Replacing the Kitchen

[mdbalson]

I have just started to replace the old kitchen, Last Saturday (22nd September 2007)

Here are some pictures of the old Kitchen

The Cooker Side of the Old Kitchen

The Sink Side of the Old Kitchen

The Sink Side of the Old Kitchen, With the fridge/freezer in temp. place

The old undercupboard lights (There were 4 of these under the run of wall cupboards on the cooker side of the kitchen

Plug for the 4th undercupboard light

Join in the cable feding the 4th undercupboard light

Close Up of one of the old undercupboard lights

Here are some pictures of what has been done so far in the kitchen

Some of the wall cupboards removed

The tall floor unit removed

Removing the two lots of old tiling

The old Bathroom light switch

The socket feding the fridge

The fridge cable

The fridge socket

The washing machine & tumble dryer socket

One of the 3 kitchen ring sockets

The old ring circuit wiring

The old ring circuit wiring

Wiring the temp. Sockets

Close up of the temp sockets (From the top socket, Door bell, air fresher, fridge, washing machine & tumble dryer, back floodlight, radio, kitchen lights, cooker)

The house electric supply

The temp 110V kitchen lights

The temp 110V kitchen lights

The temp 110V kitchen lights

Holes in the floor filled up

Holes in the floor filled up

Holes in the floor filled up

The Temp. Kitchen in the dining room

The Boxes with the New Kitchen In

After the Kitchen is done the next job will be, to turn this covered courtyard into a Utility Room (When I am doing the kitchen electrics, I will run out the cables for the lights & sockets in the new utility room)

More Pictures to come later

 

[gcol]

Erm.... nice shots of plug sockets and disarray.
I'm sure you'll get comments when you post pics of the new kitchen. Are you fitting it yourself?

 

[mdbalson]

Erm.... nice shots of plug sockets and disarray.
I'm sure you'll get comments when you post pics of the new kitchen. Are you fitting it yourself?

Yes I am fitting it myself, I am doing the chasing for the new sockets & cables at the moment

 

[Steve]

I'm sure you'll do a good job.

 

[mdbalson]

Some More Pictures Of the Old Wiring

Cable Chase from the old Double Socket by the sink

The Old Hole from the Double Socket by the sink

The old chases from the Bathroom light switch

How NOT to Join a Cable

Close up of the Bad Joint

The joint in the 2 pictures above was buryed in the plaster, the cable with the joint in, goes to the bathroom light

The old hole from the Bathroom light switch

 

[gcol]

If you'd stop taking pictures and get on with the kitchen you could have had it finished by now.

 

[mdbalson]

If you'd stop taking pictures and get on with the kitchen you could have had it finished by now.

It will take a few weeks to do the kitchen, because all the electrics in the kitchen are being redone, & some of the pumbing in the kitchen will be renewed.

Also the only time I have to do bits in the kitchen are, Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday all day, & a little bit of time on Wednesday & Thursday Evening. As Wednesday, Thurday & Friday I am at college.

 

[and1c]

Nice project

Look forward to seeing more progress and pics etc

 

[mdbalson]

Here are some more pictures

The old electrics

The Join for the old lighting circuit (notice that the cpc's are just turned together)

The New electrics

The new electrical bits

The new back box for the bathroom light switch

The cables for the new bathroom light switch

The cable to the bathroom light

Cables to the bathroom light switch & the under cupboard lights cable

under cupboard lights cable

Half of the new cables (15 out of about 25)

Close up of half of the cables

Some of the joists for the new ceiling

The pipe for the outside tap

 

[mdbalson]

Socket & 2 downlights cables, above the new ceiling

New Ceiling joists

New cables to new bathroom light switch

Temp Supply to bathroom light

New ceiling

New ceiling

New ceiling

New ceiling

New ceiling

Cables for fridge socket & 1st under cupboard lights socket

All of the new cables

Socket cables

Under cupboard lights cables

 

[Bahco]

You have got a big job on your hands there

Do you have any help

 

[mdbalson]

Yes someone I know is doing the ceiling & the floor, for me

 

[mdbalson]

The new joint in the cable to the bathroom light

The new joint in place

The joists for the ceiling, by the bathroom door

The finished ceiling by the bathroom door

The ceiling by the back door

 

[Spark123]

Why have you used yellow crimps? They are for 4-6mm² cable. Insulation tape isn't a good idea too. Can you not pull back to where the wire goes and connect a new piece in?

 

[mdbalson]

Can you not pull back to where the wire goes and connect a new piece in?

No I cannot pull back to bathroom light & replace the whole cable, as to do so would mean chiping off some of the wall tiles in the bathroom, to replace the cable. (the bathroom is a single storey extension, off of the kitchen, on the back off the house)

Insulation tape isn't a good idea too

Why is insulation tape not a good idea