IKEA Kitchen Island

[CHIPPYAL]

Fitting an Ikea kitchen (yippee!! and yes I should have swerved it) which needs an island made up.

The customer has supplied me with the feet that screw into the floor however the Ikea guidlines suggest building a 160mm frame and bolting the units down.

In addition its a solid wood floor with underfloor heating which worries me as apparently its just below the surface.

suggestions please.

thanks

Al

[wine~o]

Gripfill/no-more-nails to secure the frame to the floor...

(I know it's a bodge..but you don't want to go screwing into either a wet u/f heating system or an electric jobbie..)

[BillyGoat]

Want to be careful if the under floor heating is elastictrickery - if you go fixing large objects on top, it has the potential to kill/short the wire out on overheat. That can leave parts/all of the heating wire dead - you don't want to get stuck with the costs of putting that right!!!!!

[Job and Knock]

In addition its a solid wood floor with underfloor heating which worries me as apparently its just below the surface.

suggestions please.

What, apart from running away??? I deffo wouldn't drill the floor. if the flooring is a hard surface such as tiles it will probably be possible to degrease it then use an epoxy adhesive tape, like the stuff signwriters use or possibly an epoxy foam tape (same sort of thing). These tapes have a fair amount of stick in them. An alternative might be to caulk the bottom edges of the island to the floor with clear silicon - this is what I've done lots of times in shop fits and once set it takes a helluva lot to shift the plot. Also reduces water damage to the bottoms of the plinths as well from Mrs Mopp attacks!

On the heating/damage front I think you may need to write up an release form indemnifying you for any damage which occurs to the u/f heating as a result of the extra loading imposed on the floor and clearly stating that you are acting under the clients instructions, etc and get them to sign and date it. Photogtarp every stage of the installation so that you have a complete record both for now and later. That might be difficult, I know, but without doing something like that you are leaving yourself wide open for subsequent legal action if, say, the house were to burn down at some point in the future

[CHIPPYAL]

Thanks guys, its a water heated flooring which is why I was nervous

Its a solid wood worktop so its not going anywhere but I have said to customers that I'm not liable on the heating although I will put this in writing.

Al

[speed]

I assume there is no services in the island, if its a hefty size why not get the decorative Crome feet and have it free standing?