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Post by Original Admin on Apr 19, 2006 18:10:36 GMT -5
No sink - no kettle to steam my lids - no water - no worktops. Im doing the kitchen out from scratch, so ive got two barrels in polish and one new one in 80. The sink should get here on Fri - but will probably be a week before I can address fitting it - as due to new regs Ive got to get majors in electronics to fit the wiring on the plugs and big boys in with a flippin PHD to re-fit the boiler. Rocks in polish - I will probably stop them rolling as I dont want to damage them (some from Cher and some from James) - both done 4 or so days in polish now). Typically bad timing on my part  |
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Post by krazydiamond on Apr 19, 2006 18:17:50 GMT -5
did you take photos of the before-kitchen? you sure picked a fine time to tear apart the house....how is the Mrs? no ketttle = no tea?  ? yikes! KD |
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Post by docone31 on Apr 19, 2006 18:25:57 GMT -5
How come you told anyone you were redoing the kitchen? Outta sight, outta mind.
I have built whole houses inside and out v e r y q u i e t l y.
Good luck on the redo. I bet it will look great. It will be worth the wait, and inconvience.
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Post by Cher on Apr 19, 2006 20:17:58 GMT -5
Good luck on the remodeling Mark, it's not always fun but in the end generally worth it. How's the Mrs, got any pics of the baby yet?
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Post by stoner on Apr 19, 2006 20:29:39 GMT -5
Hang in there Mark, it'll all be worth it. Have you ever seen the movie, "The Money Pit" with Tom Hanks and Shelley Long? I always recommend people see that movie before they start a remodel job. Good luck.
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Rose
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Post by Rose on Apr 20, 2006 4:12:57 GMT -5
The money pit is hilarious !
Hope the re-fit goes smoothly Mark !
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 20, 2006 13:55:12 GMT -5
New Kitchen YIKES- My wife wants us to re-do ours- I've have been putting it off for 5 or 6 years now- Just not a fun time!
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Post by Original Admin on Apr 21, 2006 19:57:46 GMT -5
KD - yeah - got before and after pics so when its done ill put some up. Hey - I dint pick the time - the missus picked it - she said its better done now rather than later when the babys born - tea wise - weve got a camping table and ive now set up a kettle  Today I had the gas plumbers in - I know - Yawn - rules and regs wont allow me to modify my OWN home - gotta get someone in at 600 USD per day to run a 22mm pipe from the inlet to the cooker (about 15m of 22mm copper pipe - big deal eh?). I could have done a job far better than the one I got. Makes me want to become a plumber - because all these tossers going round calling themselves plumbers couldnt lay a pipe as straight as I can. Doc - I mentioned it here cos I neeeded to "vent" Cher - baby is coming in three months yet - so plenty of time to chill - after the 3 months - well - arggggggggggggg Rose - the money pit - yes - oh yes - the UK is cowboy city and im slap in the middle at the moment - and UK law says that Its got to be that way. Basically the UK sucks. Stefan - pull your finger out and get that new kitchen in - and gripe like a baby like im doin Mark |
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Post by docone31 on Apr 21, 2006 20:16:22 GMT -5
Mark, here you can vent indeed. Have I not passed gas over and over? Vent to your hearts content. You have certainly been there for us.
Here, we also have the same rules. What remodel? I am just repairing an existing item. Do it over the weekend, It was always there. Got any photos to prove otherwise?
You guys over there could always throw tea in the Thames. Might take a little extra effort to make it stick, but who knows.
It is good to make the kitchen new, especially before your new addition comes into the picture. Time gets very small then. Besides, you want to dote over the newcomer.
I bet you and the Mrs are going to make great parents. We will certainly be giving advice. Might want to be choosey with that however.
Three months. Cool. I bet you are getting a little excited. Any books you haven't read on the subject?
Has anyone given you the parental blessing?
"I hope you have a child just like you were".
Great luck, and great luck with the money pit. Sooner or later, you will either be out of money, or it will be done. I bet you can do better than the plumbers.
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SilverHeights
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Post by SilverHeights on Apr 21, 2006 20:28:46 GMT -5
Mark Good luck on the renos.. We started our kitchen renos on December 26th 2005. Made the better half promise to wait til after Christmas.. Have most of the kitchen done.. still waiting for plumbing in the sink and dishwasher and hooking up the propane stove. Biggest problem is that my husband works on the coast on a tug boat and is away for 2 weeks at a time and he is doing most of the work himself. The kitchen is a kitchen/dining room/family room combination and we still have the dining room/family room to do. It means pushing out walls and building a bay window. House is over a hundred years old so nothing is square and we are replacing floors to windows and in between!! Best part of this whole thing is that our old cupboards moved into my shop and now I have lots of storage and a sink with running water. Best of luck Mark and congratulations on the baby coming..  |
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jrtrio
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With10 tumblers tumbling the sound is so delicious!Send me more of those little red fellas, please?
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Post by jrtrio on May 4, 2006 3:39:39 GMT -5
Boy the biggest remodling I plan on doing is putting up track lighting over the sink Island so I'll have more light when I work on my barrels! How can you tell if it's time to move a load onto the next step if you can't see clearly? I ask you? And the wife agrees! Though she thinks she's agreeing to putting a light there so as to see while washing the dishes! Like that's more important of something!
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Post by rockyraccoon on May 4, 2006 6:10:33 GMT -5
mark will this be your 1st child? i've never seen you post about other children so i'm assuming it is. you are lucky if it is just the kitchen that gets remodelled. getting those nests ready can be costly!
kim
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