Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: 1990's Kitchen re-model / re-face project 15Mar 16, 2010 12:11 pm Macy Looking forward to following this thread. Very interesting to see the cutting machine, thanks for posting that pic. I think for your door you need a storm seal rather than a simple weather seal, that is you need the two piece type that interlocks when the door is closed. Hi Macy, No problems regarding the pic of the cutting machine, and thank you for reading. They had several cutting bays and machines so when i go back i will try to get a few more pics. Thank you also for your tip regarding the storm seal - this sounds much more appropriate as a weather shield. I will have a look when i am next at the hardware store. Good tip and thanks. Cheers, Tim Re: 1990's Kitchen re-model / re-face project 16Mar 16, 2010 2:31 pm tcrosss Thank you to kiwi, mmac7553, and Sleven for your words of encouragement! Sleven - that is great that you are almost finished! I fear it will be at least 6 weeks at a minimum until we are done. Do you possibly have a thread with before, during and after shots for me to have a peek at? Cheers, Tim Hey tcross as requested photos viewtopic.php?f=1&t=31137 Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes Re: 1990's Kitchen re-model / re-face project 18Mar 22, 2010 12:26 am Hello all, My weekly update: This weekend was spent generating even more quotes for cabinets and also getting our hands dirty taking off some tiles from the floor. One of our prospective cabinet makers came back to make a revised quote, removing some of the drawers and more expensive items we had previously discussed. Fingers crossed it comes in closer to what we have budgeted for as we are very happy with his attitude and punctuality etc. We have one final cabinet maker quoting tomorrow and then we will need to bite the bullet and just pick one. The tiling was hard work and I have a few pointers to share for those playing at home who may be considering removing tiling themselves: - If you don’t have kneepads use thongs as a soft pad for your knees to sit on (your knees will really start to hurt without some form of protection on the hard floor) - collect some small boxes to transport and dispose of the tiles (small boxes are easier to manage and carry as the tiles are heavy - try dan murphys maybe) - wear long sleeves (the tiles often break and sharp shards fly up into your arms drawing blood – long sleeves will alleviate 95% of this) - wear safety goggles or at least sun glasses (shards can go anywhere when the tiles break) - wear leather gloves (obvious reasons) - use a very sharp object such as a chisel to lever them off (I was intending on using a brikkies trowel, however it was simply too blunt and was pretty well useless. The sharper the edge the better, however also look for a chisel which has a metal handle so it can withstand the beating: a wide metal handle would be best so you don’t hit your hand so much!) - wear a hat of some sort (I am still picking out little bits of tile and grout from my scalp after 2 showers) These pics will not be very exciting for a lot of you, however I will post them up anyway to show some progress however small it may be. You can see the tools I used in one of them and also the pile of offending green tiles. Some of the pics will also show the glue that is still stuck to the floor. The tiles and glue was very easy to remove in some areas and just horrible to remove in other areas. We speculated that perhaps the tiler used too much glue to begin with and then tried to finish the job using not enough which meant they were easier to remove. It was very satisfying seeing them all smashed up in the corner! This week we have the plumber and electrician coming to make the gas, power and water safe and then next weekend I will begin removing the cabinets in earnest. Half way through Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yellow thongs to the rescue! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ You can just make out the tiling glue Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Small boxes ready for the tip Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Offending porcelain Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We will finish the rest off when taking out the cabinets Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wish me luck this week in choosing a cabinet maker! Cheers. Tim Re: 1990's Kitchen re-model / re-face project 19Apr 14, 2010 8:54 pm Hello friends, It has been a while since the last update and pics but i have finally gotten around to uploading to photobucket. During the last few weeks i have totally pulled out the existing kitchen and have prepared the site ready to take the floor prior to the new kitchen being installed. This involved several steps. Firstly i had the plumber come out to disconnect taps, water and cap off the pipes: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Next the electrician made all of the power points and appliances safe. The oven is electric so he removed that for me along with the rangehood: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once that was done we were ready to begin removing the kitchen. First came the skirting boards, then we removed doors off all cabinets and then the cabinets themselves. As you can see the site got very dirty during the demolition. The pipes come straight out of the slab as you can see from the pic and apparently the floor installer can go around this area which is good. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The plaster all came off where the splashback tiling had been. I will need to go and buy a new blue plaster board to go over this area. Another job to add to the list... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here is a pic of the room all swept up ready for the concrete grinder to come in and level the slab so it is ready to take the floor boards: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Fingers crossed it is all worth it in the end. It is all costing me a lot more than i first expected. Now we are also adding painting and plastering and new skirts to the budget so am dipping into other savings. It better look Bl00dy good at the end!! Thanks all, Tim Re: 1990's Kitchen re-model / re-face project 20Apr 14, 2010 10:06 pm I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end! We did that with the budget for our kitchen and our bathroom... there kind of ended up being no budget Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes Hi Chippy, no there isn't, gave it a really good look through and literally opened everything and checked all edges as well. Hence the question, just hoping someone would… 2 2595 Following these simple steps will help you mitigate unwanted costs, have your expectations met and give… 0 4974 As a tradesmen get a private inspector although I don't think there worth it in their profession themselves the reminder they serve to the tradesmen doing the work is… 3 28233 |