I'll be taking a sledgehammer....

Norma_Desmond

.....to our old kitchen in a couple of weeks and renovating the whole room, but what's worrying me is the ORDER in which to do things?
When it's just an empty shell it will need re-plastering, tiling, flooring and of course painting. There's no structural work as such, but I will need to move a radiator to a different wall and shift and add power points.
Our new units and appliances etc. are all stuffed into our dining room ready to 'go' when the kitchen is gutted.......so, what is the order of play?
Thanks to anyone who can help!

nichere

dont know about radiator but myself would make sure the waters turned off at the stop !!!! and bleed the radiator in question and get it off the wall,switch of the kitchen sockets at the consumer unit(make sure there dead first plug somethink in them if you have got a tester to test them) then go for it i suppose.
a good idea would be to get some plastic back boxes for your sockets if you take them of the wall incase you dont get them done in the same day that way you could reconnect them when you have finished aqnd you could have electrics back in your kitchen for the night.
hope this may have been of some help to you

marksward

electrics then plastering, fit the unit shells and worktops. Tiling + painting then floor. That seems to make sense then again not me doing it!!! Radiator either before or after plastering depending on any pipework you have to do.

nearlyrich

We had a new kitchen a few years ago, we took out the old cupboards etc DH did first fix of plumbing and electrics (he is qualified), sockets where needed new lights etc, removed a radiator which we replaced with a kickspace.

Then the shell was plastered, tiled floor installed, we painted the room, then new units appliances and worktops followed by tiling in between the units.

Good clean, decide what goes in each cupboard and away you go!

Have fun good luck and mind you don't catch your fingers between the sledge hammer and whatever you are hitting!

flang

I would leave the painting until last otherwise your scratch the paint when hanging your wall units and dirty up the walls when drilling!!
If your planning to tile the walls you wont need to plaster them.

Avoriaz

Norma_Desmond wrote:

...I'll be taking a sledgehammer......to our old kitchen!…

We sold our old kitchen units for quite a reasonable sum via Loot in 1993. Not only did we get money towards the new kitchen, but the purchaser had all the hard work of removing them from the walls etc. I kept an eye on them to make sure they didn’t do any damage but, as they wanted the units in as good condition as possible, and wanted to reuse all the fittings where possible, they were very careful and did a tidy job.

Unless yours are falling apart, someone somewhere will pay you for them, or at least take them away for nothing saving you the cost of disposal.

You have just enough time to sell them while they are still in place. Alternatively, take a few pictures and store the units until you find a buyer.

try ebay, Loot or your local paper etc.;)

never_enough

Avoriaz wrote:

We sold our old kitchen units for quite a reasonable sum via Loot in 1993. Not only did we get money towards the new kitchen, but the purchaser had all the hard work of removing them from the walls etc. I kept an eye on them to make sure they didn’t do any damage but, as they wanted the units in as good condition as possible, and wanted to reuse all the fittings where possible, they were very careful and did a tidy job.

Unless yours are falling apart, someone somewhere will pay you for them, or at least take them away for nothing saving you the cost of disposal.

You have just enough time to sell them while they are still in place. Alternatively, take a few pictures and store the units until you find a buyer.

try ebay, Loot or your local paper etc.;)

Or freecycle them, someone may be grateful for them.

Norma_Desmond

Thanks everyone and Happy New Year! You've all given me ideas as to where to begin.
We will be fitting the units and tiling/painting ourselves, but are going to get a chap in to shift the radiator and do the electrics, plastering and flooring etc.
Sadly, no-one on earth would want our old units - they're the cheapest tat you can imagine and are falling apart at the seams (bit like me this morning! :beer: :eek: )

girlsmum

the last thing to go on is the doors. Dh is a kitchen fitter and always puts these on last, he had to replace some once (not his fault) but whilst tiling the tilers belt dug into the doors and damaged them, put them on last to avoid damage
The order dh does things
ok empty the room, them do any electrics/plumbing jobs
plaster fit base units wall units worktops sink hob (if inbuilt one) tile walls
he then does the floor before the plinths go on as the tiles go under the plinths and gives a better finish, grout cornice and coving, put in your white goods then doors and handles oh and dont forget the sealant if using.

he is not here to check this, so i hope i have got it right