We have had yet another 3 day week, with a Tuesday Bank Holiday. So we decided to do something ourselves. To start we painted the utility room, first with an undercoat to fix the plaster and then a second coat. We then transferred a load of the units we saved from the original kitchen and set them in position, Very pleased. The unit in the corner will be on little wheels with the laundry bin so that can be wheeled across to the washing machine beside the sink.
Meanwhile we got to grips with the dumb waiter. This goes from the lower level up into the corner of the kitchen. It was very, very hard work, but with some help from the neighbour over the road with some of the heaviest lifting we managed to get it working yesterday evening. There is still a lot to do getting the rope guides sorted and making the rope into one continuous loop but we are well on the way. It works, that's the main thing. The photo below shows the bottom of the shaft. On the left the car is up in the kitchen, on the right it has been brought down.
When the car is downstairs the counterweights rise up the track so that the two are balanced. We think the whole thing is brilliant and we love it to bits. If you click on the photo you can see it in more detail. Also there is a video on Facebook.
This is the video for those without Facebook.
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