Week 41, Day 5:

• Some rain showers, hence the water-spot on the camera lens
• The busiest day on site so far – 16 people and nearly as many vehicles:
  • 4 zinc roofing installers
  • 3 plumbers
  • 2 kitchen fitters
  • 2 plasterers
  • 2 tilers
  • 2 main contractors
  • 1 electrician
• The zinc roofing team were back to prepare for the curved sections on the north roof – only one piece installed so far but the rest should go on fairly quickly next week now the preparation is complete
• More work on the kitchen, installing and wiring up the ovens
• Good progress on the wall tiling in the shower cubicles
• More progress on the plumbing, including installing the baths and about half of the towel radiators
  • There is one radiator per bath / shower room so 7 in total, fairly evenly distributed throughout the house
  • They’re all the same and roughly 1m tall x 0.5m wide but they’ll run off warm water from the Ground Source Heat Pump rather than hot water from a Boiler and hence need to be over-sized
  • Running with 40 degree water from the GSHP I reckon they’ll only produce about 25% of their rated output (560W at 50 degree delta T) so that’s roughly 1kW in total
• Still more plastering, finishing off the Living Room

Week 41, Day 5

Lots of workmen on site today

Zinc roof panel forming machine

Bank of ovens in the kitchen – Steam Oven, Main Oven and Microwave with Warming Drawers below

Wall tiles in one of the showers (not yet grouted)

Towel radiator (one per bathroom)

Completed plastering in the Living Room