Over the past two days I have managed to complete some jobs around the house. The pantry mirror surround works well. I just used a few dabs of neutral silicone to hold the separate pieces in place.
While in the pantry I masked up small areas needing No More Gaps and primer paint. I held off finishing with the oil-based top coat as our cleaner was here today. The tiny gaps around the cupboard were also filled.
Our kitchen installation was done by rank amateurs 10 years ago. I finally tackled the so-called magic corner cupboard because the door panel has never fully closed or aligned with the adjacent door. I had to phone the company that provided the components to identify the brand and model – Hafele Classic Magic Corner Left Hand. We were not given any documentation for such items, so I contacted Hafele, but they sent installation instructions for a later model that is quite different.
I found one adjusting knob, but the door panel could not be aligned just with this. The door panel fittings each have four screws so I experimented by loosening some and tightening others, eventually managing to align the door sideways and in the same vertical plane as the adjacent door.
Today I spent time researching the law concerning trees on residential land that cause a significant nuisance to immediate neighbours. Our rear neighbours have tall deep hedges on all sides of their property. Our back fence is 2.2 m high, and the hedge is at least another metre higher. Standing on ladders to work this high up while reaching across the top of the hedge is dangerous. This hedge is probably 1.5 m deep, but another hedge on their land is 3 m deep. They value their privacy!
I have previously asked the neighbour to have his contractor trim the hedge on our side so we don’t keep having to pay for maintaining their hedge. He hasn’t accepted this offer. If I can’t resolve this with them, I can go to the tribunal for an order that he pays for regular trimming of the hedge, and reduces the height to 2.5 m. This is the maximum height of an overhanging branch that may be cut by a neighbour. Presumably this height limit relates to safety.
There is a long process of giving notice in writing etc, during which time the hedge will be overhanging our fence by 0.5 m. Our side of the hedge faces north so grows towards the sun.
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