My new kitchen - nearly finished

Skywalker · 18 Oct 2007 at 17:27

Gaijin said:
Well, looked a lot tidier when I came round

And i'm not exactly polite company!

I'm still at work. Call you in a bit

I have it all tidied up when the kids are in bed and me and steph get 5 minutes to ourselves

Gaijin · 18 Oct 2007 at 17:28

TheCrow said:
I might be blind, but where is your sink in the kitchen?

He doesn't need one - he's so rich he just throws the crockery away and buys new stuff.

In all honesty though, he has two kitchens. He can explain

TheCrow · 18 Oct 2007 at 17:28

ill let you off then

Iv just been through the same, i wont be doing a full kitchen again in a while! Looks like you did the Jig yourself(its in one of the pics), how did that go? I didnt want to try it and ruin the work tops.

Skywalker · 18 Oct 2007 at 17:42

TheCrow said:
ill let you off then Iv just been through the same, i wont be doing a full kitchen again in a while! Looks like you did the Jig yourself(its in one of the pics), how did that go? I didnt want to try it and ruin the work tops.

had a little help from my dad with that and its something I would suggest not to just try it on your own without some help

colinuk · 18 Oct 2007 at 17:48

Sweet work... Wish i was that handy with DIY, takes me 3 hours to put a shelf up...

Garden i can do, its the inside im impressed with. What was the cost of all that work? if you dont mind me asking..

Colin

Skywalker · 18 Oct 2007 at 17:56

colinuk said:
Sweet work... Wish i was that handy with DIY, takes me 3 hours to put a shelf up...

Garden i can do, its the inside im impressed with. What was the cost of all that work? if you dont mind me asking..

Colin

All the work or just the kitchen ?

Just the kitchen would be running at about £3500 so far including glass extractor im doing tomorrow (pics to follow)

All the work - Everything on house so far would be running to high
Wall ties , double glazing and doors , rendering = £15000ish
Extention plus furniture ect = £35000
47inch tv front room = £1800 32inch tv bedroom £800 :cool:

Fridge shy of £800 , washing machine and tumble = £800

The list can go on and on but in total so far spent about £60000 plus

Still managed to get myself a new car aswell

Jimmy1983 · 18 Oct 2007 at 18:24

Looks vnice. Did you have practice doing this kind off DIY before hand?

Skywalker · 18 Oct 2007 at 18:26

Bits and pieces here and there , but i am very handy I like to think with things like this , have had guidence from father in law and step dad

Duke · 18 Oct 2007 at 18:30

Looks great. I take it the outside end wall was in quite bad shape before?

Skywalker · 18 Oct 2007 at 18:33

Duke said:
Looks great. I take it the outside end wall was in quite bad shape before?

Thermal movement as they called it :rolleyes:

Thought might aswell have it all done at once

ChoÞÞer · 18 Oct 2007 at 18:53

wow mate, that house looks gorgeous, people will see you put time and effort in that!
good job!

Skywalker · 18 Oct 2007 at 20:04

All cleaned for Gaijin

sunama · 18 Oct 2007 at 20:12

I love DIY, I do.
I will post some pics of my own, once my bedroom is complete. Im still in the process of painting it. Its been a work in progress for over a year now.

I can see that you are working on different parts of your house, so keep the pics coming.

chipperhead · 18 Oct 2007 at 21:27

Just looking at doing some work on my house and I need to remove a chimney breast, any tips or advice seeing as you've done such a good job.

Yozz76 · 18 Oct 2007 at 21:37

Fair play to you, is impressive. I've had skirting boards 'resting' against the walls for over 12 months now! I can paint and hang paper but i suck at evrything else that is DIY.

Skywalker · 18 Oct 2007 at 21:50

chipperhead said:
Just looking at doing some work on my house and I need to remove a chimney breast, any tips or advice seeing as you've done such a good job.

Start at the top and not the bottom :rolleyes:

Seriously its a lot of work involved . scaffolding all the way up , remove chimney on the top of the house and then in the loft and work your way down brick by brick . Dont go at it with a sledge hammer or you will damage something you dont want to .

sunama · 18 Oct 2007 at 22:42

Removing a chimney breast is a lot of work. If you are living in your property while doing the work, there will be A LOT of mess and disruption. Expect builders dust to be EVERYWHERE.

You have to ask yourself if removing a chimney breast and gaining an extra few square feet of floor space is really worth it. I asked this very question to myself and decided against its removal. And besides, if you ever do decide to move, you can install a fireplace which will add value to your home.

Is there any particular reason why you would like to remove the chimney breast or is it just the extra floor space and a nice flat wall?

chipperhead · 18 Oct 2007 at 23:11

sunama said:
Removing a chimney breast is a lot of work. If you are living in your property while doing the work, there will be A LOT of mess and disruption. Expect builders dust to be EVERYWHERE.

You have to ask yourself if removing a chimney breast and gaining an extra few square feet of floor space is really worth it. I asked this very question to myself and decided against its removal. And besides, if you ever do decide to move, you can install a fireplace which will add value to your home.

Is there any particular reason why you would like to remove the chimney breast or is it just the extra floor space and a nice flat wall?

We would like to knock through to the dining room (I think it's the in thing tbh). But there is an old chimney breast were years ago an arga used to be.
We've had a quote and it was 4 grand but they were going to remove the ground and first floor brickwork and put a lintell in to support the stack.
Seems like a good idea to just remove the full lot brick by brick starting from the top.

Skywalker · 19 Oct 2007 at 08:42

sunama said:
Removing a chimney breast is a lot of work. If you are living in your property while doing the work, there will be A LOT of mess and disruption. Expect builders dust to be EVERYWHERE.

You have to ask yourself if removing a chimney breast and gaining an extra few square feet of floor space is really worth it. I asked this very question to myself and decided against its removal. And besides, if you ever do decide to move, you can install a fireplace which will add value to your home.

Is there any particular reason why you would like to remove the chimney breast or is it just the extra floor space and a nice flat wall?

If you start at the top the dust just falls down into the bottom of the breast so you only really get dust in one room at the end .

What use does a chimney stack and fireplace serve these days ? Almost everyone has central heating and if you dont use the fire place just think about all that rain water going down there .

The extra few square feet aswell make a hell of a difference in anysize room aswell .

Teki187 · 19 Oct 2007 at 09:49

Damn mate that is some really good DIY there, tho i do have to comment on picture 4, does anyone else see the sun?