Hoodless

Electricians - or at least the ones employed by our kitchen guy - do electrics. They don't do deconstruction. So following the first fix we were left with a disconnected cooker hood. Quite literally a "hang over" from the Days of the Old Kitchen.

Fortunately removal proved fairly simple. It was held up with two screws in those adjustable slots, and slid off easily once I'd loosened them.

Long term readers may spot another hang over - a remnant of the Days of the Flame Effect Ragroll - visible in the space vacated by the cooker hood. A telling clue that I didn't remove the hood when last I painted the kitchen. What can I say? Those few coats of Hint of Apple (or whatever it was) were always intended as a quick fix.

With the hood gone it was time to knock off the tiled splashback - another task completed in double-quick time. Endampened by years of boiling pans, the plaster behind the cooker came off with the tiles. Finding an "edge" in these situations is always tricky. If you're not careful you can end up stripping the plaster off the entire wall. Luckily this time I managed to detect the point at which the remaining plaster was secure enough to take a skim coat, and leave it at that.

Only two remaining "demolition-type" jobs before we can start building back up again.