Further work done and the cupboards from the old kitchen are hung on the wall of the utility room.

Calvin starts work and manages to move the washing machine from one side to another and get all the main pipework in for dishwasher and sink.

The kitchen worktops are all off and all the cupboards in the kitchen loose!  What a mess!

The accurate surveyor – Stuart and his helper (Daughter?)  Any turn up to measure up.

They had expected the site to be clear and so could only mark up the outside and not all the piling positions.  This seems to be OK to everyone and he will come back and measure the piling points when the site is cleared.

Martin and Richard arrive to measure up and decide what to do.

After staying for a few hours and doing some rough making up decide it is too difficult for them to accurately mark up and that they need to get in a chap Richard has used in the past.

Eta unkown.

Martin and Neil turn up – Kitchen gets dismantled.

Then electrician – Kevin and another electrician James who start disconnecting the electrics.

Utility room is gutted.  Old damp on back wall – seems dry now.

Calvin the plumber comes tomorrow.

Kevin suggests electrics in the fuse box are replaced with RCB – residual current breakers – especially as the wiring from the ceiling of the kitchen has been eaten my mice.  I said that is OK  – go ahead – cost not quite clear as some allowance had already been made in Kevin’s estimate to Richard.

Martin loosens end of pipe from utility to loo to check is water or gas.  Finds water but not not quite seal the end so drips overnight.  Not sure where it is coming from.

Pipe in ceiling on top LHS seems to be an safety release pipe going outside and gain no one quite sure what it is connected to but is it left.

Kevin mentioned he has a good deal on Sonus currently.

Cooker is installed in utility room as wiring stretches there better.

A wasp next (old) is found in the roof of the kitchen.