Hi folks Does anyone know the BS for how it should be fitted in a domestic application Cheers Hippyfitter
Yep but what exactly do you want to know? How it should be fixed as in glued or loose laid or something? Most of this is down to manufactories instructions.
Subfloor to be less than 75% rh Subfloor smooth + dry and prepared with a smoothing compound or plywood/hardboard. Loose lay domestic vinyl unless manufactorer states other wise. Also the size of the area depends on loose lay but in a normal sized domestic property you loose lay. Silicon sealed edges in wet areas
Cheers matt,pretty much what i thought just needed some reassurance! I had a customer call the shop last week,saying i needed to call back as the silicone had lifted!? Got there rang the bell,waited rang the bell again waited! no answer went round to the side door rang the bell,no answer by this time id say ten mins had past,just as i was about to go she came to the door(lady in her early 70s) going mad at me cos i had got her out of the bath,Like i knew she was in the bath!!!lol Went in to find it was nothing to do with the silicone. she was going of on one saying that the cushionfloor had wrinkled up in front of the dish washer,Strange i said as it was fine when i left,Ah but its your fault she said as you didn't glue it down? Which to be honest i do around washers but didn't around the dish washer as its lighter. I said,why did you need to get it out anyway,To which she replied,you didn't turn the stop tap on!(i did) which i replied,so how have you managed for 6 weeks!!! the truth is,she has pulled it out to put some ply under so it lifts it up to the worktop! in turn damaging the floor. She now wants a replacement :roll: Some people i tell ye,I moved 4 appliances,cut two doors and even put silicone around her sink and units with no charge :lol: I find it funny really. Hippyfitter
even if you had glued it down, the feet of the dishwasher would of sunk into the vinyl and ripped anyway. What the issue is in this case- The dishwasher was not removed correctly. I.e using a airsled or tilting the dish washer back and slidding some plywood under. Even if it was lino and fully glued, if they was to try and drag it out it would scratch the surface.
It was the no-charge on extra's that did it, happens to me every time. Sometimes I get sick of being a good old boy!!!
If she wasnt 70ish you would have had the decency to put a towel in front of her as she answered the door.No wonder she was mad(is mad).
