{"id":22170,"date":"2023-10-10T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=22170"},"modified":"2023-10-10T21:16:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:16:24","slug":"more-bedroom-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/more-bedroom-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"More bedroom stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

I resolved yesterday to get the new laminate floor in bedroom one laid today but I soon realised that when I’d bought the flooring many months ago I’d not included an installation kit. It consists of a set of plastic wedges that you have to place around the edges of the floor to act as spacers to allow for expansion of the flooring sheets, a metal tool that you use to whack the sheets on their ends to make them budge up tighter without damaging them and a special plastic block that you can use to do the same along their long edges.<\/p>\n

Without one it’s difficult, if not impossible, to lay the floor properly so my first task was to head off to Leroy Merlin who have the best range to choose from, but it meant that it was lunch time by the time I got back. I bought a fresh ‘pain’ (large baguette) on the way home so after a delicious crusty ham sandwich with red onion and Branston pickle I was all ready to get going.<\/p>\n

This is the first laminate floor that I’ve ever laid and from what I’ve seen on Youtube it shouldn’t be that difficult. However, I’m afraid to say that the flooring I bought is the first Leroy Merlin product that I’d describe as low quality, and it doesn’t help that after laying it it’s so light that you can feel it moving under your feet and floating almost on the ghastly underlay that I mentioned yesterday.<\/p>\n

I noted today that Leroy Merlin now have a different type in stock that wasn’t available when I bought mine. It comes in flat folding sheets that would be easier to cut and will lay flat when in place thus avoiding the problems that I experienced today and would also make laying the flooring sheets more precise and much easier. <\/p>\n

From what I’ve seen you can buy flooring sheets that positively click together and can’t move therefore, once they’ve been laid. My product doesn’t do that – its top and left-hand edges just tuck under the adjoining sheets – and I found that with the ruddy underlay able to lift the sheets the ‘joints’ between them soon move and come undone. To my regret, I bought enough for all three bedrooms so I’ll be tearing out what little hair I have left even more when I move on to doing bedrooms two and three.<\/p>\n

However, I had to persist and do my best and by early evening I’d got to the last section in the threshold of the bedroom door. This will need special care marking and cutting the material and the left and right hand door jams should also be cut for the sheet in the door threshold to slide under them to allow for expansion as you can’t fit a plinth there. I thought therefore, that this would be a good time to stop as I was feeling tired and will tackle this first thing tomorrow.<\/p>\n

As the photos show, within a very short time the bedroom will be ready for the Ikea wardrobe unit that I’ve designed for the alcove to be installed and maybe going west to pick it up will be the best way to spend the afternoon.<\/p>\n

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I’ve also got some very exciting news. I’ve been asked by a national newspaper in the UK to write an article about my house-build. I’ve obviously got gazillions of material but they would like to receive it this week – yes, while I’m trying to sort out the bedroom and get my shutters painted before the winter. However, there’s a suggestion that if it goes down well there could be a series in the offing so there’s quite a bit at stake and I really do need to get it done.<\/p>\n

Remind me, will you. How many hours are there in a day? \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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