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.
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