The openings got closed, but what a job! The door sill had to be reinforced and then fitted. At the moment it creaks a little, but I will be able to put in a few more screws. At least we have a door between the old kitchen and the dining room.No more cold wind coming through!
We also had to tidy up outside. There was a pile of timber lying on the grass that has come from under the deck. By moving some other timber around, we managed to get all under cover. Elna helped a lot. That does not imply that we have processed all the old timber from the original deck. These have been lying on a pile next to the cookhouse for more than a year now. I am thinking to get a skip toe get rid if it. It takes a lot of time to cut up and store away as firewood.
I managed to remove the "sarking" boards from the western wall, de nailed them and put it away. Some time in future all of these can be used to replace the iron we have got on the Cookhouse.
This coming week I hope to build a recess next to the back to back fireplaces in which to eventually install a gas hot water unit. That will be a mess similar to the repair of the door frame.
Sunday
19 July 2015
So it happened again. I had half a page of text and six pictures ready for publishing and lost it all.
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
View of the corner pantry and fridge with the top of the centre island showing. We got nce roller blinds for the windows.
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.
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.
12 July 2015
We had a roaring time. Marike came to visit for three weeks, and Anneke and Roger also came to visit. That was the main reason for moving the kitchen over.
I am proud to report that the kitchen is completed now, including splashbacks and a Kauri surround for the opening. Sealing that took a long time because I was afraid to make a mistake. Some of the pictures will still show the masking tape. Petrus did that in the week.
After Anneke and Roger have left, we tackled the fireplace. The front was done inm 1975 facebricks. We took most of it off, and decided to cover it up. Before we could do that, we had to put insulation on the dining room side . There are two fireplaces back to back.The old kitchen is very cold and we experienced a severe cold spell. I measured minus 1.7 outside last night
I decided that the door between the old kitchen and dining room is the highest priority, as the old kitchen is very drafty. We had some doors in storage, and suitably decided on the door we have removed from the new kitchen. Fitting it posed a bigger problem. not only was the door frame rotten, but the framing behind it as well. We have replaced both but it is unfinished at this stage. One of the panels of the door has been punched in, and I tried to follow expert advice: Remove the beading, take the panel out and glue together, refit. It turned out that the panel was recessed into the frame of the door. We had to cut it out with a Router and then glue it. The door has been hung but it will need removing to strip the paint and lacquer before final fit.
Next priority is to make a frame for the double doors that we had in storage. (Waar is Willie nou?)We have taken all the timber that was stored under the deck out and started cutting the timbers for the frame.
It seems I will have to change my priorities again, because I have nowhere to store the timber. I might need to fit a better roof to one of my sheds.
I do apologize for the long silence, but with family visiting and finger trouble on the computer to download pictures, things got out of hand
Fireplace in old kitchen
Elna working in the new kitchen
Bottom, "new" door to the old kitchen
I am proud to report that the kitchen is completed now, including splashbacks and a Kauri surround for the opening. Sealing that took a long time because I was afraid to make a mistake. Some of the pictures will still show the masking tape. Petrus did that in the week.
After Anneke and Roger have left, we tackled the fireplace. The front was done inm 1975 facebricks. We took most of it off, and decided to cover it up. Before we could do that, we had to put insulation on the dining room side . There are two fireplaces back to back.The old kitchen is very cold and we experienced a severe cold spell. I measured minus 1.7 outside last night
I decided that the door between the old kitchen and dining room is the highest priority, as the old kitchen is very drafty. We had some doors in storage, and suitably decided on the door we have removed from the new kitchen. Fitting it posed a bigger problem. not only was the door frame rotten, but the framing behind it as well. We have replaced both but it is unfinished at this stage. One of the panels of the door has been punched in, and I tried to follow expert advice: Remove the beading, take the panel out and glue together, refit. It turned out that the panel was recessed into the frame of the door. We had to cut it out with a Router and then glue it. The door has been hung but it will need removing to strip the paint and lacquer before final fit.
Next priority is to make a frame for the double doors that we had in storage. (Waar is Willie nou?)We have taken all the timber that was stored under the deck out and started cutting the timbers for the frame.
It seems I will have to change my priorities again, because I have nowhere to store the timber. I might need to fit a better roof to one of my sheds.
I do apologize for the long silence, but with family visiting and finger trouble on the computer to download pictures, things got out of hand
Fireplace in old kitchen
Elna working in the new kitchen
Bottom, "new" door to the old kitchen
Saturday
16 May 2015
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.
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.
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.
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