Benchtop diagram

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Patio

So... Quote on Patio.... $9900. Riiiiigggggghhhhhttt

So I'm gonna do it myself, and mattself. Tactic is to remove each piece of wood and simply replace it with a new piece if required. Then fresh paint. Buy wood cheap as possible en-mass. and rebuild bit by bit. Also, new shadecloth.

Benchtop, Splashback

So Kim came up with the idea of having a sheet of metal behind the oven. That sounds like a good solution. I'll compare it with the cost of tiling. but I'm looking at:

• Stainweld in Wangara - 9409 4478 - $700
• Cad Cat in Wangara - 9302 2206 - $300 - 8 weeks wait

Next on the agenda is the benchtop. Once the dishwasher is in place (Nearly there) I can start messuring up the area involved and provide it to Kitcraft for a quote. Also will get quotes from other places too.

The shelving has fallen together easier than expected. The dishwasher sits back far enough that all remaining doors open as required. Also, there is only one new piece of wood required, which is about 3cm wide from floor to bench. That is to hide the gap to the left of the dishwasher. All very nice.

Last problem is the slate cut out of the floor which needs hiding, or at least pretty it up with a piece of slate to fill in the missing piece. That will be fun (not)

Done, and to do

Detail on what is done and what's to do.

Overhaul reticulation,
As expected, checking over the reticulation found it ALMOST working. I had 1 busted solenoid and a number of screwed sprinkler heads. Trying to kickstart the solenoid I fried the reticulation controller. Thankfully the solenoid was replaced for about $40 (Replacement PVC and glue included) and a new, better controller was $49. The new controller fits nicely within the old controller's mounting, and the cabling scheme is exactly the same, right down to the 24volt AC power coming from the ceiling in the garage. Also, the controller was happily an indoor model due to the fact that the garage now closes nicely with door etc. Last night I programmed the stations to give the lawn a thorough watering 4 times a week (twice on the two watering days) and the garden beds are watered 2 minutes every morning, 2 minutes every afternoon. All that needs to happen now is to fill in the hole out the front where the solenoids are, and to grease the remaining sprinklers that aren't popping up quite right.

Plaster holes and chips
The worst of them are done. All that needs to happen now is to get the required paint, and to paint over the plaster.

Oven and Dishwasher
They're delivered, and ready to be put in place. What has to happen now is I must put the dishwasher in the place it is to go in by removing the existing cupboards, and putting up a divider. Then the dishwasher can go in place under the benchtop. The benchtop can then be sized up taking in the dishwasher's dimensions and fit. The oven position can be measured up, and tiling/rendering started to suit. The benchtop can be installed. The oven can then be put in place. Oven and dishwasher can then be connected. The cupboard doors can then be changed to suit new cupboard configuration. ( L piece folding door )

Replace light fittings. The advice is to leave the light fittings as are, but install more flattering bulbs. The previous fan is replaced by a modern light fitting (super cheap in the end... $20) and the fan controller replaced with a light switch. Old spotlights removed. What needs to happen now is to fit the master bedroom light properly, and get standard style bulbs, putting existing bulbs away for later.


Have bushes and trees pruned back. The stuff I wanted done was done this morning. Now the emphasis in on garden beds and lawns.

Added to the list of to do.... "Sweep out garage"

Tasklist revisit

Got a real-estate guy in to look the place over and give advice. He gave pretty good advice I feel. Don't do too much, just patch up the obvious. Putting a lot of work into something might be putting a lot of work into something that the potential buyers aren't interested in. Let them see the house for what they want it to be... So on that note

• Plaster holes and chips
• Sand back bad surfaces (IE bathroom roof, some walls)
• Repaint, trying to cover up the last poorly done paint job
• Finish Cat5 Cabling
• Fix lawn
• Fix garden
• Overhaul Reticulation
• Maintain flowerbeds back and side
• Patio fix/replace
• Purchase and install of Freestanding Oven, Gas dude
• Replace light fittings as fitting
• Put door on room
• Have bushes and trees pruned back
• Kitchen bench tops replaced
• Clean carpets
• Finish garage door panelling
• Seal slate
• Seal paving
  

Kitchen gone

Update on the kitchen. When I left this morning,

• Brickwork removed
• Oven removed
  
• Stovetop removed
• Rangehood removed
  

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm told:

• Leaking sink minor fix
• Rangehood installed
• Dishwasher power installed
• Oven power installed
• Gas run to about where oven will be
• Water run to about where dishwasher will be
  
• Toilet repaired
• Loungeroom light installed (replacing fan)
• Loungeroom spotlights removed
  

Which leaves outstanding:

• Shelving removed where dishwasher will go
• benchtops replaced
• Tiling replaced
• Wall behind oven tiled or rendered
  
• taps and faucet replaced
• Oven in place and connected
• Dishwasher in place and connected
• Brickwork cleaned
• Floor slated as nessesary