I have just taken delivery of three 3m worktops which i have waited ages for but don't have time to fit before christmas. I am away until
15th January - will they be okay in my garage during this time?It is dry in the garage but not heated so may get below freezing and the air may be damp - they seem be in shrink plastic wrap.
Any advice?
Be on the safe side and lay them down flat inside the house till you get back.
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
They'll be ok - but store them flat, and up off the floor - maybe supported by several cross-pieces of 4x2 or similar.
That's the prob - cant get them inside the house - guess I might have cut them then...
Hi,
I had the same problem last crimbo. I decided to store them inside the house, I came to the conclusion that this will climatise (?sp?) them the house environment. I laid them on edge in the living room besides a long wall. We have the sofa against that wall so they were mostly out of sight anyway.
To avoid a "Dooh" moment; If you do go for that option then place a folded tee-towel at each end and in the middle between the work tops and the wall, so not to mark the wall. Obviously an old bed sheet etc between the worktops and the carpet.
HTHs - Oliver.
Lay them flat on a series of battens to keep them off the floor and separate. So long as the battens are close enough together there'll be no problem.
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Dave
Thanks everyone for their timely advice...particularly Dave for his diagram :-)
| In an earlier contribution to this discussion, | dazzle wrote: |=20 | > I have just taken delivery of three 3m worktops which i have waited | > ages for but don't have time to fit before christmas. I am away until | > 15th January - will they be okay in my garage during this time? | >
| > It is dry in the garage but not heated so may get below freezing and | > the air may be damp - they seem be in shrink plastic wrap. | >
| > Any advice? |=20 | They'll be ok - but store them flat, and up off the floor - maybe = supported | by several cross-pieces of 4x2 or similar.
Note the *several* cross-pieces I once used two for some wood and it bent :-(
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I left some in my Garage for 13 years (yes years!). They are in the same condition as they were when new.
Mark.
| On 16 Dec 2005 07:40:52 -0800, "dazzle" wrote: |=20 | >I have just taken delivery of three 3m worktops which i have waited | >ages for but don't have time to fit before christmas. I am away until | >15th January - will they be okay in my garage during this time? | >
| >It is dry in the garage but not heated so may get below freezing and | >the air may be damp - they seem be in shrink plastic wrap. | >
| >Any advice? |=20 | I left some in my Garage for 13 years (yes years!). They are in the | same condition as they were when new.
Was that you on the TV, DIY disasters program? ;-)
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No. I don't get what this has to do with DIY disasters.
Mark.
People who live for years without kitchens, bathrooms etc. because a DIY job went wrong or just stopped.
| In article ,=20 | snipped-for-privacy@spam.spam says... | > On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:21:07 +0000, Dave Fawthrop | > wrote: | >=20 | > >On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:53:42 +0000, Mark wrote: | > >
| > >| On 16 Dec 2005 07:40:52 -0800, "dazzle" = wrote: | > >|=20 | > >| >I have just taken delivery of three 3m worktops which i have = waited | > >| >ages for but don't have time to fit before christmas. I am away = until | > >| >15th January - will they be okay in my garage during this time? | > >| >
| > >| >It is dry in the garage but not heated so may get below freezing = and | > >| >the air may be damp - they seem be in shrink plastic wrap. | > >| >
| > >| >Any advice? | > >|=20 | > >| I left some in my Garage for 13 years (yes years!). They are in = the | > >| same condition as they were when new. | > >
| > >Was that you on the TV, DIY disasters program? ;-) | >=20 | > No. I don't get what this has to do with DIY disasters. | >=20 | People who live for years without kitchens, bathrooms etc. because a = DIY=20 | job went wrong or just stopped.
Not if you have to live with my June ;-)
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I'd store them on their edges, with bits of wood underneath, ensuring they are flat.
sponix
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