Engineer

Having: taken the kick board off, pulled the dishwasher out, un-kinked and reconnected the supply pipe, removed all of the silicon from the floor and kickboard, put the washer back in, put the kickboard back in and re-siliconed... I'm happy to say that the dishwasher it's fixed! Well it's currently running and has at least got water in it so I hope I haven't spoken too soon!

When the installers had pushed the dishwasher into the unit they managed to crush the water pipe... That meant the water pressure was very low and so the machine wouldn't start as a protection feature!

Fingers crossed that's the end of our manual dishwashing days!

Dishwasher

Having been without a kitchen for four months, one thing that we were looking forward to the most was the fact we'd never have to do the washing up again on account of our shiny new dishwasher. We loaded it up last night with all our crockery that's been gathering dust for months, flicked the on switch and left it for what seemed like hours to do it's thing! It was a massive disappointment when we opened the door to find everything add dirty as when we'd left it! It seems like water can drain from the machine but it won't let any in... Having exhausted all of the simple checks, I think it's time to call the installers... Sigh... Another few days of manual washing up it is...

The big move...

...well the start of it at least. With the work in the kitchen more or less complete (the stuff we're dependent upon other people for at least...) we've started moving stuff in! Not before having a good clean of the place first though.
It's hard with such a lot of room to decide where things should go though. I guess that's something which will come worth time when we start using it in earnest.

It still makes me grin walking into the room though as it's as good as we'd hoped it would be!

We put the table I'm the room today and I'm happy to say it fruits with room to spare. I can envisage many-a-morning sat there eating my breakfast, looking out into the garden!

There are still a lot of finishing touches to do like skirting board etc. but at least it's a functioning kitchen! We even had our first oven cooked meal at home for nearly for months tonight! It'd just be wrong if it wasn't pasta...

Kitchen

The kitchens finished! It's plumbed in, wired up, oiled and sealed! It looks great! The only down side it's we don't have any excuse not to cook anymore...

Kitchen day 4

The house stinks tonight as they've oiled the worktops, but it looks really good!

Kitchen day 3

A full suite of worktops!

Kitchen day 2

Another day and more progress. We're so happy with the way it looks! There's still quite a few jobs to do, but it's definitely taking shape!

Kitchen day one

I was wondering how far they'd have got in a day and I have to say I'm suitably impressed!
I'm also quite pleased at how roomy it still feels. When the delivery came, I knew that all the stuff was spread out, but it felt quite cramped. Now that everything is in it's rightful place, it feels like they'll definitely be enough room to fit the table.

Delivery

We have a kitchen! It's just a shame it's not in a useable state... We do however now have a useable cooker and hob! That means we'll never have to face another microwave meal ever again! Well, after we've got somewhere to prepare food that is...