Is it possible to straighten a warped door?

[Penners]

You wound me. My seduction technique was* far more Edmund Spenser than Geoffrey Chaucer.


* Note the tense. I'm relying on long-term memory here.

 

[Ushy M]

Ahem... Perhaps I should have left out the word "stiff"

 

[Schoolmarm]

No, you needed to omit the word "warped". :lol:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

You wound me. My seduction technique was* far more Edmund Spenser than Geoffrey Chaucer.


* Note the tense. I'm relying on long-term memory here.

I'd certainly agree that both of those lived a long time ago!

 

[Feltwell]

You wound me. My seduction technique was* far more Edmund Spenser than Geoffrey Chaucer.

And there was I thinking you'd be much more like Terry-Thomas....... :lol:

 

[Flyfisher]

Terry Thomas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaGcCj0WVgg

Or Leslie Philips, perhaps? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSeoR4lH1-8

 

[Schoolmarm]

Terry Thomas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaGcCj0WVgg

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Sorry David but that as to be you lol :lol:

 

[Feltwell]

Or Leslie Philips, perhaps? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSeoR4lH1-8

I do quite like Leslie Philips, but just can't quite shake off the feeling that he's just a "poor man's" Terry-Thomas (don't forget the hyphen!) as he came much later and seemed to be rather a copy.

Sorry Penners, what have I started???

Ding-Dong........

 

[Penners]

Oh I say! Jolly hard cheese, old boy. Still - amuses the popsies, what?

If we're remembering classic English cads, don't forget Wilfred Hyde White (in some of his roles).

 

[Feltwell]

If we're remembering classic English cads, don't forget Wilfred Hyde White (in some of his roles).

Of course! He was a Wilfrid, if I remember rightly - odd way to spell the name. Two-Way Stretch is one of my favourite films, despite my not being born until long after it came out - he played the rogue very well indeed.

This is of course directly relevant to warped doors. No, really.

 

[Ushy M]

In case anyone's interested, it worked! (mostly). We put a block of wood in the centre of the top of the door, and used a long length of timber, braced to an adjacent beam to put pressure on the warped part. We hung a damp cloth over the offending corner and re-wetted this at least once a day. The door is now true enough to close properly in its frame - there's a small sticky-outy bit which would probably only come out if we laid the door flat and weighted it.

Thanks to all those who made non-Ealing comedy suggestions (though we did enjoy those too). Mr M mentioned it to one of the chippies at work and he asked if we'd glued the tongue and groove (we had) and he thought this was the main cause of the problem.

Next job (unrelated) is to install an inspection chamber in the main drain to replace the lash-up currently there (courtesy of a previous owner) and investigate a blockage possibly caused by a root invasion. It's going to have to go into a very tight space between 2 walls. Mr M has already had to give it a vigorous rodding (no sniggering at the back there, Penners).

 

[Penners]

Ah - would that I still had the youth and vigour for such strenuous activities.