Friday, March 24, 2006

Removing the debris

Making use of the calm and quiet of a public holiday, at 7am we started removing all the bags of debris and rubble we accumulated from removing the tiles from both bathrooms, old kitchen tiles as well as the old pipes and the brick waste created we cut channels in walls for the new electrical cabling.

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At the end we filled an entire container !

 

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Kitchen renovations

Mar 24 027  The fridge alcove (left) and pantry cupboard (right)

Mar 24 025 The second electrical control panel starts to take shape

 

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Bathroom renovations continued

To solve the problem that the second bathroom had no sink, we have created an alcove where we will install a hand sink with tap ware in the wall, located on the left wall as you enter the small room. The effect is interesting - it enlarges the size of the room visually and will create an important and functional toilet separate from the adjacent main bathroom.

Mar 24 021 Looking into the bathroom from the door with the sink alcove to the left.

Mar 24 023 Looking at the sink alcove with tap ware already installed in the wall.

 

 

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Gas pipes

The gas pipe now being laid in the wall as per local regulations

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Electrical installations continued

Recent photos :

Cabling the apartment a-new

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chasing new cables through the walls and the placement of new outlets in all rooms

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providing an earth to the apartment (where there was no earth connection before)

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minimizing the amount of chasing where possible

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installing new light fittings in attarctive locations

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and the new electrical tablero (front) starts to take shape

 

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Bathroom renovations continued

Recent photos :

New tiles start to go up

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theses tiles reach the height of 2.18 metres from floor level

 

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Mid renovation

Recent photos :

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The alcove for the fridge (left) and pantry cupboard (right)

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Looking into the kitchen after removing door

 

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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Rewiring & Replumbing

Works on the rewiring of the apartment : chasing all new cables in the brickwork

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and below, replumbing of the kitchen and laundry area, removing a variety of old pipes originally installed and others installed later during restorations and putting in new water and gas pipes.

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Mar 14 015 putting in new pipes and plumbing for a new hot water heater (to be located in the laundry area, not the kitchen)

 

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Monday, March 6, 2006

Kitchen renovations

Having removed the kitchen furniture and tiles,

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we are ready to redo plumbing for the sink and new pipes for a dishwasher, replace the gas pipes for the oven, and prepare the walls for the new kitchen furniture design.

 

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Bathroom renovations

Installing new pipes

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New water pipes to sink and shower (installed in new wall at foot of bath)

 

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