Building Work – Phase 2

The main dollop of building work in the kitchen is now completed – the weird wall and archway are gone, the two semi-rooms are merged together, the ceiling is replastered, and the pipes and wires are all boxed in.

Along the way, we’ve also had to get a new extractor fan/cooker hood thing – the old one had never worked since we moved in, and it turned out to have a bird’s nest in the flue pipe, at which point it all got condemned. We’ve also been able to replace the exterior PIR lights with ones that actually work, and don’t occasionally stay on all night. Oh, and the electrician has sworn (again) at the previous owner’s DIY “skills”. (in the loosest possible sense of the word)

The ropy old sliding back door is yet to be replaced, due to the fact the guy doing the work has developed a dollop of gastroenteritis, which means that sometime next week (probably) we’ll be having the builders back over for a day to take out the old door and put in a bit of replacement wall, and then we’ll have the replacement window and door installed the next day.

Herself was busy yesterday taking the old tiles off the walls in preparation for putting new ones up over the weekend. We’re leaving the floor tiles until next weekend, as (I think) the builders were scared of breaking new floor tiles when they take out the door and put in the replacement wall.

So it’s all going ahead, and we’re getting there. The kitchen looks one hell of a lot bigger now, and it’s all pretty promising really.