Sunday 2 September 2018

More Kitchen Progress

Sorry I haven't posted this last week or replied to comments - I've been working flat out to try and get so we can use some of that space again before the weather turns and we can't eat outside anymore!

Lots more progress though.
Everything was plasterboarded and ready for Sean, my good friend and plasterer, to come and skim it. 


He worked tirelessly over the bank holiday weekend to get it finished and I have to say he's done an amazing job. I've known Sean for a long time now and met him when I was the deputy manager on for a large house builder, he was sat in his car reading a book at the time waiting for the site to open and I remember thinking - wow he's reading a book we should be friends! This probably says a lot about some of the builders I was working with at the time.



 As soon as he was finished I painted the walls. We've gone for just magnolia walls and white ceilings at the moment, just to keep it light and fresh, but might choose to paint it differently later on. I should imagine that I'll have to touch up the walls again before I'm finished but it's far easier to do the bulk of it now before teh floor goes down.



Then yesterday I started work on the floor. We've gone all out on this and it's one of our larger expenses but we decided that we didn't like anything as much as we liked a natural stone floor. We also wanted one that would last a lifetime and be easy to maintain and clean.
 Before I could lay the floor we put down anti crack matting. We decided on this because there is two ages of concrete floors and I should imagine a crack will occur between them, something I'm keen to avoid. It was a sod to lay, just becasue of the sheer area to be done at once, the sweat was pouring off me as I was pressing it into the adhesive.
 I've now started to lay out the flagstones to get them where I want them. I've been told it's best to dry lay them first so that I don't accidentally create a bad pattern or have a band of colour without realising it.
This slabs are heavy and taking some moving about. I'm not looking forward to the job of laying them!

My wife goes back to work tomorrow so I think there will be a serious slow up in the amount of work I can produce in a day whilst doing the school run and looking after our youngest. I'm hopeful that I'll be able to do a little each day and still see some progress though.

22 comments:

  1. Hi Kev that is going to be one very nice space when it is finished. Deeply jealous. Love the flagstones. Can see why you are trying to get a wriggle on with it. A kitchen is always the hearth and heart of the home. Looking good.

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    1. We're really lucky as we're turning the old kitchen into the pantry but not before the new one is finished so we'll never be without a kitchen. Otherwise this would be a really tricky time!

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  2. Wonderful progress. It's looking wonderful now and will look stunning when it's finished.

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    1. Thanks! Hopefully the floor won't take too long to do, but I have a feeling it will!

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  3. It is going to look fabulous . Very wise to push on hard when you could. As you well know everything in renovation and building takes longer than you plan!

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    1. This has taken so much longer! But I suppose it's good the house is so hard!

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  4. How are you going to fix the flagstones?, it looks great, a perfect floor for this area.

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    1. Flexible tile adhesive on a anti crack matting. A long hard job!

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  5. It's looking amazing. Nice to see so much progress. Eventually using your old kitchen as a pantry is a brilliant idea.

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    1. Yeah, it should be a great little space. Can't wait to build some clever food storage in there!

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  6. oh my goodness KEV!!!! it is looking amazing already! I cant wait to see it finished. are the slabstones slate or limestone? we have grey limestone here. we stupidly didnt seal it like the man said and ours are now uneven in colour.

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    1. Thanks! They're limestone and so heavy! Can't wait until that job is over! it's killing my hands!

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  7. With each post, I'm amazed all the more at the magnitude of this addition/remodeling project of yours. It's a darn good thing you are so talented and know what you're doing! How absolutely lovely it's going to be when you're finished. Thanks for all your pictures that make us feel like we're along for the trip!

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    1. Thanks! I keep forgetting to take them but I have enough to put a post together! When I make the kitchen cabinets I might even do a how to as well.

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  9. Looks fab already Kev, brilliant job and will be fantastic when finished. Are you going to be making the new kitchen cabinets yourself too ?

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    1. Yes, I'll just buy in the the pine boards and make it from scratch. Looked at the off the shelf ones and decided that I was better off making them as otherwise I'd never be happy with it.

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  10. A lot of work but a huge difference! It's going to be wonderful when it's done. The anti-cracking matting is brilliant. When we bought our place someone had put down ceramic tile flooring directly over the original tongue-and-groove boards. It was in terrible shape when we moved in. Not only was the grout cracked, but so were a lot of the tiles themselves. Really turned me off to ceramic tiles for floors.

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    1. I think I was over sold ont he anti crack matting as the floor are solid but when spending so much on flagstones I thought I might as well go the whole hog and do the job right! These aare so thick and heavy, I hope they last me my lifetime!

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