A diary of everything involved along the way!
Archive for January, 2010
It’s here!
Jan 14th
The day has finally arrived….
Our new kitchen is in the building – in bits though!
The new room is nearly ready to have the bits fitted and with luck, will acquire floor tiles & necessary plumbing tomorrow with the kitchen going in next week.
All building work has now been completed; walls & ceiling have been plasterboarded (“dry walled”) and joints taped/skimmed; electrics are all done; radiator replaced; and the ex-dining room floor levelled with a “underlay” course of tiles to bring it to the same height as the utility room floor.
More photos to come…!
First challenge of 2010!!
Jan 2nd
After spending most of today using one, I’m convinced chemical paint strippers should carry more of a health warning: “do not use if currently alive” or “full-body protective clothing & breathing apparatus must be worn before opening” might do the trick!
We’ve been in the process of restoring the stair case back to more of a wood-like state than it’s previous 1970’s yellowed white look, and today have finally turned onto the home straight.
Unfortunately removing the last few bits of paint has required the use of a powerful paint stripper, advertised to strip all layers of paint back to bare wood in one application.
It doesn’t quite work that well in reality but has done a pretty good job, leaving only a trace of paint to be removed via a palm sander & by hand.
The rest of the wood’s already been stripped using a small armoury of electric sanders… Unfortunately you can’t quite squeeze a belt sander into the corners, between banister rails or into the other assorted little gaps 
I’ve definitely had enough of clearing up sawdust though – will be glad when this bit’s done!!
