30th April 2023
The heavy lifting continued, we had to instal the new oven cabinet. This meant moving the old cooker, this was not heavy, we just slid it out of the way.
Once moved, the side of corner unit was revealed, or should I say the lack of side.
This required a rapid change of plan.
There had to be extensive machining of the oven cabinet side panel in order for everything to fit correctly.
Whilst I was getting covered in sawdust Kelli was busy selling the old fridge to Big Dave’s wife.
Just before breakfast Big Dave arrived to collect the monster. Single handedly he wheeled the fridge over the road.
Our next challenge to the get the oven into the kitchen. We unpacked it so that we could get it through the door and into the kitchen area.
Like everything over here it weighs a ton, but somehow we managed to get it in the cabinet.
Then it was the turn of the other items that the worktop people have to take with them tomorrow.
The first crate that had to be opened was the sink. This was manufactured in Mexico, and as the top was lifted I expected to find an illegal immigrant inside, or a kilo of white powder, but all there was a beautiful copper sink.
Kelli got quite emotional because it was something she really wanted and I was glad it worked out.
Next out the box was the hob, nothing really special there, but the faucet was a beautiful sculptural piece of stainless steel.
Of course having caused upheaval in the kitchen we had nothing to cook on. We had to borrow a small countertop oven from Kelli’s mother. We managed to cook a pizza in about thirty five minutes under two hundred watt lightbulbs. Any later and I would have started to eat some of the abundance of packaging we have stacked in the garage.
Another Lifetime to go 