Barney's building work.....

[UltraFlynn]

....will be posted about sometime later.

For now here's progress of my new kitchen:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060925-day-9/20060925018Medium.jpg

Here's the full Kitchen Photo Diary (http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/) which I'm keeping during all these building works.

[baz]

omg!!!!

[EmmaG]

Oh the memories ;) eating mircowave meals and takeways for 6 weeks!!! lol

Good luck!! it will be worth it when it is finished

[Cass]

I still do my wife is a fantastic cook lol

[Kev.O]

There's one thing replacing a kitchen, but to have to live in the house at the same time is a completely different matter. Have you found anywhere that the dust hasn't got Flynn :D

[Barney]

eating mircowave meals and takeways for 6 weeks!!! lol

Good luck!! it will be worth it when it is finished

Tell me about it, Im fed up with trying to cook in the living room already! Ours only got underway Monday, we are having the kitchen and dinning room done, it's a nightmare the whole house is full of dust, noise all day long and no power most of yesterday (Karen went to use the shower last night, the sparky has somehow disconnected the power supply to it, she was not a happy bunny!).................now where did I put those Valium:eek:

Matt, how do you mangage to post such large picture files?

[UltraFlynn]

Looks like you're in the same sort of state as we are mate.

I hate hate hate microwave meals. We had them for the first 3 days and then I put my foot down and said no more. Horrible things.

RE the pictures. I have an account on photobucket. I just resize in windows (using an XP add-on from Microsoft called "picture resizer") and then upload to photobucket. (You can skip using the resizer though, photobucket will do this itself) The I link the pictures to there.

Kev: The dust has been awful. Everything is covered in a fine layer of crud. :(

[Barney]

Thanks Matt, I might try and have a look a photobucket if I get the time.

Think we are in much the same state with our kitchens, ours is made worse by the fact we have knocked into the dinning room as well which is being done at the same time, dust, dust and more dust everywhere:(

Seems like the numpty who did the wiring in some of our house previously wasn't that clued up, poor old sparky has a real job on his hands trying to make sence of it and putting things to rights.

I think if I had spent the same money on the Soop it might well be in the running with yours for the fastest in the club ;) :D

Glad I'm at Japfest Saturday as the plasterer is in then, sadly he's also here Sunday:hand:

Just hope the end result is worth it.

Looks like you're in the same sort of state as we are mate.

I hate hate hate microwave meals. We had them for the first 3 days and then I put my foot down and said no more. Horrible things.

RE the pictures. I have an account on photobucket. I just resize in windows (using an XP add-on from Microsoft called "picture resizer") and then upload to photobucket. The I link the pictures to there.

Kev: The dust has been awful. Everything is covered in a fine layer of crud. :(

[Barney]

Photobucket test:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0005.jpg

err, Matt how do you post photobucket pics directly here without a link?

[UltraFlynn]

Like this mate:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0005.jpg

Which is done by pasting this code:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0005.jpg
And you can copy and paste that from photobucket using the "IMG" code:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/msoc/photobucket.jpg

[Barney]

Thanks Matt, I'll scratch my head, get some splinters and have a try later:rolleyes2:

[UltraFlynn]

Things are nearing some form of completion now:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061002-day-14/200601002026Medium.jpg

The floor is going down in the next two days, the cooker will be fitted this week, the fridge/freezer was purchased today and is arriving on Thursday, granite worktops were ordered on Saturday.


This is what it used to look like....

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/th_20060912024Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/20060912024Medium.jpg)http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/th_20060912023Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/20060912023Medium.jpg)http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/th_20060912002Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/20060912002Medium.jpg)http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/th_20060912007Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/20060912007Medium.jpg)http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/th_20060912006Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20060911-before/20060912006Medium.jpg)

[Kev.O]

Glad to see things are starting to turn back to normal. It's going to look great. How long have you had the worktops on order? We've had our's on order for four weeks!

[Cass]

Looking more like a kitchen again flynn wont be long now till you get some home cooking on the go again.

[UltraFlynn]

Glad to see things are starting to turn back to normal. It's going to look great. How long have you had the worktops on order? We've had our's on order for four weeks!

We're having the worktops templated on Monday, then they will fit them 10 days later. It's a local firm who have the granite in stock.

[UltraFlynn]

Looking more like a kitchen again flynn wont be long now till you get some home cooking on the go again.

Can't wait mate. Really miss having a roast meal on a Sunday. :)

[UltraFlynn]

In case anyone has ever wondered what under-floor heating looks like before it's been covered over by your floor tiles...... my friendly builder took a shot on my camera before he covered the whole lot in glue.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061004-day-16/200601004001Medium.jpg

Now it's covered it looks like this:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061004-day-16/200601004018Medium.jpg

[UltraFlynn]

Had my new flat screen mounted on the wall today. Very happy with that.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061004-day-16/200601004008Medium.jpg

[Martin F]

^^^ Hope Emma doesn't see that ^^^

It's the one thing she still wants in our kitchen.

[Kev.O]

Have you burried the wires into the wall Flynn?
That underfloor heating looks like it took a while

[supra dave]

looks like its gonna be good enough not to leave the damn place barney... cant wait to see the finished product

[UltraFlynn]

Have you burried the wires into the wall Flynn?
That underfloor heating looks like it took a while

Yup. All the wires are hidden in the wall. There's no way I wanted any wires showing. The TV aerial guy is coming today to upgrade the aerial on the roof so that we get freeview properly and wire the new TV in.

I'm not sure how long the overfloor heating took to lay. Like everything else in the kitchen, I get home in the evening and just see what they've done. :)

[UltraFlynn]

looks like its gonna be good enough not to leave the damn place barney... cant wait to see the finished product

That's not Barney's kitchen mate. It's mine. Both Barney and I are both having our kitchens done at the moment.

[j80leo]

that i big job wow i would leave well alone

[UltraFlynn]

Just spoke to my wife, the builders c0cked up. They were only supposed to put the grey glue on the wires and not in between. The in between bits are supposed to be bare concrete for the tiles to adhere to.

The builders are now hand chiselling out all the required gaps so that they can lay the tiles. They've spent all morning doing it and they've got about 1/6th of the way through. I reckon they will be lucky sorted out their c0ck-up before the weekend. .:)

Hopefully they wont damage the under-floor heating in the process of all that chiselling. Because if they do they'll be ripping the whole damn lot out and starting again.

[Kev.O]

That's one big cock up. Your t.v looks sweet. They/you have done a really good job with the cables!

[EmmaG]

^^^ Hope Emma doesn't see that ^^^

It's the one thing she still wants in our kitchen.

Correction...that is the one thing I still *need* in the kitchen!!! lol

Looks good Matt, so when are we next invited over for a curry ?? ;)

[UltraFlynn]

That's one big cock up. Your t.v looks sweet. They/you have done a really good job with the cables!

They spent all day sorting it out and they're still only 2/3rd done. :(

The builders did the cables mate. I can take none of the credit. I'm a computer programmer not a DIY expert! :)

[UltraFlynn]

Correction...that is the one thing I still *need* in the kitchen!!! lol

Looks good Matt, so when are we next invited over for a curry ?? ;)

Once the kitchens finished you'll have to come over and see the finished (fully under-floor heated) article.

[UltraFlynn]

The builders have removed all of their junk from my garage and last night was the first night in a month that my car has been able to be garaged again.

When I cleaned her this morning I could actually see what I was doing. (Which makes a change)

Tomorrow morning I'm going to treat her to a little wax... :)

[Barney]

Can you post up the link to your photobucket kitchen diary again Matt, interested to see how it's looking, cheers fella.

[UltraFlynn]

There you go mate:

Kitchen Diary (http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/)

The builders have left now for 3 weeks. In that time the granite worktops will be fitted and then they will come back to finished off.

It's looking better than it was when we started though:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061009-day-20/th_200601009003Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061009-day-20/200601009003Medium.jpg) http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061009-day-20/th_200601009002Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061009-day-20/200601009002Medium.jpg) http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061009-day-20/th_200601009007Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061009-day-20/200601009007Medium.jpg) http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061009-day-20/th_200601009005Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061009-day-20/200601009005Medium.jpg)

[Barney]

Cheers Matt, looking good too. Were still in the thick of it but it's slowly coming together now, worktops are starting to be sorted, sparks in Friday and tiler next Tuesday.

[UltraFlynn]

Any pictures mate?

[Barney]

A few random shots......

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0005.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0001.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0007.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0028.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0045.jpg

[Barney]

Couple more............


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0002.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0068.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/DSCN0050.jpg

Yippee, sorted out this photobucket thingy, cheers Matt :)

[UltraFlynn]

Looks like you're making progress mate.

Photobucket rocks! There's a feature where you can select several pictures and generate several clickable links with small pictures in one go. That's quite cool too. I reckon I'll get over 10,000 pictures on there with the amount of compression I do.

[EmmaG]

Barney I like the colour of your units, very similar to the ones we have. Spotted the cat as well any more pictures of puss??

[Kev.O]

Coming on nicely Barney. I bet you can't wait for it to be finished can you?

[Barney]

Kev, three weeks and counting, can't wait for it to be finished:dance:

Here you go Emma, meet Titch.......................yes, we're really pleased with the units and colour, took us ages to find the right ones but worth it in the end.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l62/Soopytwo/Titch/Titch.jpg

[UltraFlynn]

Granite got fitted this morning. Have to say that it looks just stunning. Got a good price too.....they quoted on cheaper granite, fitted much more expensive but invoiced for the cheaper one. Silly sausages. :)

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/200601023023Medium.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/th_200601023016Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/200601023016Medium.jpg) http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/th_200601023024Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/200601023024Medium.jpg) http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/th_200601023023Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/200601023023Medium.jpg) http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/th_200601023013Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/200601023013Medium.jpg) http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/th_200601023021Medium.jpg (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/200601023021Medium.jpg)

[EmmaG]

awww Titch is very pretty ;) how old is he??

[EmmaG]

Looking good Matt!!!

[UltraFlynn]

Just took an arty shot of the worktop....

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061023-granite-fitting/200601023089Medium.jpg

Now that's what I call a nice finish. It's like glass.

[Guyver]

Something else that will need detailing does look good tho

[UltraFlynn]

That shine is the result of Poorboys Spray & Wipe. :)

[EmmaG]

What colour are you doing the walls Matt?? tiles?

[UltraFlynn]

Just picking the tiles at the moment. The rest of the walls will be a brown/beige colour which some have them have already been painted it.

Tiles may well end up looking something like this:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/flynnuk/kitchen/20061024-wall-tiles/200601024001Medium.jpg