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beagley

posted on 6/5/10 at 12:55 PM Reply With Quote
OT Kitchen Remodel......

The misses and I have decided to do a kitchen rennovation ourselves. We're about done, and here are some before and after pictures.

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Has anyone every done a project of this size before and does it get any better? Its been rather hard to live without a kitchen.





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coozer

posted on 6/5/10 at 12:57 PM Reply With Quote
Gas fire to log burner soon for me....





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tomprescott

posted on 6/5/10 at 01:04 PM Reply With Quote
My parents have redone two doer-uppers they bought in france (with four kitchens and seven bathrooms between them) and yes its gets better - probably better off taking a weeks holiday off work to get it done in one go though.

Things we found helped were small/cheap electric fryingpans and pots and lots of bbq's. Keep going, think how happy you'll be when you've finished!





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tegwin

posted on 6/5/10 at 01:05 PM Reply With Quote
Which is the before and which is the after?





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mcerd1

posted on 6/5/10 at 01:16 PM Reply With Quote
my kitchen is on the to-do list, along with the bathroom, heating and all the wiring

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Originally posted by beagley
Its been rather hard to live without a kitchen.

I've got one of these for when I do mine






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beagley

posted on 6/5/10 at 01:46 PM Reply With Quote
Our bathroom is next on the list, but its not being done for quite a while. I'm planning to do most of the work for that one too. After a nice long holiday, possibly back to Canada.

The ceiling was the biggest job raising it from 7 ft to 8 ft. Drywall dust everywhere and no insulation made for fun temperature swings in the house.





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ashg

posted on 6/5/10 at 02:26 PM Reply With Quote
i have done two kitchens and a bathroom. trick is to get the basics in first then do the rest





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mangogrooveworkshop

posted on 6/5/10 at 03:08 PM Reply With Quote
Joelip does that every day for a living
Now you know why he is such a crazy guy....

Hate doing kitchens and bathrooms.....money pits and it gets me when you see the young ones slam the doors and cut food on the worktops leaving scores. Then drop cups on the floor cracking those very expensive we must have italian tiles.........
and yes ive got
one to redo......10 years since it last got done......






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iank

posted on 6/5/10 at 03:10 PM Reply With Quote
Done all the rooms in the house, except the kitchen...





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Coopz

posted on 6/5/10 at 04:40 PM Reply With Quote
I do a lot of this sort of work Try get your base layers in first so worktop on Leaving protective film on then work upwards so you have a base... and what you want to hear it does get better
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Ben_Copeland

posted on 6/5/10 at 04:51 PM Reply With Quote
I've done several kitchens...

When i did mine, i did the upper cupboards first, so we still have everything connected below.

Then just left the cooker in place and did the sink in part in one day.

Minimal hassle !





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skinned knuckles

posted on 6/5/10 at 05:28 PM Reply With Quote
nice job so far. i am assuming you have got hold of a smaller fridge





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beagley

posted on 6/5/10 at 05:35 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by skinned knuckles
nice job so far. i am assuming you have got hold of a smaller fridge


Thanks for that, funny story......

We got all those cabinets up earlier this week and late one night we decided to put the fridge back in its cubby to somewhat "complete" the kitchen. Come to find out we were about 3/4" inch (roughly 19 mm) too small on the opening. I about blew a gasket. We have been working every night from 5:00 pm to 10:30 after work trying to get it done for a month and now we had to take it all down and move it. Last night had a friend come over and offer some extra hands and got them all moved. Decided to build everything AROUND the fridge this time and there is plenty of space now.

I'm looking forward to doing the tile backsplash. I enjoy tile work so it should look pretty once the tops come in.

Thanks chaps for the "It will get better" comments. I feel better.





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JoelP

posted on 6/5/10 at 08:28 PM Reply With Quote
i love em, bang out a big one in 2 days nowadays


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