Week 45, Day 1

Week 45, Day 1:

  • A busy day with lots of people on site
  • Tidying up the field which was dug up for the Ground Source Heat Pump collector pipe trenches, now that the soil has had chance to settle
  • Lots of work on the plumbing – sorting out the water and waste for the island sink, piping up the duct heater in the MVHR system, installing another bathroom basin, piping up the remaining shower control boxes etc.
  • More second-fix electrical, mostly more lighting fixtures
  • Applying protective oil to the cedar boards on the solar shading, to match the cedar cladding elsewhere, and then putting a first coat of oil on some of the oak flooring
  • Sanding the rest of the oak flooring ready for oiling
Week 45, Day 1

Week 45, Day 1

Field to west of house levelled out with the weeds scraped off

Field to west of house levelled out with the weeds scraped off

Cedar boards of solar shading treated with Osmo oil

Cedar boards of solar shading treated with Osmo oil

Downlights in Master Bedroom rotated so they shine vertically despite the 30 degree roof pitch

Downlights in Master Bedroom rotated so they shine vertically despite the 30 degree roof pitch

Week 43, Day 4

Week 43, Day 4:

  • More oak flooring, this time on the first floor landing
  • Installing the furniture for the WC and the washbasin in the Family Bathroom
  • More external window reveals and sills
  • More second-fix electrical
  • More filling, sanding and painting around the recessed down-lights in the Open Plan area
Week 43, Day 4

Week 43, Day 4

Engineered oak flooring on the first floor landing

Engineered oak flooring on the first floor landing

Furniture in Family Bathroom

Furniture in Family Bathroom

Painting around the plaster down-light surrounds in the Open Plan area

Painting around the plaster down-light surrounds in the Open Plan area