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So November 2010 my self and Lindsay bought her mum and dad's house to allow them to move into there big new home that they wanted, but as the Market was terrible at the time, we decided to help them out. So the house was built in 93(same year as my Supra :D) The kitchen was a bit of a mess considering it was decorated in the early 90's. Its taken us a year to finally get back on our feet with moving house, higher rates moving from my Flat and Lins Flat, so a 4 bedroom Detached house.

 

So here goes we decided it was time to start with the Kitchen, Biggest Expense IMO when doing a house up. I'll let the pics do the talking. :D

 

Started with pulling off the Old cabinets

 

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Next up was Pulling apart Everything else, work top units, Sink, dish washer, and washing machine all un plumbed. Oven sat on the floor as we still needed to eat, well i did, lol IanW kindly came down and helped that day, although the slacker is eating a bounty :D

 

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Tiles pulled off wall, oh god they were hideous, :(

 

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I always wondered why i was getting a draft at the sink/dish washer area(bunch of fuds)

 

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Bit of cleaning up.

 

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All the damaged plaster board cut out, ready to be replaced

 

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Plaster board installed

 

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Wiring to be done

 

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Plastering done, with all new sockets and switches

 

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As it stands now, waiting on the guys arriving on Wednesday to install the new one. With the prep work all done by me, the guys said they will be able to install it all in one day. :D I've been without a kitchen now for over a week. :(

 

Will update with pics once the new stuff is in. :D

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I'm sure it'll all be worth it once finished :)

 

Bet it's costing a fair bit, though!

 

Not as bad as i thought TBH, but still a fair bit of cash... :(

 

ive got a yellow bucket just like that :cool: seriously though looking good matey!

 

there great buckets, take loads and strong as hell, cheers mate, getting there. :D

 

Not bad - how long did it take you (in hours) to get the kitchen to that state?

 

You didnt fancy installing the new kitchen yourself?

 

pulling it all apart was easy, good couple of hours. The repair work took a bit of time etc. I reckon in total about 16hrs here and there. as i did it over certain days etc.

 

Don't mind ripping it all out and prep'ing it, but will leave all the install to the guys who do it for a living, it was part of the price, so i'll let them do the hard work. :D

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i really wish i didnt start mine TBH dude. :(

 

 

im like that with every job in my house they always get started on a board sunday ,then come 19:00 and im still at it i think to my self thats another fine mess you got your self into then a couple weeks later project finished to a standard / ishh. :D

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Tell me about it mate. Just had a new kitchen in mine, ripped the old one out, totally. New units, new appliances, imported the tiles - and had it all installed. Then set to work on the home office and home cinema. £25k since Christmas - but it's worth every penny.

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I did mine about 5yrs ago, ripped it all out, chased the walls out (brick) for the electrics and installed the new kitchen.

The only thing I didn't do was the floor tiles, I've seen so many shocking installs of kitchens by so called professionals that I knew i could do it better myself. It's stood the test of time and 5yrs on it looks as good as the day I finished it :)

I even did the electrics properly and got a sparky mate to check it out and sign it off.

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im like that with every job in my house they always get started on a board sunday ,then come 19:00 and im still at it i think to my self thats another fine mess you got your self into then a couple weeks later project finished to a standard / ishh. :D

 

hahaha kinda how i feel about the kitchen.... :D

 

Tell me about it mate. Just had a new kitchen in mine, ripped the old one out, totally. New units, new appliances, imported the tiles - and had it all installed. Then set to work on the home office and home cinema. £25k since Christmas - but it's worth every penny.

 

god, forgot all about the new appliances bit, :faint:

 

Nice work :)

 

I've got half my house done now, but still to do:

 

- all 3 bedrooms

- bathroom

- kitchen

- garage

- garden

 

Not easy on student loan and part time wages!

 

kinda wage you get for being a student these days? think i need to go back to Study, hahahahah

 

I did mine about 5yrs ago, ripped it all out, chased the walls out (brick) for the electrics and installed the new kitchen.

The only thing I didn't do was the floor tiles, I've seen so many shocking installs of kitchens by so called professionals that I knew i could do it better myself. It's stood the test of time and 5yrs on it looks as good as the day I finished it :)

I even did the electrics properly and got a sparky mate to check it out and sign it off.

 

Yeah kinda what i had in mind, i wanted the kitchen as a blank canvas so to speak so the guys could do a better job of the installation. I'll be here when there doing it, and if i dont like something there doing, i'll be quick to make them know about it. :D

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You should of gone for some MK edge flat plate electrical accessories dude in brushed chrome lovely bit of kit.

 

these are just temps dude, will replace them again once the kitchen is fully in. :D You get a good price on those bad boys?

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Looks like you've been busy lol, i do this for a living so its nice to see someone else doing it for a change. Just a thought while your at this stage ( not sure if you have got more done since taking the pics? ) But while you have the chance, i noticed you have the boiler condensing pipe going out through the wall, and im assuming this goes outside? As your probebly aware these freeze up in the winter and when the water freezes in the pipe it shuts the boiler down, and can be a real PITA. Now its fine to run these into the internal waste pipe, so might just be an idea to run it behind the units and couple it into the waste in the sink unit.

 

Just a thought, while your able to get to it.

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Little Update -

 

Been trying to take some pics while the guys have been working. :D

 

Dave the Plumber

 

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Sparky to the left sorting the stuff for the Oven and Fridge/freezer

 

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Cabinets built

 

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sizing up the worktop units

 

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Cabinets being mounted

 

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Worktop Unit kinda in, still needs to be cut

 

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Getting there

 

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