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#136 Bean

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Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:41 PM

Lol, I'm too scared to drill the handle holes - I'm bound to get it wrong!! :) :dozing:

I've done 5 in total since Saturday :P Just did another one tonight ... only another 9 or 10 to go, then! :dontgetit:

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Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:47 PM

That took me 7 hours to build!!! :dontgetit:


What were you doing for seven hours?! Would hate to have you building my kitchen! :)

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Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:47 PM

I thought they all came pre-drilled these days? Looks good anyway! :) keep up the good work...

P.S. me and Lou might be wanting some decent photos doing this year, we shall be in touch in due course :dontgetit:

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 09:03 AM

That took me 7 hours to build!!! :crazy:


What were you doing for seven hours?! Would hate to have you building my kitchen! :P



Making sure that I didn't go wrong, lol :dontgetit:

But the instructions make absolutely no sense at all!! :ermm: :rolleyes:

Nevermind - At least I can say that I made it >_<



No problemo, Chris!! Drop me a message as and when you're ready!! :)

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 10:29 AM

But the instructions make absolutely no sense at all!! :rolleyes: :P

Nevermind - At least I can say that I made it >_<


Haha, had the same problem when I came to putting the door on the new dish washer (to make it match the rest of the other cabinets)

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 10:31 AM

It might have taken 7 hours, but when you factor in Beans tea breaks every 10 mins it only took her 1 hour!

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 12:54 PM

Waaaah :P So unfair, I reeeeeally want to see the photos but can't because work internet is stoopid :rolleyes:

Must remember to go on here at home!

Lol, sounds like it's really progressing Bean >_< Must be so satisfying to put it together yourself :)

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 05:14 PM

It might have taken 7 hours, but when you factor in Beans tea breaks every 10 mins it only took her 1 hour!


Oi!! :rolleyes:

Oh, alright then!! :ermm:






It's OK, Han - You're not missing anything but really bad quality phone photos at the moment, lol :P

I will add some more later!!! :)

It really is progressing, but I'll tell you more about that in a bit!! >_<

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Posted 06 March 2010 - 12:06 PM

Well, I've finally got 'round to plugging my camera in! :rolleyes:

As of the end of last Sunday, we'd managed to:

Run the plumbing
Sort the wiring for the spotlights
Isulate the end wall - E_E made a rather fantastic frame for the end & fits like a glove!
Installed the false ceiling beams
Plasterboarded the majority of the room!

And me? I've been building the kitchen!! :thumbsup:


Here's the piccies!! :thumbsup:



The cooker arrived!! :thumbsup:

(Proper piccies!)

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The kitchen was stripped right back! :D

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Plsterboarding & where we got to at the end of last weekend:

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The kitchen arrived:

My big jigsaw!! ;)

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This is the one that took me 7 hours!! :-

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After that ... there was no stopping me!! :thumbsup:

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Until I sliced my finger open! :errr:


We also spent some moneys on our wall-tiles!! :w00t:

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The first set we found & that I fell in love with were £150 + VAT .... (PER SQM!) :w00t:

But, saying that, I much prefer the ones that we've actually bought - I think they're rather yummy!! :wub:

But they weigh a ton! The Golf was pretty much scraping on the floor on the way home, lol.



Talking of floor! ... ;)

We bought the unit into the kitchen, just to see what we think of the existing floor.

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Some say that it's original, but I just can't see it myself. It looks too 'square' and perfect for 1905! I'm undecided on this at the moment...!


Anywho - More this weekend!! :)

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 05:03 PM

Most of the kitchen now boarded ... thanks E_E!! :)

Hopefully we'll be getting some lovely wooden windows made very soon... :thumbsup:

More photos when I don't leave my camera at the house & my keys at my parents! :lol:

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EDIT: Oh, and I made 3 more units!! ;)

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 05:11 PM

Very nice Bean, when can I come round for tea and cake?

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 05:15 PM

Whenever you like - As long as you bring the cake! :)

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 05:23 PM

That took me 7 hours to build!!! ;)


What were you doing for seven hours?! Would hate to have you building my kitchen! :)





But the instructions make absolutely no sense at all!! :thumbsup: :lol:





That explains it then, reading the instructions, no wonder it took a while.

When you come to drill the handle holes, make sure you hold a piece of scrap wood on the other side of the door / drawer front. Makes a much neater hole and stops any chance of damaging the finish as the drill bit pops through.

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 05:25 PM

Hehe

Good luck getting rest of the cupboards done, loads of boxes!!

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 05:25 PM

Top tip!! Thanks Steve. I certainly will! :thumbsup: :lol:

I think I'll have to have something to calm my nerves before I do them though - I couldn't live with myself if I messed it up, lol :)
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