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Doesn’t work (yet). Tesla tried it. Got the British government to invest as well (19th century, I think).
Our old kitchen was always a pain in the arse, there was not a single drawer in it, one plug point and bad light, gawd how they designed kitchens in the old days.
Luckily could enlarge it by bricking in the useless patio entrance from the back, took out three walls to make it open plan and also had to strip out the rotting wood floor that had also been patched with pine by the previous owners, put in suspended concrete floor slab, and had my aunt who designs kitchens in to do her magic.
Of course once you start with projects like this it leads to more and more work, replaced all the plumbing, stuck in a high pressure geyser and moved the D.B board to where a doorway used to be.
Luckily could enlarge it by bricking in the useless patio entrance from the back, took out three walls to make it open plan and also had to strip out the rotting wood floor that had also been patched with pine by the previous owners, put in suspended concrete floor slab, and had my aunt who designs kitchens in to do her magic.
Of course once you start with projects like this it leads to more and more work, replaced all the plumbing, stuck in a high pressure geyser and moved the D.B board to where a doorway used to be.
Jabberwocky
Expert Member
whadaya mean it won't work?.. i`ve built a few if them
shadow_man
Executive Member
I have the same set of cupboards - got any plans? I'd like to give this a go.
Decided to start a thread for the DIY/handyman enthusiasts, household hints also welcome.
Every now and again i get a strange urge to play with power tools, and i am sure there are others out there who enjoy the same.
So for my first major project, i decided to rip out a cupboard in my study, and turn the space into my PC corner.
Gained more space in the room, by removing necessity for a desk.
Simply took the doors off, removed the shelving, and used the doors to make the desktop, with a sliding flat drawer for my keyboard and mouse.
Left a gap on the back side for the cables to run up to monitor and speakers
Main cost involved 2 drawer sliders:
Anybody else with nice ideas or projects on the go?
hoegh
Expert Member
i have to fit a vent to toilet this weekend, oh the joy of DIY, really not my cup of tea but there ain't no way in **** (excuse the pun) im paying some plonker of plumber to do the job when its a plumber that stuffed it up in the first place
hoegh
Expert Member
looks bloody awesome, its amazying how diy projects just grow in size as you discover that this or that is wrong and needs to be fixed
McSack
Executive Member
I want to build a log cabin. Anyone done this from scratch? Had enough of trawling through BS links on the internetz trying to sell me prefab panels.
looks bloody awesome, its amazying how diy projects just grow in size as you discover that this or that is wrong and needs to be fixed
Shot, yeah though alot of it was planned for,
I'd a set date to be done for when the cupboards to be installed. Plus it helps to have labourers to fetch and mix cement and break walls. The cupboards I leave to others, they've all the practice and tools to get it in + you must see how many times they had the granite in and out get things fitting. Rather them than me.
What I've seen a lot of people do is leave the electrics and plumbing to last, after the kitchen is installed and everythings painted, big mistake.
Paulr
Senior Member
An interesting observation. My theory is that kitchens were badly designed in ‘the old days’ and ‘a pain in the arse’ because it was colonial architecture when only the servants had to suffer. Now that things have changed, there has been a quantum improvement in kitchen design and lighting. As I child I remember doing the dishes at my grans place (a neo-colonist of note) and thinking what a crappy design the kitchen was.
Yeah on the house plans the outbuilding has a room labeled "boy's room" and in the notes "the minimum floor area of non-european living rooms not less than 100 sq.feet" which works out to 9.3m², this in the 1950's.
I could stir and ask how big the RDP rooms are but lets rather keep this thread on track
