Kati‘s Christmas Gift.

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Kati the other day tell‘s me she knew what she want for Christmas.

 

She likes a bigger Kitchenplate to work, where the Stove side is.

The old Kitchen was built in from one of our previous tenant and had lot‘s of rips and cracs in.

 

 

Her wish, becomes today truth.

So yesterday after Work i started to Hardware Store in the hope i will find exact the same Kitchenplate in the optics as before.

- as an addon o buy her also a new watertap and a round basin.

 

I begun with dismount the old Kitchen where i see a horrible result of wrong built.

 

 

Because of worse sealing water was able to go behind kitchenplate...

 

 

Even by the Watertap..

 

 

The oven was cutted wrong and bothed with a piece of Wood to fit.

just sealed by a little Silicone in the backside.

 

 

 

Boy, that old kitchenplate begin allready to compost in the house... 😳

 

 

So i put the new plate on the Top and sealed it arround. than i make some marks and templates for the Basin and for the Stove.

 

 

Ok, i maybe cutted it a bit lazy, but hey it is Saturday..🤪😂

 

 

After Cutting i check if all fits as it should.

 

 

 

Yap, it fits perfectly

 

 

Than i cutted the hole for the Stove and fixing all the under cabinets and even align them together

 

 

To get a little addon i set the whole cabinets 13 cm to the left, to have on the right side more Space for a push pull towell dryer

and sealed all holes with silicone, to prevent such waterdisaster again.

 

 

Than i checking the Stove and while all is well, i glued it with Silicone into the Plate.

When it must be exchanged someday a Stanley knive is your Friend here.

 

 

Even the same on the Basin 

 

 

The whole plate will be screwed to the Under cabinets and they will be screwed together.

So a very stiff Kitchenline is now set up here.

under the Oven i will built later a drawer, but i need bit more material for that Task.

The Whole Kitchenplate is sealed thru the Wall‘s so Water can‘t affect into such a disaster again.

 

The final builds the Deco Lines between Wall and Kitchenplate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And with that Topper she can also use the basin as Workplace.

 

I think She is glad.

[953 nut 55,098]

First class installation there.                                  

[SylvanLakeWH 25,494]

Looks great! 

 

Glad my wife doesn’t look at your posts!!! 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Thanks for the positive Feedback.

Oh, forgotten a Pict, 

i also sealed and insulated the Plate on the underside with a hightemp selfsticking Aluminum Foil especially where dishwasher and oven is.

 

 

I used 2 layers with 6 cm width and 0,5 cm overlay and decide to expand it to the complete front of the Plate.

I think it is a good idea.

 

 

That also prevents any Moisture can drain into the Plate.

 

 

lot more place to Work for my Honey.

The only thin what annoy‘s me is, the dust hood doesn‘t allign to the Stove now,

but i thinkering may be to exchange it with a bigger one. But that is also another task maybe later on.

 

 

She love her new Kitchen.

 

[Pullstart 62,801]

Great work, Stefan!  The things you see in Germany but not here at home... like pictures in tiles, customized or picturesque toilet seats, etc.  I miss my family in Duisburg, wish I could see them soon!

[formariz 11,987]

3 hours ago, Tractorhead said:

The only thin what annoy‘s me is, the dust hood doesn‘t allign to the Stove now,

Kind of looks like if you move all cabinets to the left and introduce a filler on the right it will align or be very close. Or is it just an optical illusion looking at photo?

[formariz 11,987]

4 hours ago, Tractorhead said:

Because of worse sealing water was able to go behind kitchenplate..

Water will eventually destroy most materials, there are however  special materials for use in water exposed areas such as that one. Cutouts should also be sealed and bottom of top should be laminated with an appropriate backer sheet. The back edge of such top should also be laminated prior to laminating top so laminate joint is facing back wall and not top . I have made literally thousands of counters for kitchens and service areas. In large office buildings where there is a common kitchenette for hundreds of workers who do not care about splashing water everywhere, that stuff needs to be submarine grade.

[Tractorhead 9,064]

8 hours ago, formariz said:

Kind of looks like if you move all cabinets to the left and introduce a filler on the right it will align or be very close. Or is it just an optical illusion looking at photo?

You be right, i can shift the cabinets also that 13 cm to left, it aligns now on about 7 cm diff to left.

So i have no doubt if will work, on the other hand i have several other tasks they must be done before.

 

this is an optical annoy, kati doesn‘t be interested in, but it annoy‘s me.

 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

 Did ours last year and it'll be the last time.

[Tractorhead 9,064]

10 hours ago, formariz said:

, that stuff needs to be submarine grade.

 

Yap, water can affect and damage lot‘s of things, especially if longer unattendent or in hidden spots.

On my Training as Plumber about 35 years ago my Trainer allway‘s remind me „don‘t forget water have it‘s own rules

it is also able to run upwards by capillar effect“  😎 „so don‘t simply trust you Work, verify yourself twice after each Step.“

so your mentioned „submarine grade“  wasn‘t the worsest idea.

That advice i keep until today on most of my Work, except some experiments.

 

It‘s great if you can trust you Work blind, but i have learned it‘s better to verify youself - thanks to my Mentor in the past.

 

 

I contacted before at a Kitchenstudio, to ask them for a price and a timeline,  

they told me this gonna be made easy in 2 - 3 hour‘s, but we can‘t get the Surface on the Plate you like. 

Ok, i know how the work will be made, if it will be done that in just 3 hour‘s, that is just a quick and dirty timeline.

 

So i decide to do it myself, because it should last for longer timeline.

 

 

 

[rjg854 11,351]

Really nice job there Stefan