Category: DIY Project

Remodeling diary Week 23 – Kitchen Fitting Although we worked all day every day last week – it looks like very little has been done. Moving the timer and control switches for the boiler was a tedious and fiddly job – just as we thought it would be. It took a whole day to sort…

Kitchen redecoration Week 22 – Wall of units Now that the floor is done, I thought the kitchen could be finished pretty soon. It doesn’t seem so…We decided to create a wall made of cabinets. Actually they are all upper cabinets because space is tight, and we’re using them as base cabinets as well –…

DIY Redecoration Week 21: Parquet Floor Laying The new floor-layer guy did turn up on Monday morning – on time even! He spent the day finishing off the corners and edges of floor – there wasn’t much left to do but it was the most fiddly part, as strange shaped bits had to be cut…

DIY Home Decor Week 20 – the floor layers The floor layers have walked out on us. It turned out that the boss is a relative of the plasterer who had previously walked out on me because I dared to complain about the quality of his work. At the time I refused to pay him…

DIY Home Redecoration Kitchen Remodeling – week 19 The floor laying has started – at last. Given that the wood pieces are reclaimed from an old factory, every single one of them has to be checked and cleaned before gluing them down. Most are covered in (horrid, black, sticky) bitumen which needs to be scraped…

Home Remodeling Week 18 The floor layers were due to start this week – they called to postpone till next week because they are running behind with their current project. Why do builders always underestimate the time a project needs? They come up with a timetable, but don’t even consider the possibility of things going…

DIY – Home Remodeling Week 17 I still haven’t recovered from the experience with the plasterer. He’s done such an awful job – I spent the last ten days rectifying his work. I’m now glad that I didn’t pay him  – well, actually, he just walked out on me without waiting for payment. He got…

Kitchen redecorating DIY Project – diary – week 16 I’ve had it with Bristish builders! The plasterer turned up last Saturday and asked if he could do the job there and then. At this point I should have said that he was supposed to call beforehand to arrange a time and date for doing the…

Kitchen Remodeling — Week 15 I managed to get a plumber, who was working on another project, to come over to do a day’s work. We wanted him to move two radiators to their new location and remove one from the kitchen. The work itself took him 3-4 hours, the other 4 hours of the…

DIY Home Remodeling Project Week 14 I spent a couple of days emptying the old kitchen cabinets. I put most things into plastic boxes and took them to the garden. This wasn’t the most sensible idea I’ve ever had – by the end of the week the plastic boxes that contained food were full of ants…