Work has progressed well on the kitchen.We have moved over on Thursday. Now nobody can find anything. It is taking a while to get used to.
The electrics is connected, but I have not finished the gib stopping or the painting thereof. That also implies that we haven't stuck the splashback tiles to the wall. The glass splashback at the windows works fine, but also needs painting. The cover where we cut the wall will still take a while.
We have Marike visiting for three weeks and this weekend Anneke and Roger flew up to visit. Happy family and full house. It will be the first use of the old kitchen as a bedroom.
Saturday
Sunday
3 May 2015
Sorry, the work happening now does not justify putting up
pictures.
We have finished the worktops and tiling on top of it. We started
doing the edging for the tops. That is being done in Kwila, a very tough timber
from East Timor . I have had it saved for a
long time, and now we had the opportunity to use it. works lovely. That will
hopefully be done in this week.
We also had another problem. The height of the units is
about 200 mm higher than the bottom of the windows. Just this last week we saw
a program on TV where they have installed glass to act as a splash back. We are
in the process of replicating that. For the remainder we have ordered white
tiles, 100*300 mm. And then the painting of the part of one wall. That is
not doen yet.
We are making good progress, thanks to the help from Petrus.
Without him it would have taken me much longer.
26 April 2015
The lighting was sorted out, and white melamine edging fitted to all units. Then I started the task to cut counter tops as bases for the tiles. I had to remove the hob again to mark it off for the cut out. It turned out that the corners of the room are not exactly square, so I had to try and trim one tile on the side. Needless to say, I scrapped the tile. Next, I tried cutting the cutout for the sink, and broke a tile. Afterwards, I cut one tile to go on the side of the hob. It took me 45 minutes. When I brought the tile in to check it, I realized that I have cut a nick in the surface, about in the middle of the tile. I was quite depressed. Thankfully Petrus turned up on Friday and together (with me leaning on the tiles with my elbows to prevent it to slip) Petrus cut all of the remainder of the tiles and pieces. Luckily we have bought a few spare tiles, so we had enough to play with.
The next task will be to screw the timber bases for the counter tops to the bases and also to remove a part pf the gib that I have already fitted to brace it from the back, otherwise the splashback tiles will not be properly secured.
There is still the edging for the tops and a large edge around the opening to the dining room. We are getting there, I reckon we could have it all finished in two to four weeks.
On Saturday we had ANZAC day, the commemoration of the Australian and New Zealand troops landing in Gallipoli in Turkey during the first world war. That was in 1915, so there was a lot of commemoration.
The next task will be to screw the timber bases for the counter tops to the bases and also to remove a part pf the gib that I have already fitted to brace it from the back, otherwise the splashback tiles will not be properly secured.
There is still the edging for the tops and a large edge around the opening to the dining room. We are getting there, I reckon we could have it all finished in two to four weeks.
On Saturday we had ANZAC day, the commemoration of the Australian and New Zealand troops landing in Gallipoli in Turkey during the first world war. That was in 1915, so there was a lot of commemoration.
19 April 2015
We picked up the tiles, and it looks swell. Petrus came to help again for a few days, and we finished the partition wall. Then we went over to the counter tops. It turned out that one of the kitchen units was wider than the others (must have been custom built) After Petrus left, I cut that unit down, and then realized that another one is too wide as well. I cut that down as well. I also realized that there is no excuse not to do the lighting, so the lamps against the wall were fitted. I have not had time to connect it to a switch yet. Hopefully Petrus will come to my rescue in the next week. We also started removing the original black edging and replacing it with white.
We had some serious rain on Saturday and measured 75 mm. Truly the beginning of winter.
We had some serious rain on Saturday and measured 75 mm. Truly the beginning of winter.
12 April 2015
I do apologize for missing a week. There just was not enough progress to report on.
We have decided to do the kitchen tops with tiles. It is something we have used before with great success. We went shopping locally, but could not find anything to our taste, so we went to Hamilton. There we found 600*600 tiles to our liking. It is very expensive but in the end it will be cheaper than to do a timber top, and that would need constant maintenance. We will pick it up on Monday.
Meanwhile, I was forced to work in the garden as well, mowing lawns and trimming edges. It is looking better now and we hope, with the colder period coming, that it will not require so much work. We have received 26 mm of rain in the last week, on top of 16 mm the week before.
The kitchen had me stumped for a while. I was not happy with the remainder of the wall between the kitchen and the dining room, so I took it all down and rebuilt it. It is not finished yet, but we think we now know where we are going. I also have to line the kitchen side of the wall, which means we had to remove some of the units that has already been leveled and screwed together. We also got adjustable feet for the island unit, and fitted them. It makes adjustment so much easier.
I have not done any more work on the dining room floor. It has got two sides done about 900 mm wide for easy passage when we do the rest.
We have decided to do the kitchen tops with tiles. It is something we have used before with great success. We went shopping locally, but could not find anything to our taste, so we went to Hamilton. There we found 600*600 tiles to our liking. It is very expensive but in the end it will be cheaper than to do a timber top, and that would need constant maintenance. We will pick it up on Monday.
Meanwhile, I was forced to work in the garden as well, mowing lawns and trimming edges. It is looking better now and we hope, with the colder period coming, that it will not require so much work. We have received 26 mm of rain in the last week, on top of 16 mm the week before.
The kitchen had me stumped for a while. I was not happy with the remainder of the wall between the kitchen and the dining room, so I took it all down and rebuilt it. It is not finished yet, but we think we now know where we are going. I also have to line the kitchen side of the wall, which means we had to remove some of the units that has already been leveled and screwed together. We also got adjustable feet for the island unit, and fitted them. It makes adjustment so much easier.
I have not done any more work on the dining room floor. It has got two sides done about 900 mm wide for easy passage when we do the rest.
The first picture is from the inside of the kitchen, two weeks ago.
The last two are from the dining room, showing the cut wall. We are planning to use the left over timber to extend the partition horizontally.
29 March 2015
Well, the "loving room" got sanded, as well as four boards of the dining room.That is intended to form a walkway to the kitchen when we do the dining room floor. Then we had to apply the "Woodoc" floor varnish. That took 3 coats, the last of which was at 8 pm. The next day we also sanded about 1 meter by the entrance door to the house, and also sealed that the next day. We have (temporarily) removed half of the wall to the new kitchen. Yesterday we moved the kitchen unit that will form the island over from the old kitchen. Looking good.
This coming week we have a few appointments, so I expect progress to be slower. The next task is to sand and seal the remainder of the dining room floor.
I haven't paid any attention to the countertops yet, it is a nightmare looming ahead.
This coming week we have a few appointments, so I expect progress to be slower. The next task is to sand and seal the remainder of the dining room floor.
I haven't paid any attention to the countertops yet, it is a nightmare looming ahead.
Sorry, it is not a good picture, but the others got lost somewhere.
22 March 2015
Well, the expected rain has not materialized. The South Island is getting rain, but very little here.
Petrus came and we built the oven unit and fitted a filler of about 70 mm to take up the space between the units. There was a spacer of 40 mm between the edge of the door and the edge of the cabinet, so it fits in as good as anybody can ask for.
I thanked Petrus for all his work, and set him free. I finished the drawer ends and fitted handles. We were lucky to get more of the same as the original black ones.
Petrus came and we built the oven unit and fitted a filler of about 70 mm to take up the space between the units. There was a spacer of 40 mm between the edge of the door and the edge of the cabinet, so it fits in as good as anybody can ask for.
I thanked Petrus for all his work, and set him free. I finished the drawer ends and fitted handles. We were lucky to get more of the same as the original black ones.
The wall on the last picture is towards the dining room. Half of that will be reduced to a convenient height. The counter tops will also need a lot of attention, but we have decided that the floors in the dining room and loving room will be our next priority. Think of me sanding away!
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