Bathroom Progress - Demolition

We came back from holiday to find the demolition of our bathroom had begun..

The one prerequisite we made to our builders if this was to happen, was that we had a bath & running water on our return.

At least this way we were still able to shower and we have a 2nd toilet downstairs so wasn't too much of a problem.

As you can see from the following photos, the walls have been stripped, the new water pipes for the toilet, basin & shower have been installed,

and they have managed to squeeze our new whirlpool bath in a very tight space.

We've replaced an old timber window for a new UPVC double glazed window.

The bottom section is frosted & the opening top section is clear glass to let more light in.

The section to the left of the window is the beginning of what will be 3 square pigeon hole shelves to hold showering products.

The toilet pipe & water pipes needed replacing as they were very old.

The Geberit concealed toilet cistern has been put in place.

The electricians have been in and positioned all of the new down lights and connected the electrics ready for installation.

Kitchen Progress - Electrics

The electrician has chased the walls in preparation to install the cables for power points & switches. 

The side wall has been prepared for the plumber to come and install the new boiler.

The boiler is being relocated from the bedroom directly above the kitchen.

It's old, noisy and very inefficient so looking forward to the lower gas bills once the new boiler is installed.

 The electrical cables have now been installed into the walls and also though the ceiling for all the new appliances & lighting to be installed.

 The new electrical cables have been installed from the kitchen through the hallway ceiling to the current fuse board.

The only way to install the cables, was to remove the hallway ceiling to access, hence the holes in the below images.

The holes will obviously be repaired by our builder once the kitchen is finished and all electrics are finished.

The Kitchen Demolition - Weeks 1-2

The kitchen has been completely stripped.

Cupboards, ceiling and flooring has been removed and electrics & water have been disconnected.

Here are the photos of the progress:

This is the pipe from the bathroom (that sits between the joists in the kitchen ceiling) that will need to be removed and replaced as it is currently leaking.

The electrician needs to completely re-wire the kitchen and install a new fuse board to be able to cope with the capacity of all the new appliances, down-lights and LED strip lighting that will be installed into the kitchen.

The Kitchen Demolition - Day 1

The first part of the kitchen our builder started on is the removal of the wall between the hallway & kitchen (highlighted below) & the chimney breast over the cooker.

See images below....

BEFORE

AFTER

As you can see the wall has now been completely removed.

It has made such a difference, it's now very open, there's a lot more light & its created a direct link to the rest of the house, making it easier to be more social when you have guests over.

The Chimney breast over the cooker & pantry has also been removed.

When designing our kitchen so many of the designers mentioned that customers pay to have a chimney breast like this built in.

The chimney would have been great if we wanted a country look but we've chosen a modern, sleek, handle-less kitchen so the chimney has to go!!

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

My husband saw this as a perfect opportunity to put his dart board up without having any worry's about damaging surrounding walls (although to be fair he's a pretty good shot anyway)..

BEFORE

The pantry has been removed & the small window has been bricked up.

AFTER

The next step is to remove the ceiling, flooring & cupboards... tbc