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Houston, we have a kitchen!

by Liz & Matt Coates Oct.30.2006 10:35:56 pm


The builders had a busy day on Friday finishing off the kitchen, including fitting the work surface and sink.  This was slightly hampered by the fact that no-one at Ikea had told us that we needed to buy clips to attach the sink to the worksurface (either that or they were missing from the package) and a special tool to cut a hole in the sink for the tap.

The electrician came to connect up the kitchen lights and sockets and later on the plumber arrived to disconnect the old sink and connect up the new one.  At one point there were six of them all beavering away in the same small space.  By the end of the day the new kitchen was effectively operational, with the old cooker in the space where the new one will be and the washing machine in the space left for the dishwasher.  We discovered later that the hot and cold taps were connected up the wrong way around but this is a minor matter.

Did some more of the bathroom tiling yesterday.  Just the shower area to go now.  Liz spent most of the weekend transferring the contents of the old kitchen into the new one.

Today the new bay window was fitted and the old kitchen units were removed.  Most of them are now sitting in a heap waiting to be moved to their new home in the utility room, although a lot else has to happen before this will be ready.  The roofer came and fitted the light pipe that should deliver lots of lovely sunlight into the otherwise dark and windowless landing.  Slightly disappointed at the fact that he resolutely ignored both the original specifications and my repeated reminders and went ahead and fitted the model he always uses, rather than the one I wanted. I’m reserving judgement until I see it functioning in the sunlight tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow, some walls will start coming down, including the wall between the old kitchen and the new part, as well as possibly breaking through the wall between the kitchen and dining room.  Better get on and start covering everything up with dust sheets!

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