It looks as if we might have turned a corner on the installation of the kitchen. Fingers crossed.
Although all the cabinets and appliances are in place, the worksurfaces are still waiting to be installed because the sinks have not arrived. The sinks are made of granite (actually, it is a man made substance called Silestone), like the worksurfaces, and are bonded to the underneath of the worksurface so it looks as if it is all made from one piece of stone. The problem is that the sinks are coming from Spain and the overflows have been installed 40mm (yes, 4 cms) from the bottom of the sink – you can’t even get enough water in the sink to cover a mug! I am not quite sure of the rationale here, but I am told that this is how they do it on the continent!
The good news is that sinks manufactured for the American market do not have an overflow at all. So the solution is that we are having to import 3 sinks from the US. Unbelievably, these were manufactured in Spain and then exported to the US. And now we are bringing them back to the UK.
The good news is that 2 of the sinks have arrived in the UK. They are being bonded to the worksurfaces today and are due to be installed on Thursday. With any luck, we can get the sinks plumbed in and the hob installed before the weekend.
The one remaining sink is due in next week. So hopefully, we will have the worksurfaces on the island installed next week.