Petrus did his last day on Thursday. He is taking up a new position. Without his help the kitchen would not nearly be to the standard it is now. We appreciate his voluntary work very much By special request, I include some more pictures of the kitchen
Petrus and myself started taking the old kitchen out. That was on Thursday. We also used the opportunity to buy some flooring boards and joists. The idea is to install a false floor 100 mm above the old kitchen floor with insulation to preserve heat.
Sorry, one picture should not have been there, but it shows a view from the dining room to the new kitchen before the last varnishing was done on the board dividing them.
We found that the door sill to the old kitchen was beyond repair, cracked and word. Petrus suggested replacing it. On Friday Jaco was here and we cut a perfect replacement, but just 500 mm too short. With the sill being 315 mm wide,it was difficult to find the right board. In the end I used a piece of oak and it looks well. When the old kitchen extension was made in the 1920's they didn't care much and we had to strip a lot of timber out to get to study timber. Now we have a hole of 350 by 850 mm wide to the under floor space, and we are also open to the cellar door frame. That will have to be closed in on Monday and insulation put in.
On Saturday we had a rain storm and it was impossible to walk to the sheds, so nothing much was done.
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