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This is a project i undertook about two years ago. It involved the total renovation of my old kitchen, starting with the removal of a stone arch that divided the room, installing a new gypsum board ceiling, replacing the floor ceramic tiles, new cupboards and appliances and a new quartz kitchen top. I did all the work myself except the wooden cupboards and appliances. I will try to explain the various stages with pics. Hope you will like my work and hopefully the pics will upload properly. :-)
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this shows the white quartz kitchen top and back which i myself manufactured and installed.
this shows the white quartz kitchen top and back which i myself manufactured and installed.
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another view of the kitchen cupboards.
another view of the kitchen cupboards.
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This is the new extendable glass table. you can also see the newly installed ceramic floor tiles.I removed the old tiles and installed the new ones myself.
This is the new extendable glass table. you can also see the newly installed ceramic floor tiles.I removed the old tiles and installed the new ones myself.
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this pic shows the new cupboards and appliances.
this pic shows the new cupboards and appliances.
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This pic shows the finished ceiling.all work done by myself.
This pic shows the finished ceiling.all work done by myself.
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this shows a different angle of the ceiling supports and the old cupboard.
this shows a different angle of the ceiling supports and the old cupboard.
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this shows the framework to support the ceiling gypsum boards.This was my first experience in installing this framework.
this shows the framework to support the ceiling gypsum boards.This was my first experience in installing this framework.
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this is another pic showing the iron supports that were needed to dismantle the stone arch.these are necessary, because you have to start with the middle keystone and then remove a stone from one side and another from the opposite side, otherwise the whole structure may collapse with d
this is another pic showing the iron supports that were needed to dismantle the stone arch.these are necessary, because you have to start with the middle keystone and then remove a stone from one side and another from the opposite side, otherwise the whole structure may collapse with d
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This pic shows the old cupboards.
This pic shows the old cupboards.
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Tidy job, I like the ceiling!
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Wow! Nothing else to say.

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Fixing the gypsum boards to the framework was a bit daunting at first, but then i devised a contraption to lift the 8x4 sheets up to the framework and hold them in place while i screwed them. if i find a pic of this device ,i will post it. it's rough, but it served it's purpose.
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rotciv wrote:Fixing the gypsum boards to the framework was a bit daunting at first, but then i devised a contraption to lift the 8x4 sheets up to the framework and hold them in place while i screwed them. if i find a pic of this device ,i will post it. it's rough, but it served it's purpose.

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Yes , you are right but it's been quiet a long time since i posted on this forum and i am trying to get familiar again with the way things are posted. even the sequence of my pics should have been inverted.also, sometimes i save pics on my PC and then i have difficulty locating them.
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Nice work, well done. :thumbleft:
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Thanks, it's nice when your work is appreciated. I'm going to try to post some more pics which i missed first time round. hope they upload properly because IT is definitly not my forte. :-)
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This pic shows the board lifted securely to the framework.
This pic shows the board lifted securely to the framework.
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This is the gypsum board lifter that i made out of 1 inch hollow sections. the triangular part where the board is placed face down is lifted upward by means of a boat winch and the ratchet mechanism holds the board firmly against the framework on the ceiling until i screw it in place.
This is the gypsum board lifter that i made out of 1 inch hollow sections. the triangular part where the board is placed face down is lifted upward by means of a boat winch and the ratchet mechanism holds the board firmly against the framework on the ceiling until i screw it in place.
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Very clever, a lot of thought & work went into that!
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Yes, you are right. I love to work alone and being on the wrong side of 60 with limited muscle power, it's a necessity for me to devise contraptions that enable me to do the work in a safe manner.
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You could of course hire out the board lifter when you are done with it... :wink:
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It took too much space, so i cannibalized it and made a ladder .
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Nice to see you back Rotciv.
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Thanks Wine-o, good to see that you and some other old timers are still here and looking forward to hear from them again. I'm looking around,making myself familiar as i see that there has been some changes to the forum.
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This is another wall of the kichen which i missed posting. The rectangular gypsum overhangs by about six inches from the wall so that it could house the tv and wall bracket, the wooden boxes are removable so that i can access the wall plugs, wiring etc,
This is another wall of the kichen which i missed posting. The rectangular gypsum overhangs by about six inches from the wall so that it could house the tv and wall bracket, the wooden boxes are removable so that i can access the wall plugs, wiring etc,
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