.

3. Where the live cable went into the connector there was no bolt, so a woodscrew had been used instead.

Furthermore, he had paid a professional electrical company £50 to convert what was a single socket into this double socket. Needless to say, I did the whole lot over for him - properly - and then completed the wallpapering. Really, it's scary what can go on.
Gosh, thanks. I'm going to have nightmares tonight ..... for certain.

Smaug · Post by **Smaug** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:01 am

High Threshold;1483633 wrote: Gosh, thanks. I'm going to have nightmares tonight ..... for certain.

My grandpa still had wiring from the early 1920's in parts of his house-in the 80's. He realized the wiring was starting to "give up the ghost" when the dining room light-switch started to get hot!!! The house was duly re-wired post-haste!:yh_nailbi

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:57 am

Smaug;1483634 wrote: My grandpa still had wiring from the early 1920's in parts of his house-in the 80's. He realized the wiring was starting to "give up the ghost" when the dining room light-switch started to get hot!!! The house was duly re-wired post-haste!:yh_nailbi
Good man, Smaug!

SHAKSPEARE & COMPANY

I met George Whitman back in 1976. He owned the exceedingly famous Shakespeare & Company in the Quartier Latin of Paris. The bookshop was (still is) a magnet for anyone with literary aspirations. George allowed anyone stay over (bed bugs and all!) if they could either read one book from start to finish - in a day ¦. or if you could perform some task for him. He asked what I could do and when I told him I was an electrician he pointed the half-lit chandelier hanging just there at the entrance. And so it was decided that would be my cost for a night's rest. He had no scissors ladder so another bloke and I stood at the bottom of a simple, flat one trying our damnedest to hold it steady as a third guy ascended the thing. George switched it off himself but it had no effect because the guy up the ladder got a tremendous jolt and came crashing down onto our heads, and we all ended up in a heap on the floor. The guy was pretty shaken and told George in no uncertain terms that if he wanted it retrieved he'd have to do it himself! And George did it too ¦.... ignoring the voltage raging through his body! Anyway, it came down.

The thing was a true relic and the wires within were those grey-brown cloth-wrapped things that'd been the originals from ¦ from ¦.. from 1910/15? So rather than repairing the ones that wouldn't “light I drew them all out and replace every one of them with new, 1975 beauties. Back up the ladder did George go and once again he withstood the electric current through his fingers and into his body. Switch on! ****! Still only half of them lit! Back down again it came (shock and all) so that I could take a closer look at it. I tinkered with it but couldn't find the problem. Again it went up ¦. to no avail. George had an awful temper and he took it out on me. That's it! I left them to it and checked into a cheap pensione instead.

The next day I discretely slithered round the corner to see if George was a-foot and upon finding that he was in his room I slipped into the book shop to see what had happened after I'd left. Turns out that there TWO switches, each lighting the half! So the thing had still been “on the night before when George went up! I might have said “I could have told you that but I didn't. And yes, the thing worked fine!

You can see the chanalier (in this up-to-date Google-searched photo), hanging just there inside:

Ps. Even George's temper couldn't furnish immortality. He must have been about 112 years when I knew him (ha-ha) ¦. and he didn't have a single tooth in his mouth that I could see. Anyway, I dropped by many years later to see that his daughter had taken over the reigns of power. It's a "MUST VISIT" spot for any English speaker who finds himself in Paris. It's more of a living museum than a bookshoppe!

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 3:30 pm

High Threshold;1483632 wrote: Choose me! Choose me! I've always wanted to visit Cornwall but never made it further west than Sidmouth.

You may be put off with my list of jobs...

A gate that needs to be built and hung on my front wall (to stop a four year old escaping)

Laminate flooring in the kitchen that the landlord put down wrong and I now have three planks sticking up

A flat pack dressing table waiting to be built

Lots of painting I'm slowly working my way through bit by bit, almost finished the bathroom, just one more coat of the woodwork needed. I've also dug out the grouting at the bottom of the shower unit recently and have just tonight re-grouted it.

Both my front and back double glazed doors are a nightmare to close, I can see daylight around the back door and the front door has to be slammed all the time to get it to stay shut, I have on one occassion been 'stuck' in the house and unable to unlock either door to get out :wah:

2 x Curtain poles needing to be put up

I'm sure there's more :wah:

Smaug · Post by **Smaug** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 5:49 pm

Well HT, I remember the factory electrician at a large textile company I worked for in my youth who used to do all electrical repairs leaving the industrial power (440 volts, I think) switched on as he worked. I asked him if he gets a shock from time to time; his response was "All the time!!".

He reckoned that it felt like savage, jittery ants biting him all over, and that it didn't bother him much. Must admit, I didn't feel like shaking hands with him, especially if he was anywhere near an electric fusebox!!:wah:

Love the French "Olde Worlde Shoppe"; I'll be sure to pay a visit if I'm anywhere near there in the future as I enjoy browsing places like that. It's very charming!

BTW, his wiring sounds just like my Grandpa's, especially the light textile insulation. Maybe Grandpa's wiring was older than we thought!!!:yh_rotfl

With wiring like that, you don't need central heating...:wah:

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:26 pm

Betty Boop;1483651 wrote: You may be put off with my list of jobs...

A gate that needs to be built and hung on my front wall (to stop a four year old escaping)

Laminate flooring in the kitchen that the landlord put down wrong and I now have three planks sticking up

A flat pack dressing table waiting to be built

Lots of painting I'm slowly working my way through bit by bit, almost finished the bathroom, just one more coat of the woodwork needed. I've also dug out the grouting at the bottom of the shower unit recently and have just tonight re-grouted it.

Both my front and back double glazed doors are a nightmare to close, I can see daylight around the back door and the front door has to be slammed all the time to get it to stay shut, I have on one occassion been 'stuck' in the house and unable to unlock either door to get out :wah:

2 x Curtain poles needing to be put up

I'm sure there's more :wah:
Building a gate is a breeze and lots of fun too. I've made quite a few.

Three planks sticking up? Sounds to me someone was too generous with the water bucket. I haven't much experience with wooden floors (though now that we've got one I'll have to learn) ¦ but doesn't a periodic application of the proper oil prevent that problem from happening? That, and giving the mop an earnest wringing.

An IKEA dressing table, izzit. I can put those together with my eyes closed!

I'm not sure why it is that I hate putting up curtain rods. I'm lying. I know very well why I hate it. It's trying to find a solid spot at the corners of the windows in which to drill a hole to mount the damned things. They always crumble!

I guess double-glazing doesn't help much in the long haul if you're using wooden frames and jams. We use a sort of durable yet flexible plastic over here.

Glad to see you're holding with the English tradition of damp & warp that keeps the rest of the civilized world amused. Damp sitting rooms wearing a jumper, electric space heaters, and airing cupboards. Ahhhhh, it must be high time for a jaunt over the sleeve and a shopping spree at Foyles Bookshop anyway. It's been years. About 35 of them. So ¦. was it Twinings, did you say? :wah:

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:08 pm

Smaug;1483655 wrote: Well HT, I remember the factory electrician at a large textile company I worked for in my youth who used to do all electrical repairs leaving the industrial power (440 volts, I think) switched on as he worked. I asked him if he gets a shock from time to time; his response was "All the time!!".

He reckoned that it felt like savage, jittery ants biting him all over, and that it didn't bother him much. Must admit, I didn't feel like shaking hands with him, especially if he was anywhere near an electric fusebox!!

Jesus! The man sounds like a walking Power Surge! I can envision street lamps popping as he walks past the posts ...... one by one. But I suppose he glows in the dark anyway ¦ so who needs a lamp? :wah:

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:27 am

Betty Boop;1483651 wrote: You may be put off with my list of jobs...

A gate that needs to be built and hung on my front wall (to stop a four year old escaping)

Laminate flooring in the kitchen that the landlord put down wrong and I now have three planks sticking up

A flat pack dressing table waiting to be built

Lots of painting I'm slowly working my way through bit by bit, almost finished the bathroom, just one more coat of the woodwork needed. I've also dug out the grouting at the bottom of the shower unit recently and have just tonight re-grouted it.

Both my front and back double glazed doors are a nightmare to close, I can see daylight around the back door and the front door has to be slammed all the time to get it to stay shut, I have on one occassion been 'stuck' in the house and unable to unlock either door to get out :wah:

2 x Curtain poles needing to be put up

I'm sure there's more :wah:

Couldn't you get your Landlord to take a look at floor and doors ?

The doors sound like they are not square, or maybe the hinges have lose bolts or screws (whatever hold them together) or possibly they have dropped, where are they jamming ?

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:15 pm

Bruv;1483714 wrote: Couldn't you get your Landlord to take a look at floor and doors ?

The doors sound like they are not square, or maybe the hinges have lose bolts or screws (whatever hold them together) or possibly they have dropped, where are they jamming ?

He fitted the laminate in the first place, he wouldn't be amused to be told he put it down wrong. He didn't like it when I pointed out that the black spots all over the kitchen floor that I could never mop clean were actually spots of glue from putting the flooring down :wah:

He's pleased with his fitted kitchen, it was the first one he'd tackled. You don't notice much wrong at first but little finishing off bits haven't been done, no attention to detail etc, drives me nuts as my Dad was a perfectionist when it came to DIY.

He knows about the doors and is puzzled, he had to come and get me 'out' the house when I got stuck inside, he sprayed both doors with WD40 and left again, he basically doesn't want to spend any more money than he has to. The back door is not square, you can see it's not hanging straight. The front door issue of not closing properly may well be something to do with the strip of draft excluder around the plastic frame that has now stretched and just doesn't fit properly.

If as a woman I make suggestions as to what may be wrong he looks at me like I'm stupid. I'll press on until something becomes a major issue, I have the luxury at the moment of not having to have regular check ups with the land lord coming for a nose around, he makes me uncomfortable along with his two brats that come with him and his put upon wife. The brats wrecked the living room last time they called, they look feral and they took the toast out of my sons hand and ate the cereal out of his bowl without asking and with me watching. Had they called at the agreed time breakfast would have been over but they pitched up an hour early.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:24 pm

High Threshold;1483669 wrote: Building a gate is a breeze and lots of fun too. I've made quite a few.

Three planks sticking up? Sounds to me someone was too generous with the water bucket. I haven't much experience with wooden floors (though now that we've got one I'll have to learn) ¦ but doesn't a periodic application of the proper oil prevent that problem from happening? That, and giving the mop an earnest wringing.

An IKEA dressing table, izzit. I can put those together with my eyes closed!

I'm not sure why it is that I hate putting up curtain rods. I'm lying. I know very well why I hate it. It's trying to find a solid spot at the corners of the windows in which to drill a hole to mount the damned things. They always crumble!

I guess double-glazing doesn't help much in the long haul if you're using wooden frames and jams. We use a sort of durable yet flexible plastic over here.

Glad to see you're holding with the English tradition of damp & warp that keeps the rest of the civilized world amused. Damp sitting rooms wearing a jumper, electric space heaters, and airing cupboards. Ahhhhh, it must be high time for a jaunt over the sleeve and a shopping spree at Foyles Bookshop anyway. It's been years. About 35 of them. So ¦. was it Twinings, did you say? :wah:

It's laminate floor and no I haven't been too generous with the water. :wah: The flooring should never have the joints in a line, there are three lengths of flooring which all end in the same place, therefore there are three joints all lined up next to each other and these create a weak point at exactly the place where you stand a lot to prep food when cooking. I expect it was his first ever laminate floor too.

The doors are within a upvc frame, standard fitting for double glazing around these parts too.

My living room is warm and cosy, no damp :p

It is an Ikea dressing table yes, and I'm so glad it's not me making a hash of putting up curtain rails then! I had that same problem which is why I gave up.

I have Twinings Swiss Hot Chocolate, no tea in this house, YUCK!

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:40 pm

Is it wood laminate flooring ?

I shall try that again, is it sheet what they used to call lino, vinyl flooring ?

I don't think you need to stick either of them. Oooops!!!

Now......about the doors......The one that isn't square......is it not square, as in not hanging straight, or an irregular shaped door ?

Is it aluminum or UPVC double glazed ?

I would imagine it is hanging off square, can you see the hinge fixings ?

You might be able to tighten them with a screw driver, a few winds might do it.

Alternatively, start looking for a better landlord.

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:00 pm

Betty Boop;1483748 wrote: It's laminate floor and no I haven't been too generous with the water. :wah: The flooring should never have the joints in a line, there are three lengths of flooring which all end in the same place, therefore there are three joints all lined up next to each other and these create a weak point at exactly the place where you stand a lot to prep food when cooking. I expect it was his first ever laminate floor too.

The doors are within a upvc frame, standard fitting for double glazing around these parts too.

My living room is warm and cosy, no damp :p

It is an Ikea dressing table yes, and I'm so glad it's not me making a hash of putting up curtain rails then! I had that same problem which is why I gave up.

I have Twinings Swiss Hot Chocolate, no tea in this house, YUCK!
Never two joints in the same line . Right, yeah ¦. I uh ¦.. knew that ¦ of course ¦ everyone knows that ¦.. No tea? Hot chocolate gives me a migraine headache. Oh well, Bruv works cheaper than I do anyway.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:44 pm

Bruv;1483749 wrote: Is it wood laminate flooring ?

I shall try that again, is it sheet what they used to call lino, vinyl flooring ?

I don't think you need to stick either of them. Oooops!!!

Now......about the doors......The one that isn't square......is it not square, as in not hanging straight, or an irregular shaped door ?

Is it aluminum or UPVC double glazed ?

I would imagine it is hanging off square, can you see the hinge fixings ?

You might be able to tighten them with a screw driver, a few winds might do it.

Alternatively, start looking for a better landlord.

Yes wood laminate, I was trying to make the distinction that it wasn't a proper 'wood' floor. I know what I meant. I've had laminate before with no problem, mine wasn't glued either, this one is, although I suspect it is glued in 'places' where maybe he had problems. He's a bit of a bodge-it and scarper.

He keeps telling me off for putting my tumble dryer on top of a worktop in the utility room, seems to think its going to scratch the surface. He's said it three times and three times I have said 'it's got rubber feet' :-2

I will have a closer look at the hinges on the doors, they are upvc, quite old now but they look like they were good quality ones. The doors just lift on and off the hinges, my removal men just lifted them on and off when they moved me in here.

Better land lord? Hmm it's always the way that when rented properties are never brought to the same standard as a land lord's own home.

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:17 am

Betty Boop;1483755 wrote: ..... He keeps telling me off for putting my tumble dryer on top of a worktop in the utility room, seems to think its going to scratch the surface. He's said it three times and three times I have said 'it's got rubber feet' ....
Perhaps he's been too occupied looking at your betty boops. Next time tell him, "Look into my eyes" ..... then say it.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:12 am

The hinges may be lose, or the glass might not have been glazed properly. (It needs to be on blocks to throw its weight toward the hinge, toe and heel, is what the trade calls it)

In fact it could be simple or major depends who fitted it, but tightening a few screws would be a start.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:48 pm

Bruv;1483762 wrote: The hinges may be lose, or the glass might not have been glazed properly. (It needs to be on blocks to throw its weight toward the hinge, toe and heel, is what the trade calls it)

In fact it could be simple or major depends who fitted it, but tightening a few screws would be a start.

That video was very helpful, I will grab the correct tools at the weekend and take a look and see if I can sort either or both the doors out. Cheers Bruv! :-6