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Location: Droylsden, Manchester, Lancs
Date: Nov 2009
Description: This kitchen was being made over by the homeowner and his son, a qualified joiner. They started the kitchen with good intentions but ran into issues straight away with the gas. A punctured gas pipe was sorted by National Grid but they sought extra help after that. We came in and after a look decided on the course of action. Gut the kitchen and start again!
The wiring was below standards and for the most part unsafe. The floor joists were rotted almost completely through in places and the floor was not level. The boiler pipe work (gas and plumbing) were poor and all pipes were in the wrong spot for the new layout they had designed.
Once the old room was stripped out we removed the kitchen from the house ring main and made the old ring safe. The new kitchen ring and cooker circuit were added and then we moved on to the plumbing. The old boiler pipe work was solid but ran around in circles above and below the floor. As the floor was removed to replace the timber we re-ran the plumbing and gas pipe work so it more easily hidden in the new layout. We also installed a plinth heater hooked to the boiler as they had no room for a radiator in the new layout.
Once the room was skimmed we installed and tested all of the electrical circuits and then came back a week later to complete the plumbing which included the fitting the basin, washer hookups and all the waste pipe work. The electric oven and hob were the final touches for us. We left the homeowner to finish the joinery but were always there to support and give guidance to make sure that the kitchen looked great when complete.