It's all in the detail!!!

 



This weekend saw us refitting the Smev oven and Engel fridge. Before we could do that the grab rail had to be reassembled, along with the hinges, surround, lock and door of the fridge.
The fridge door is stainless steel both sides, however since it is hard work keeping it polished and clean looking we vinyl wrapped it. Unfortunately it no longer matches the dog bowl.

The lower galley doors were refitted along with the curved toilet door, mid ships cabin and forward cabin doors, all of which have undergone massive re-varnishing works.  All cupboard doors have had new push buttons and rosettes installed.

 

 When the grab rail was fitted, we fitted large washers as the original smaller washers had been digging into the woodwork. However, since the bolts aren't central we had to elongate the holes in the large washes to centralize them.

 



The door furniture has been polished and the door handles were stripped and re-varnished. 
The screws which held the fridge and cooker in place had lost their grip in the 12mm ply, therefore we attached 18mm ply doublers and used longer screws to get a secure fixing.
The cream leather settee is at the moment at the leather specialist as this is also undergoing restoration and we hope to have this back for next weekend. Whilst we have no seating we took the opportunity to repair and repaint the grey seat bases.

The mid ships and forward cabin doors have had new mirrors fitted.  These have not cost us a penny.  These were brand new mirrors that were surplus from a restaurant fit out, that were rescued from a skip. A nifty bit of recycling!

This almost completes the saloon, apart from refitting the leather seating. The next varnishing stage is the forward cabin wardrobe and drawer unit, but this is a lot smaller job.

We are also a small step further with the canopy and cockpit upholstery. We have paid our deposit, and have chosen the fabrics. The next stage is to get Marine and Industrial Covers over to pattern up the job, which may be easier said than done now the weather has turned inclement as we obviously require a dry and calm day.