Thursday 12 February 2009

Firstly - an apology for not updating yesterday. Both George and I were off with a cold and so didn't come in to the factory. That isn't to say that nothing was done - far from it! Kev completed the electrics so the production area so that is now live. From here he has moved on to the plumbing.

Kev has worked hard to reuse any of the original pipework possible. The beams have caused a few problems with getting the water where it needs to be. Poor Kev had to grovel his way through the loft space again in order to turn the water on. Murray and I were put on 'fountain watch'in case there was a leak. The cold water was turned on and sprung a leak in the production area - this has now been fixed. The hot water was perfect first time!

There are four drains in the display area. Kev routed the plumbing from the two sinks in the production area, through the wall, to one of these drains. Of course, you have to be sure that these things work. Kev turned the tap on - the water went down the drain and then came back up again!!!! Not a good result. To say that this resulted in consternation would be an understatement. The drains were traced back and appeared to not go anywhere - not helpful!

The drainage pipework had been routed through the wall under the window - for which Kev had to cut a 42mm hole in - as it turns out, unnecessarily. We walked round the problem and threw a few ideas round to come up with the best solution. There is a sizeable grid 1.7 metres away from the wall. One suggestion was to remove a channel and set a drainage pipe in the floor.

The solution we have gone with is to surface mount the drainage pipework in the production area and hide it in a cupboard over the drain. From here we can create an 'L' shaped kitchen space with the two cookers and cupboard space on one side, and a washing up/dishwasher area with stacking space on the other side. Will it work - you'll have to wait and see! There's nothing like a cliffhanger to keep you reading........

And what of the four drains in the display area? They will be concreted up and painted over when the floor is painted and no-one will know they were there.

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