My new kitchen is almost complete but it’s amazing how long it’s taken and my dad has put a serious amount of hours into it (as have plenty of others). Below is the list of tasks that have been done to give you some idea.
- Design and purchase kitchen (done pre-Alaska)
- Demolition and disposal of old kitchen
- about 15 cabinets including the sink demolished
- wallpaper stripped
- carpet pulled up
- temporary removal of fridge freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher and all items from cupboards
- Redo electrical cabling
- Walls replastered
- Take delivery of kitchen and check all items
- Rework gas pipes
- Rework water pipes including wall outlet
- assemble and fit base cabinets
- get worktop cut
- fit sink
- sand door frame and wood boxing
- paint walls – 2 white coats and one coloured
- replace and paint skirting
- fit hob and oven
- assemble and hang wall cabinets
- fit all cabinet doors
- restore dishwasher and washing machine
- fit outside piping
- drill hole for power to shed for tumble dryer
- channel shed cabling into concrete
- wire shed for power and lighting
- fit soft shut fittings for doors
Still to do!!!
- refit carpet
- restore fridge
- fit edging
- fit plinths
- put up glass shelving
- clear shed for dryer
I think that’s most of it but this list still probably doesn’t do the job justice. And to think I thought a few days off and we’d get it done. Also originally set a budget of about £1000. It became obvious that this wasn’t realistic so revised target to around £1500. It’s probably cost about £2000 in the end!!!!!
All done bar the edging!!! It’s basically complete now and looks really nice.