Kitchen project

[Karl]

Well, it's not so much the kitchen as the entire downstairs of the house. There will be plenty of woodwork along the way (the only reason I decided to go along with the plan ).

So it starts with knocking the kitchen through to the dining room. This is a view of the kitchen to start with:

And turned it into this

Oh my god - what have I done !

Did my little bit to help global warming along the way

I'll sort the electrics tomorrow. The left hand cable feeds a socket in the dining area, the centre cable is dead (old oven ring) and the right cable is for the under cabinet and kickboard lighting. I'll also fit the spotlights in the dining area so they match those in the kitchen. These are only sparks which need sorting, so once i've done it i'll get my sparky out to sign it off before it is plastered in.

The kitchen will be given a new set of doors and oak trim. We don't want to go to the expense of replacing the granite worktop adjoining the dining area, so will be keeping a small "wall" - it will be 1 tile height above the worktop and have an Oak top.

Cheers

Karl

 

[oddsocks]

I think that is called the point of no return! Looking forward to seeing the final result.

Dave

 

[BradNaylor]

Are you mad?!!! :shock:

I thought you'd got a kitchen full of oak doors to make for a paying punter, not to mention fitting that bedroom for me in Lymm this week. And you decide to rip your house apart?

I've not met your wife, but she's quite clearly a saintly woman with the patience of Job...




:lol:


Edited to add;

I've just noticed that my post count now stands at 1999

What happens next? Do I get promoted?

 

[Doctor]

What happens next? Do I get promoted?

I thought you were already a demi-god, can you go higher?

 

[Karl]

Are you mad?!!! :shock:

I thought you'd got a kitchen full of oak doors to make for a paying punter, not to mention fitting that bedroom for me in Lymm this week. And you decide to rip your house apart?

I've not met your wife, but she's quite clearly a saintly woman with the patience of Job...




:lol:


Edited to add;

I've just noticed that my post count now stands at 1999

What happens next? Do I get promoted?

"Master Cabinetmaker" I believe.

We've been toying with the idea of knocking through the kitchen for a couple of years now. So a Saturday afternoon seemed like a good time to grab the bull by the horns.

I'll be fitting it all in around my work - the kitchen is still fully functioning, so won't disrupt us at all. I reckon i'll have everything done by the end of March.

Cheers

Karl

Will ring you tomorrow about Lymm.

 

[MikeG.]

I believe you become a Master Cabinetmaker, which should bring a lump to your throat and a tear to your eye.......

 

[BradNaylor]

I believe you become a Master Cabinetmaker, which should bring a lump to your throat and a tear to your eye.......

Well, let's find out shall we?

Here goes...








Yup - Master Cabinetmaker! :lol:

 

[Doctor]

Well, let's find out shall we?

Here goes...


Yup - Master Cabinetmaker! :lol:

Brad, BRAD, BRAD, wake up, you nodded off, go and have a nice cup of tea.

 

[BradNaylor]

Brad, BRAD, BRAD, wake up, you nodded off, go and have a nice cup of tea.

Mr Naylor to you...


...Furniture Maker!

 

[Chris Knight]

Now you can have cooking smells all through the house

 

[OLD]

i'll get my sparky out to sign it off
Not sure you need to do this your not altering the design and will use same size cables to reposition sockets etc so i can not see a problem.

 

[jlawrence]

Karl, that's similar to my major job over the next 2 months - whilst swmbo is working away in London.
I need to get a man in to tell me whether the wall in between the kitchen and the dinning room is load bearing though - I don't think it is but I'm not certain. How did you work it out ?

 

[Karl]

JL - the wall was a stud wall, and the joists run across the room, therefore the wall isn't load bearing. But if you're not sure, better safe than a roof on your head!

OLD - you may be right, but I think it is one of those interpretational things which could be argued either way. As far as I know ANY work done in a kitchen (as "special" area under Part P) needs to be signed off. It's not a problem anyway - i'll just get the sparky I use for work to come round.

Cheers

Karl

 

[jlawrence]

Ah that makes sense then Karl. Mine is a brick wall, the joists run across the room but it's still possible for it to be load bearing. I think the best idea for me would be to take the floor up above and see if there's anyway a load could be being transferred to the wall.
Would be nice if swmbo could come home one weekend and actually see something had finally been achieved

 

[Mcluma]

Looks good

more and more people are taking the wall between the kitchen and dinning room out, just to give it more of a family room feeling

we did the same thing about 10 years ago in our newbuild, which was the best thing ever.

 

[Karl]

McLuma - I wonder how many of us will be putting those walls back in again in ten years time!

Anyway, i've had a couple of days to get some more work done, so time for a brief update.

I managed to get the electrics sorted, the soil pipe boxed in and painted (although the entire downstairs is going to get a coat of paint once the main work is done).

The dining area side of the wall had quite a bit of damage to the plaster work where the architrave was removed and the plug socket taken out. So, rather than getting it skimmed, I decided to use some 6mm MRMDF, which was attached to the wall with grab adhesive and brads.

After a lick of paint, you get a finish indistinguishable from a plastered wall

I also got the oak caps made to go over the top and end of the partly removed wall

There will be a couple of oak mirrors in the dining area, so I also got to work prepping the stock

After going through the p/t I ended up with a little pile of pieces ready to be jointed

Time to set up the mitre saw, complete with 'shop made extension table

All ends were then mitred, and a stop block then attached to the fence on the extension table.

Using the saw in this way, you may expect some splintering on the back side of the piece, as you are sawing from opposite faces. However, with a sharp blade and a slow cut, you can achieve perfectly acceptable results

So you end up with this lot. The piece of ebony is for splines, which will be cut using the biscuit jointer.

All the mitres were then planed by hand to make perfect 45 joints

That's all for now - more progress in a few days hopefully.

Cheers

Karl

 

[jlawrence]

Karl, well I for one won't be putting the wall back once I finally get around to taking it down. We have a separate dining room as well so having the breakfast room separate is just a pita - opening the kitchen/breakfast room up will make a whole world of difference.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Looking good, Karl.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[TrimTheKing]

Mmmmm, breakfast at Karl's is sounding good...