Hi, I am joining forum!

[Bell Ringer]

Hi everyone.

My name is Wayne, and I have discovered this great forum in the last few days.

I am a novice, and I don't have many skills, but I hope to learn a few.

I am fixing a house that I live in. This place needs a new kitchen, real soon!

I may have some pretty good tools for someone of my level.

Lets see, I have Power tools, a circular saw, jigsaw, disc sander, drill, De walt router.

Hand tools I have most things, but probably need a few bits and pieces.

Anyhow, I have a camera, and will try to post up some threads of my progress when I start the project.

I don't want to make expensive errors as I am not rich. I also hate waste.

Please feel welcome to give me nudge in the right direction if you feel I am doing something wrong. Good advice is like gold for someone of my level.

I am looking forward to this, but I think it is not going to be easy, but very very satisfying.

I am going to read read read, and try and get some idea of a plan on how to do this. Flatpack may be good for my skills! I certainly don't expect someone to jump to my aid for everything I do! I will do some research myself first! But saying that I will need a hand from time to time, as every job is different.

I look forward to meeting some good people in here.
See you around the forum!
Wayne

[munruben]

Hi Wayne and welcome aboard, you came to the right place for advice, you will get plenty of that here.

[Christos]

Welcome to the forum. That's the best way to learn by doing. And always be careful when you do something not really wanting to learn by mistakes.

[Claw Hama]

Yes, welcome Wayne, hope you have a great time here.

[artme]

G'day Wayne and welcome to the shed.

You are keen, with some good tools.

Ask questions by all means. There is plenty of wisdom to be had here.

[justinmcf]

hi wayne, and welcome to the forum!

justin.

[pampelmuse]

Hi Wayne,
Having just also just done this myself I thought i would suggest if you are going to DIY kitchen installation then another possibility to consider is getting a newish second hand kitchen off Ebay. There are many pitfalls to this approach however (the primary one being it is very difficult to fit an existing kicthen into a tight space like we did at our place) and a lot of time is required to invest following ebay listings to get one that suits, but I just did it in our house and I was very happy with the result. We got a practically brand new kitchen with all appliances for the cost of new appliances alone and I think the oven had never been used! I had to pay about the same amount again in the end to get it installed but it was still a better result for the price than I could have achieved with flat packs as I would never have afforded things like Blum soft-close drawers. Just an idea to consider. It worked for me but doesn't work for everybody.