Jerry_Atrick Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 We went to a local kitchen supplier who does their own (so cabinet makers that also sell you worktops and othet things). They use sold wood for the carcasses and the front panels, and they were only a little more expensive than the bich chains that use MDF. Just have to find a decent cabinet maker (unless you have the skills yourself, which I clearly don't have). Come to think of it, I have a long-lost cousin in Queensland - used to be in the Bowen area who was a cabinet maker.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Jerry, your girl has exceptionally long fingers, which makes her extremely artistic. Does she possess a great deal of artistic skill in any one area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 (edited) I have no idea where she gets then from... both partner and I have fat finger syndrome. She is good at photography, but most of her "art" emanates from her mouth. Those fingers are for sneakily "lifting" things.. she is wearing my jumper in that photo Edited September 11 by Jerry_Atrick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Sometimes, I do beleive in dog albitey. And as he or she knows that I don't believe in him or her, he sor she (or it) want's to make my life a pain.. Yesterday, the sparkies were due to come in and do the final work to allow us to finish the kitchen. Of course, I am in London Tuesday and Wednesdays, and as I didn't leave work until late (about 8pm, I wasn't home until after midnight. I woke up this morning, expectng to see everything done in the kitchen electrically - lights fitted, power points fitted, light switches installed, etc. The builder was then going to work on the floor staining. I raced into the kitchen and it is exactly as it was in the photos I posted above. In the village, we get the occasioanly power black out.. aseverywhere does. And yesterday, we had one. For the first time ever in the village, an agri hedge trimmer snipped through a pwoer cable at one of the properties on the edge of the village, and there was a power outage of the row of houses righ up to ours. The rest of the village was fine. It ook the hole day to restore power. The sparkies coudln't work because they needed their power tools. You can only larf at this point. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 Aaaagh.... Tha laird doth work in mysterious ways indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 4 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said: The sparkies coudln't work because they needed their power tools. There are these new things called cordless tools. They are powered by batteries which tradies recharge at home each night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 ......And Man made Great Plans for Himself ...... and the Electricity God laughed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 23 minutes ago, old man emu said: There are these new things called cordless tools. They are powered by batteries which tradies recharge at home each night. And they have them... and the lord said flatten them 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Well, it has been slow going on the reno. The sparky was ill until yesterday (Friday). He came out and installed some backing plates and cabled to them, but not much else before he had to take off as he was still not 100% right. The builder is waiting for him to complete the re-wiring/installing before much else. Also, as I work from home a lot, the sparky needs the supply off for about a day and won't be back until Wednesday. My exams aren't until late October, and I have a mountain to do, and work, is extra busy at the moment.. Latest reno photo: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted Saturday at 10:46 AM Share Posted Saturday at 10:46 AM Well, not much has been happening on the reno front, still. My partner has done some painting of the open plan kitchen/diner, and the joiners have started making the windows and frames. The sparky was in last week for a day, but as he is fitting us in between other jobs, he coudn't come in this week. Hopefully he has a couple of days next week and is done. We had quotes for an alarm (need it for insurance) and the range was, well, bloody enornous.. from $2K to about £8K for the same system and very similar configuratioin! It does pay to shop around. I have two exams next week.. Tuesday and Tursday.. Both 1am my time (Aussie examinations). Once done, I will take a couple of days off and get into it. Plan to have the whole place done by mid November, and on the market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted Saturday at 11:13 AM Share Posted Saturday at 11:13 AM 26 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said: Plan to have the whole place done by mid November, and on the market. I wish you well! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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