Recent content by xavb

thanks for the feedback. Time to call in a pro to install it.

Hi, I've had a kitchen hood installed, by a non professional. When the hood is on, the air appears to blow back through the walls(electrical sockets). I'm told that this is common if you live on the top floor of an appartment, which I do. The solution is further suggested that I should...

thanks for the suggestions:) This resin fix looks like the sturdiest option. So if they don't have that here, i'll find some no nails, gripfill type equivalent to fill these hollow bricks to sticks these plugs in. cheers guys

Hi, I'm trying to bolt a tv cabinet to the wall. the said wall is an inner wall between rooms, about 13cm thick. The idea was to drill 10x50mm holes and stick the wall plugs in. I did some drilling, however all the holes came out different and i hit a hollow part which makes the holes too...

Hi I'm about to build a wardrobe. I plan to use white melamine chipboards for everything including the doors. On top of these doors, i'd like to 'glue' decorative sheets of glass- lacobel to cover them up. Is this recommended? and would silicon do the trick? cheers, Xav

Thats what i planned on suggesting. he would also need to replace the door to the same size as the base cabinets, shift the fridge element up plus resize a door to the little cabinet above the fridge. but i'm wondering am i being complusive? and nagging? Is the kitchen dude crap, or is a...

its pretty long :S straight up: 1 to 2 = 40cm 90 bend: 2 to 3 = 25cm 90 bend: 3 to 4 = 110cm it has to be this way, hence i've been emphasizing on using smooth ducts to the kitchen dude. plus he's doing it in a way that from 3 to 4 its slopes back down 5cm to the chimney hole in the wall...

its pretty long :S straight up: 1 to 2 = 40cm 90 bend: 2 to 3 = 25cm 90 bend: 3 to 4 = 110cm it has to be this way, hence i've been emphasizing on using smooth ducts to the kitchen dude. plus he's doing it in a way that from 3 to 4 its slopes back down 5cm to the chimney hole in the wall...

Hi, We hired a kitchen dude to build our kitchen. In this kitchen there's an integrated fridge/freezer with the freezer at the bottom.... Turns out the kitchen dude made the freezer cabinet's door 8 mm shorter in height than the rest of the base cabinets, meaning the top of the freezer...

Hi, We're installing an island kitchen hood, and have a few questions on the ducting: I hear its recommended to Not use flexible ducting, but a smooth duct. - Does it make a big difference to the airflow? The duct goes as follows: 1. straight up 2. right angle 3. right angle again. 4...

thats exactly what i'm looking for. to conceal the screws:) as for the second one- i think its a cam dowel/ cam screw and lock i was looking for. cheers xav

I don't know the names of a few things: When fastening a plank adjacent to another plank... -the wooden connector bits which you glue to slot them together -the certain tool which helps evenly measure and mark where on the side of a plank to drill the hole to fit these wooden pieces When...

Hi, I heard that recirculating hoods are crap compared to vented ones. But some of these island ones look fantastic costing loads more ie the designish pendant like ones that are recirculating only. Surely these must work properly. I'm contemplating getting one since there's one on sale. Not...

right then, i'm off to convert a wall hood- no just kidding, seems indeed like a bad idea. cheers for the advice, xav

there must be a way to add support, to able to mount it from the ceiling. But yeh its the back i'm mostly concerned about. Is it difficult to modify the back, adding a stainless steel cover somehow? preferably with rounded edges?