Week 47, Day 4

Week 47, Day 4:

  • Quite a lot of time spent tidying and cleaning the rooms which are nearly finished
  • More second-fix electrical:
    • Work in the Plant Room, hooking up the supply to the Ground Source Heat Pump and the heating zone valves and circulation pumps
    • Work on the ground floor, wiring in the DALI-dimmable LED drivers for the kitchen and open plan dining area
Week 47, Day 4

Week 47, Day 4

Heating circulation pumps - pipes need insulating

Heating circulation pumps – pipes need insulating

BPM Aquilae lights in the Open Plan area

BPM AQUILAE lights in the Open Plan area

These lights are 9.6W LEDs running at 500mA constant current. The hole in the middle is for a ceiling loudspeaker.

Week 41, Day 5

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

Week 41, Day 5

Lots of workmen on site today

Lots of workmen on site today

Zinc roof panel forming machine

Zinc roof panel forming machine

Array of ovens in the kitchen

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

Wall tiles in one of the showers

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

Towel radiator (one per bathroom)

Towel radiator (one per bathroom)

Completed plastering in the Living Room

Completed plastering in the Living Room