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THE
SECOND COTTAGE - Kitchen / Dining
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The
plaster block wall being installed in the kitchen area
- here you can see the damp proof dimple material. Plaster
block was also used to provide the framework for the
kitchen area to enclose the water and waste pipes. When
building this type of wall in front of an existing wall
always remember to provide small vent holes to allow
the area between the walls to ventilate. You can buy
small plastic grilles to insert into the plaster block.
Install them at the base and top of the wall at around
2 metre intervals.
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The
entire floor of this part of the cottage was originally
in timber but had rotted completely over the years.
The whole area was excavated about 20cm., filled with
hardcore, then concreted. Finally finishing with a damp
proof membrane and sand/cement screed.
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Finished
kitchen. All of the kitchen units were built from plaster
block and skimmed with a plaster coat. They are extremely
versatile when used like this, providing cost effective
and very aesthetic units which are literally made to
measure. The interior of the cupboards are lined with
tongue and groove pine and are a friction fit - held
in place by the shelves. The doors were made from the
same material and fixed to the pine interior. In each
cupboard there are only about four screws - used to
provide the shelf supports. The interiors are easy to
dismantle yet extremely sturdy and beat the hell out
of chipboard units. Construction details will appear
in the Technical pages in the near future. Finally the
doors were stained with fabric stain and varnished.
The tiles for the floor were an end of line from Kargo
at £1 / square metre, and the tiles used for the
base of the units and to provide the decoration on the
wall and the front unit were bought at auction as a
job lot of 80 tiles for just £2.
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