Any reason for the plinth cut short on the right?
My kitchen refit.
- Thread starter Mottie
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Yeah. That was one of the plinths that I cut too low on the other (shorter) units. I had to lower the oven units slightly to clear the RSJ above so it’s not too low for that so I’m going to join a piece I had left over to finish that off. Again, if we can’t live with the join I’ll get a new plinth.
It's changed colour!
Still a few bits to do but everything is up and running - all appliances plumbed and wired in. I took up the floor protection yesterday and gave it a bit of a clean up. Looking good to my eye but……it looks like the other end of the room has not left the 19th century! New table and chairs needed and possibly the wall unit replacing or painting as well as the rest of the walls. Looking back, I think we were hooked on oak - oak, oak, everywhere!
looks good - how wide is the table - we have a small dining room, and the table is about 76cm wide x 153cm long
and we have been looking on/off to replace , BUT most table are 1m wide and that would give us a problem with the chairs when sitting at the table and getting past them .....
just in case yours is smaller , not 100% sure from photo
Looks really good, and has given me some ideas for my own similar project in the autumn. Your treatment of the little spur wall with the radiator has made me think about how I place our radiator when its moved. Well done!
By the way, if you're looking for your spirit level, its on top of the units
By the way, if you're looking for your spirit level, its on top of the units
Mottie, how is the extractor fan powered? I can see a socket above the left cabinet, will you have a lead running across the wall?.
Andy
Andy
Oak is always good!
That looks really nice Mottie.
Agree that it makes the dining area look a bit dated.
Agree that it makes the dining area look a bit dated.
There’s a double pole switched fused spur inside the chimney. That socket you see is connected to the lighting circuit and controlled by a light switch. It’s for the lights under and on top of the cupboards.
Getting there slowly but surely. A bit more work on the kitchen today. Fitting the pelmets and fiddling about with my off-cuts to make an infill panel where the wall units didn’t meet the wall. Took me about 4 hours to do that. I learned something though - I can cut a straighter line with a hand saw than I can with a jigsaw! 
Mrs Mottie is off to Spain tomorrow with her mates for 6 days so no doubt I’ll be putting in a few late nights in the kitchen. I’m hoping to have it completely finished by the time she comes back.
Mrs Mottie is off to Spain tomorrow with her mates for 6 days so no doubt I’ll be putting in a few late nights in the kitchen. I’m hoping to have it completely finished by the time she comes back.
Did you design the kitchen yourself?
Straight line with a jigsaw is a no no.
Sort of. We took our measurements up to Magnet and sat down with the salesman/designer and told him what we wanted. He gave us a few ideas and did a computer mock-up and when we agreed, he came round our house and measured up to make sure it would fit. Ended up with too many end panels (I cut some in half and only used the visible ends) and an appliance door (we were going to have an integrated washing machine but have since changed our mind). We are ordering some more bits so they are taking those back in credit against the other bits.
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