Kitchen chaos

Bit of a major day with the kitchen extension project today because today is the day I knock through from old to new. Spent the last few days gutting the old kitchen including removing the old back door and window. This is what I ended up with.

Couple of props, a big hammer and a few hours 'expressing' myself and this is what you get!

Now all I have to do is put a kitchen back in. (oh, and wack some steel lintels in to hold the house up).

Weekend at the Stafford bike show

Well a fine weekend was had at the Classic bike show at Stafford Show ground. Club stand attracted a fair few visitors and one of our number won an award for her SRX. Just a few piccies for those who are interested.

A beautiful SRX 400 electric start motor stuffed into a 600 kickstart frame.

The prize winning SRX 600. Not bad for a first attempt at a custom build.

Snuck this triumph trident/featherbed cate racer in amongst the singles as it has to be the most beautiful cafe racers out there. I could be converted to triples!

Found this amongst the 'Early Stocks' racers. Lovely little pocket rocket.

How's that for a funky FT500 flat-tracker?



And here's my baby. loaded like a pack mule and resting next to my weekend base camp. She may lack the glamour of those bikes in the show, but I wouldn't swap her.

Sad sight

Is there any sadder sight in the world than a project bike boxed up and covered with a dust sheet? Here lies Abigail with her engine in the two cardboard boxes :-(

On a brighter note... Isn't the shed tidy :-)

Extension roof

Work is [slowly] progressing with the extension. Roof timbers on along with waterproof membrane and battons.

Today starts with fitting the velux window frame (that's what the big square hole is for) then onto tiling.

Extension phase 2 complete

The blockwork is now complete and ready to start the roof structure. Joints may not always be mid block, but everything is square and level. took a width measurement at both ends of the plot and there isn't 2mm in it. How chuffed am I?

Picture above shows the supporting wall that will carry the steel beam that forms the backbone of the vaulted ceiling.

This snap shows the front elevation. As you can see, it's going to be nearly all glass door and with two sky lights in the south facing roof, we'll be bathed in light.

Greg's Motorcycle Song

Extension update.

Finally got a camera sorted so I can post some pictures of the new project in my life. Not very bikey, I admit, but still fun in some ways.

As you can see all the site work is now complete. Foundations done, floor laid, perimeter fence built, drains in and surrounding site leveled and covered with scalpings ready for the patio slabs. Even got a few breeze blocks on standby ready for the build.

This shot shows the prep work to the existing house wall that was damaged when removing the old lean-too. Still patches of render to remove but I only had the power chisel on hire for a weekend and ran out of time.

Steel sections that will bond new to old to be fitted tomorrow and then Saturday will see the first block laid in anger. Be interesting to see how many I can lay in a day. I can work out how long the rest of the block work should take then.

Will post again after the weelend.