Not Terribly Happy with Ikea - Updated.

tesuhoha

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Oh dear. That attitude sounds familiar. I can envisage him furiously wobbling and shaking pieces whilst almost shouting it just won't work.

Suggest he gets one of the professional fitters to do it.

It's never as easy as you think from watching somebody else do it who does it as their living.

And you won't notice if he seals the join.

Tell you what, I'll post a photo of it when he's finished and you can see what a botch up he's made of it.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

tesuhoha wrote: »

Tell you what, I'll post a photo of it when he's finished and you can see what a botch up he's made of it.

I'm sure it'll look lovely when he manages to buy the right size screws.

tesuhoha

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

I'm sure it'll look lovely when he manages to buy the right size screws.

Well bit of an update. He's come back from B&Q. Couldn't get the 50mm screws so bought the 60mm and is sawing 10mm off each of them. However, he is smiling because it works!

He wants to strengthen the high units in particular because one of them is where the fitted fridge freezer is going and the other is where the microwave is going.

tesuhoha

Sorry if I got a bit cross but its the end of an extremely frustrating day. I was helping to tidy up and i carried one of his extremely heavy drills to the shed and I dropped it on my foot! I thought I had broken my foot at first and its now swollen with a black bruise.

I suppose that comes under DIY!

southcoastrgi

tesuhoha wrote: »

Sorry if I got a bit cross but its the end of an extremely frustrating day. I was helping to tidy up and i carried one of his extremely heavy drills to the shed and I dropped it on my foot! I thought I had broken my foot at first and its now swollen with a black bruise.

I suppose that comes under DIY!

I hope the drill is ok ?

tesuhoha

southcoastrgi wrote: »

I hope the drill is ok ?

That's exactly what my husband said!:mad:

dvdrdl

If something is p-ing you off that much its best to walk away and re-evaluate things.

Losing your rag never helps matters and rushing will only end in tears.

Trust me im the worlds worst

also never expect anything to be straight forward as you imagine, it rarely works that way.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

dvdrdl wrote: »

If something is p-ing you off that much its best to walk away and re-evaluate things.

Losing your rag never helps matters and rushing will only end in tears.

Trust me im the worlds worst

also never expect anything to be straight forward as you imagine, it rarely works that way.

Yes, I have one of those. It usually degenerates into him stomping off in rage insisting that it just won't work, whatever it is I have just said. (Usually something along the lines of 'Are these from the same batch number?', 'This seems to be saying connect that bit there to this bit here' or 'What about if you turn it ninety degrees?')

Then walking back in, saying 'I hate you'. Whilst grinning from ear to ear.

And promptly doing whatever it is I have suggested.


Whatever he does works and looks great in the end - but he gets mental blocks about certain things he doesn't do often - and it can take some time, tact and stress to chase him away from the task before he breaks it and to give him the space to calm out and visualise what it is he needs to do.


Sometimes, it means I just get on with the job myself until he returns with a cup of tea and a different frame of mind.

But he's a real sweetie the rest of the time.

tesuhoha

dvdrdl wrote: »

If something is p-ing you off that much its best to walk away and re-evaluate things.

Losing your rag never helps matters and rushing will only end in tears.

Trust me im the worlds worst

also never expect anything to be straight forward as you imagine, it rarely works that way.

I'm laughing because my husband has been building the extension for a year now and we wouldn't recognise straightforward if we saw it.

The right hand unit is now finished and looks very neat.

tesuhoha

Thank you Kitchen Designer. Yes, we are trying to do it the MSE way.

Jojo I must confess, he doesn't shout but he gets agitated, swears and throws things around. I.e. he threw the bin out the back door cos it was in his way. Also, he is often hunting round for things that are in plain view. He tells me the problem then when I make a suggestion its a stupid idea. Sometimes however I do manage to hit the nail on the head. (Excuse the pun)

Having said that he is a perfectionist about the work and it will look like a designer kitchen when finished.