Saturday Renovation

We are aiming to get the new kitchen installed early next week, and to that end we have started getting the millions of jobs done that are required. This is what we got done on saturday:

Firstly, it's about time we threw out our collection of expired mustards in the fridge.

Then Andrew popped over and we removed the first floor cabinet. All our plates and stuff are balancing precariously around the house in the meantime. 

The next to go was the wall cabinet. We spent ages trying to delicately take it off the wall, but it was proving tricky, so we smashed it to bits with a sledge hammer. 

This was my favourite part - removing the 60s-tastic curtians and the filthy old blinds. 

Agh, Hugh smashed his finger with a crowbar! 

But the show must go on, so John popped over to give a hand and we quickly took out the remaining cabinets, cooker and here he is angle grinding through the sink. Who needs to disconnect things carefully eh?

And finally, we took the tiles off the wall. Some were easy to remove as they had been put on with regular tile adhesive, but most were stuck on with thick concrete. What were these people thinking? It took quite a bit of elbow grease to get those ones off, and John smashed all the concrete off back to the bricks, so we can plaster properly. 

In the meantime, Hugh and Dave have dismantled everything in the utility room.

What a day! 

At this stage, we realised that we would ideally like the kitchen installed on Monday 4th, so that left us 8 full days to have everything ready, including the electrics, gas, plumbing, get that thing taken off the wall, sanding and varnishing the floor, plastering and painting. And floor varnish needs 5 days to dry with noone standing on it. Start your stop-watches!