I moved into my current place in June last year and knew I would need to update the kitchen at some stage in then near future but didn't quite expect to do as much work as I ended up doing.
The boiler and pipework used to be in the kitchen and wasted a lot of space, we decided to move the boiler into the garage and relocate all the pipework, the old system was sh1t anyway.
Before
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When I started to remove the units I realised I had bitten off more than I first expected, under the wall paper was wood cladding, under than crumbly plaster. When I got to this stage I decided it was best to board out the room and the other half suggested to move the doorway so it was more inline with the front door.
The serving hatch into the dining room was also removed.
I would probably say the most complicated part was getting the doorframe square and fitting the door.
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As I took out more of the units part of the ceiling came down, some bodger had nicked the lead and replaced with some stick on cr@p in the past. We replaced most of the timber in the roof, a lot of cracked slates and fitted new lead flashing. The lintel above the back door was rotten and needed replacing as did the brickwork.
Couldn't get one of the legs to stay straight on the scaffolding at all.
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The kitchen came from ebay, around one year old, cost me £250 including the dishwasher, Newhome range and Rangemaster extractor. I was short of a few units to make a proper job of it but a local DIY place stocks these cabinet. Think they are manufactured by one of Vance Millers companys, I read a lot of bad things about him but I was reasonably impressed with the quality.
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Anyhow, there it is, completed in various stages from November08-December08 by a 24 year old IT Manager, a bit of common sense and some research, got some little bits to finished off then paint when we decide on the colour.
The boiler and pipework used to be in the kitchen and wasted a lot of space, we decided to move the boiler into the garage and relocate all the pipework, the old system was sh1t anyway.
Before
View media item 7989
When I started to remove the units I realised I had bitten off more than I first expected, under the wall paper was wood cladding, under than crumbly plaster. When I got to this stage I decided it was best to board out the room and the other half suggested to move the doorway so it was more inline with the front door.
The serving hatch into the dining room was also removed.
I would probably say the most complicated part was getting the doorframe square and fitting the door.
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As I took out more of the units part of the ceiling came down, some bodger had nicked the lead and replaced with some stick on cr@p in the past. We replaced most of the timber in the roof, a lot of cracked slates and fitted new lead flashing. The lintel above the back door was rotten and needed replacing as did the brickwork.
Couldn't get one of the legs to stay straight on the scaffolding at all.
View media item 7996
The kitchen came from ebay, around one year old, cost me £250 including the dishwasher, Newhome range and Rangemaster extractor. I was short of a few units to make a proper job of it but a local DIY place stocks these cabinet. Think they are manufactured by one of Vance Millers companys, I read a lot of bad things about him but I was reasonably impressed with the quality.
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Anyhow, there it is, completed in various stages from November08-December08 by a 24 year old IT Manager, a bit of common sense and some research, got some little bits to finished off then paint when we decide on the colour.
