Kitchen Wall

     Last week Josh finished screwing in the last of the of the triple grip brackets which attach the roof frames to the external walls. Today he did some measurements and calculations so now he knows how long to cut the purlins.

     Then this afternoon we went down and assembled and screwed together the internal wall which goes between the kitchen and the bathroom. This is one which I had previously loosely assembled, so Josh showed me how to finish it off. I was even allowed to do some of the screwing! Then we stood it up temporarily just to see what it looks like.

          It finally gave us an idea of how big our kitchen and our bathroom are going to be on the inside. The kitchen was actually wider and shallower than I was expecting, after doing some 3D designs on the Bunnings website. The window seems wonderfully massive, and that's where the sink is going, but we still have to figure out where the stove and fridge are going to go, and what kind of cupboards we will have.

     The bathroom is a bit trickier because the window is not centred, so that means that the basin is going on the left side and we have to figure out how to fit a shower, toilet AND washing machine in the rest of the space.

         Next Josh managed to un-stick the piece for the bathroom wall frame from its neighbour. It was very thoroughly stuck together, and required lots of brute force with screwdrivers and hammers. I am glad that I did not attempt to do this on my own, as I would never have pulled it off.

     That means that next work day will be bracing the kitchen wall and screwing it in place, and assembling the bathroom wall, or cutting the purlins to length.