Coming along

The plumber didn’t show up today so there’s no way he’ll be able to finish his work by tomorrow, which he’d said was the plan. So yet again I’m in the dark as to what’s going on behind the scenes.

I had a couple of issues to deal with, therefore, this morning but after an early lunch I went straight up to start assembling the kitchen units. I started with the base units, of course, and I have to say that I’m very impressed so far with this new Brico Depot kit. It took me a short while to get the hang of the first unit I did but they all use the same principles and as time went on I was putting them together at great speed with no mistakes.

I’ve only put the shells together for now to see how they go into the kitchen space and I’m relieved to say that there were no nasty surprises. Everything fits into where it’s supposed to go although I’ll have to cut a slot in the back of the right hand corner unit where the pipe is for the outside tap, an access hole for the tap for the dishwasher and an access hole in the back of the sink unit for the services in that area, none of which is unexpected or difficult.

I finished at around 6.45 pm and here’s how things looked when I was about to leave.

All being well, I expect to press on with the kitchen tomorrow and hope to make more good progress, even getting to the point that the units are in and fixed to the wall. I was thinking about painting the shutters this week as the weather is so hot and dry but I think it’s better to concentrate on the kitchen while there’s no tradesman working inside the house, like today.