19.12.2024 IKEA Kitchen Planner Windows App

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  Thursday 19th 48F/9C [7.40] A mild but very wet morning is promised. With about 10mm of rain forecast. Continuing breezy too.

 Up at 6am after a quiet night. 

 8.00 It is still too dark to see anything outside. No immediate plans for today. Will any plumbers or builders venture out to see the work required? Should I stay at home all day [again] in the forlorn hope of rescue? I could start digging up the lawn. To expose the relevant drainpipes. However, the wet weather, high water table and clay soil are not helping the cause.   

 The rules call for reduced angles and slower bends. So I may as well leave it to an expert with a mini-excavator. They may not want to lift an entire section of pipe just to add a new branch. They might go straight to the inspection chamber. To avoid major excavation. There is a spare, capped inlet. Even if I managed to complete all the work myself. I cannot lift the heavy [80kg] washing machine onto its platform alone. Though I am considering ramps. 

 I have watched numerous helpful YT videos on building IKEA kitchen cabinets and drawers. So I am at least partially prepared. For the oversized construction kit arriving on the 28th.

 I have been playing with IKEA's free kitchen planner software. It took a little practice before I had some control over the features provided. It gives the general idea of dimensions and form of my kitchen. One has to register an IKEA membership to be able to save plans. A 3D walk around is also provide. Rather oddly it only does wooden floors. Most[?] many kitchens are tiled. 

 I decided to pre-heat the oven for an hour as per the instructions. Removal of all internal fittings was confirmed. Set to highest heat of 250ºC without the fan. It took about 10 minutes before any warmth was detected. I brought out my remote reading pistol thermometer and infra red camera attachment. 

 After half an hour the naked case had reached over 54C in one particular hot spot on the left side towards the rear. The hottest I measured was in the 90sºC above the door vents. The glass inside the door is fogging slightly. The kitchen air temperature rose rapidly from 64F to 72F. [18-22C.] I have had the window mounted, extractor fan running throughout. No funny smells so far. 

18.00 I have just emptied the kitchen recycling bins. Clear, cold and starry outside. 40F/4C. It is expected to drop to just below 3C overnight.

 After 45 minutes: The door has reached 64ºC. A high of 64ºC was recorded by the camera. Averaging just above 40ºC on both side panels. In use it would be spaced slightly from the cabinet. With ventilation at the backs of the support shelf. A chimney effect would help to keep cabinet, surface temperatures down. Still no nasty smells. 

 The room is still warming rapidly. Now at 77F/25C. In the summer I have all the doors wide open. To the living room, both halls, bathroom and upstairs. I can fix another extractor fan out to the great outdoors. To draw warm and moist air away from the oven cabinet if it proves necessary. 

 18.15. After an hour I have switched the oven off to allow it to cool. The highest reading was 87C on the glass door just behind the handle. Which was a bit unfortunate. Care will be needed to keep one's fingers away from, the glass when opening the door. The left side panel hot spot was at 54C. The kitchen now smells slightly odd.

 I am printing the English language instructions without supervision. 20 pages long. All printing is reduced to a corner of each A4 side! Why?!!? 😕

 Dinner was mackerel in tomato sauce on toast. I used the mini oven.

 Tomorrow I have to be up early. To be at the hospital in the city by 8.15.A minimum 45 minute journey in the rush hour. I am to fit a heart monitor to check on the recurring and supposedly increasing number of false beats. Thankfully I have been feeling fine and behaving normally. With no unwanted symptoms. I had better set the alarm clock. In the unlikely event that I sleep through.

  

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