kitchens

[charlie1]

What's your method for prepairing a kitchen prior to work in terms of dust sheets? What do you use to secure the sheets? Tape, tiles, anything?

 

[Ian]

I just put a dust sheet down, I use a stair runner dust sheet that is narrower so doesn't keep sliding off the work top.

 

[White Room]

If your talking worktops, I've used carpet underlay for protection....

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

I would use dust sheets but i never do them so it's not a problem :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Saltire69]

i use an old towel Charlie. Just move it along as u go.

 

[Andy Allen]

i use dust sheets, and empty stella boxs.......i seem to have a lot of them for some reason..:blush5:

 

[charlie1]

Well reason I mention is because I started using different method, having done hundereds of kitchens in past I used to go in and dust sheet up the whole area but here what I do now. Get a 2m bit of 2x2 timber and wrap sheet arround this and simply move it to area your working on, you work so much cleaner as you can roll it up and shake it outside! Saves so much time for me!

 

[Peter]

Just use a bathboard myself. Don't really like the idea of dustsheets on anything other than carpet coverings as they can score worktops if grit gets underneath them.

 

[mz30]

keep the area clean and you need nothing to protect worktops ,my cutter has rubber feet and i set my wet cutter away from the worktops.never done any damage in 20+ years

 

[swanman]

You use a wet cutter inside bet the customer loves you

 

[swanman]

Oh and i use dust sheets

 

[Andy Allen]

keep the area clean and you need nothing to protect worktops ,my cutter has rubber feet and i set my wet cutter away from the worktops.never done any damage in 20+ years

sooner you than me mate, i make sure all surfaces and kitchen doors are fully covered..

 

[***tony***]

I bought a rubber sheet used for yoga etc., from Lidel or Aldi, non slip, roll it up when finished, just the job.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I use a couple of pieces of Dural silent tread ( the felt type sound proofer) 1m wide, keep one side clean to make sure I don't scratch the work top. Works for me.

 

[Andy Tiler]

I use roll and stroll laminate protecter 1mtre wide self adhesive just roll it over the worktop and stick it down..


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[White Room]

I bought a rubber sheet used for yoga etc., from Lidel or Aldi, non slip, roll it up when finished, just the job.

Like that idea, must shop aldis more often.....

 

[Dan]

Seems there are quite a few ways of going about it then!

I'd be worried about using old dust sheets due to bits of tile and dirty scratching some of the more sensitive (and often expensive) worktops but we used to collect dust sheets (old bedding etc) off all our regular customers on a fairly regular basis so always had a load of fresh ones we'd use for things like this and baths.

I like the idea of the yoga mats too! And the winding up a dust sheet around 2x2 so that you can take it outside to shake it off.

 

[Brindle]

Stair runner dust sheets, folded double or triple. I try and check for scratches before I touch any worktop, and highlight any to customer first!

 

[Dan]

Very wise.

Had a customer once that had a top end stainless steel worksurface and built-in sink that needed oiling every week apparently. Tiled the kitchen and cleaned the work surface off and it went all misty. Thought oh bugger this aint gonne be cheap. He got in I had my sorry face on and he just got a bottle of spray oil out, sprayed it, wiped it, and it was all shiney again.

You wouldn't believe how long I was trying to bugg it up for.

Never seen such a work surface before or since! Not something I'd have in my home. Not very practical at all.

 

[Dan]

Looked a bit like this but was huge and had a food-chopper-upper-thing in the sink (can't think of the bloody name of them now)

 

[Ian]

A waste disposal? Or a knife? :lol:

 

[mz30]

You use a wet cutter inside bet the customer loves you

Ah i forgot to add i do mainly site work,no customers to annoy,and if the units are protected i usually take the protection off because its a hindrance,like i said never done any damage,so what works for me works for me .

Now if i was doin a kitchen on a domestic job i would have some sort of protection on worktop but would not go as far as covering everything doors etc and my wet cutter would still be inside lol

 

[swanman]

I wouldent have you tile my kitchen then

 

[mz30]

So because i dont go over the top and cover everything and prefer my wetcutter close by you wouldnt let me tile your kitchen?am gutted:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Aston]

i reckon swanman is a man utd supporter ;0)