Are routed worktop joints over-rated?

Discussion in 'Kitchen Fitters' Talk' started by G Brown, Apr 8, 2010.

  1. Joe95

    Joe95 Screwfix Select

    As far as I can remember it was just normal PVA. Nothing special it is purely to stop water entering the chipboard inside.
     
  2. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Stop shouting and calm down.
     
  3. Dave7777

    Dave7777 New Member

    I prefer PVA as a sealant but compound gives a tidier joint, I don't trust it like PVA for water repelling tho
     
  4. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    It should be colorfill or silicon as PVA, even exterior, can reactivate when it gets wet.
    It's good to see that a masons mitre, even when not perfectly sealed, passed the test of time.
     
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  5. Dave7777

    Dave7777 New Member

    Passed the test of time like until the cheque clears?
     
  6. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    How long a guarentee do you give, oh it doesn't matter 'cos it's rental.
     
  7. Joe95

    Joe95 Screwfix Select

    I don't remember if compound was around then, it was one of the first jobs I ever worked on. Right in the middle of my apprenticeship too. That is why I still remember it well.
    The Chippie did the worktop install and I did everything else.
     
  8. Dave7777

    Dave7777 New Member

    Do a mitre in a rental, that way when it blows you can get the deposit back due to bad worktop joint care!
     
  9. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Silicon has been around a long time.
     
  10. Joe95

    Joe95 Screwfix Select

    Sounds like landlord thinking...
    Well that explains the readiness to pounce on people
     
  11. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Blocked already.
     
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  12. Joe95

    Joe95 Screwfix Select

    I suppose you have been doing it much longer than that, what was the preferred method of sealing joints?
     
  13. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    I don't understand your question.
     
  14. Joe95

    Joe95 Screwfix Select

    You mentioned silicone had been around a long time and PVA shouldn't be used, so what would you prefer to use to seal the cut faces?
     
    Last edited: Nov 13, 2016
  15. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    I said exterior PVA shouldn't be used, pay attention boy.:mad:
     
  16. Dave7777

    Dave7777 New Member

    I've never seen a metal bar joint blown but I have seen loads of mitred joints blown.

    -I've never seen a real old shithole kitchen with a bar joint? Unlikely

    -I've never seen a proper sealed mitre? Unlikely
     
  17. Joe95

    Joe95 Screwfix Select

    Edited. Did not mean to annoy the elders, whoops! :)
     
  18. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

  19. Dave7777

    Dave7777 New Member

    Actually, you said this: "
    It should be colorfill or silicon as PVA, even exterior, can reactivate when it gets wet" Referring to both interior and exterior PVA.

    Idiot
     
  20. Joe95

    Joe95 Screwfix Select

    YOU should learn some manners. Chippie had been here a long time and is an expert. How he chooses to give that advice has nothing to do with you.

    As for his advice I shall take it, and block you. Smart ***.
     

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