Week 50, Day 2

Week 50, Day 2:

  • The Living Room ceiling has needed some attention to make the coving work properly with the LED lighting strips and the plastering team were back on site with the intention of adding more plaster in some areas to level it out. It soon became apparent it was out by more than they thought and the quickest and best way to proceed was to install some new boards with a thin skim of new plaster. Installing these below the old boards would have been difficult and would have lowered the ceiling by around 50mm so instead the plan is to remove the old boards and install new ones, taking care to ensure they are level.
  • Some of the steps on the staircase also need attention which became apparent when making the templates for the glass balustrade panels – since the exposed end of the steps will be close to the edge of the glass it will be obvious if the spacing on the steps is different. To fix them they need to be re-welded, which means removing the plaster from around the end of the steps.
Week 50, Day 2

Week 50, Day 2

Plaster removed around problem steps on first-to-second floor staircase

Plaster removed around problem steps on first-to-second floor staircase

Plaster removed around problem steps on ground-to-first floor staircase

Plaster removed around problem steps on ground-to-first floor staircase

Week 49, Day 2

Week 49, Day 2:

  • More issues with the automated WordPress updates – I did a WordPress upgrade at the weekend and forgot to check whether wp-cli (which does most of the work for the automated daily updates) needed an update too (it did)
  • The final delivery of BPM light fittings from Phil at GreyBlue with some of them installed already – notably the two LUK CRUSADER which at 120mm in diameter seems enormous close-up but it’s a powerful fitting (30W of LED running at 900mA) and so only really suitable for large-scale installations
  • More work commissioning the internal and external wall-lights which are (mostly) simply switched rather than being on dimmer controls
    • These are controlled by a multi-channel KNX relay (not via DALI) and so need commissioning in KNX and some sort of user interface for control
    • After work I got a simple configuration working in OpenHab to be able to test these lights and they all work fine – I find it very pleasing to stand outside with a smartphone and turn the external floodlights on and off over WiFi
  • The main “nerve centre” in the Dressing Room on the First Floor is now nearly complete – just a few more switches to go
  • Off-site work by Mick machining the oak boxes for the staircase treads at the workshop
Week 49, Day 2

Week 49, Day 2

BPM LUK CRUSADER lamp over the staircase

BPM LUK CRUSADER lamp over the staircase

BPM IKI Wall Lights in the Dining Room

BPM IKI Wall Lights in the Dining Room

Control boards in the Dressing Room on the First Floor

Control boards in the Dressing Room on the First Floor