Week 45, Day 3

Week 45, Day 3:

  • Close to completion on the kitchen installation, with the hob now sealed to the Silestone worktop with heat-resistant silicone and the pop-up power sockets installed in the island worktop
  • The first day of second-fix on the security and fire alarm systems, installing some of the movement and shock sensors
  • More second-fix electrical, installing the last of the PIR sensors for the lights in some of the ground floor rooms
  • More work on the internal doors, drilling out for the door handles and latches
Week 45, Day 3

Week 45, Day 3

Second Floor Landing complete apart from paintwork

Second Floor Landing complete apart from paintwork and staircase balustrade

PIR movement sensor and shock sensor on door frame

PIR movement sensor and shock sensor on door frame

Week 45, Day 2

Week 45, Day 2:

  • More work on the landscaping, levelling out the rubble remaining from the demolition of the old barns to form a parking area by the (future) garages
  • Lots more second-fix electrical, including starting to wire up the control boards for the lighting and window blinds
  • Applying the oil finish to the oak flooring – second coat on the Second Floor (Office and Landing) and first coat on the Ground Floor (Living Room and Dining Room)
  • Adding some of the insulation to the MVHR ducts
    • The Intake and Exhaust ducts will be carrying air at “outside” temperature to the MVHR unit, through the “internal” air in the Plant Room – so there’s a risk of condensation and they need to be heavily insulated (even though the ducts themselves are made of expanded polystyrene)
  • More work on the skirting boards, architraves and internal doors
Week 45, Day 2

Week 45, Day 2

Rubble from old barns levelled out to form parking area

Rubble from old barns levelled out to form parking area

KNX and DALI control boards on the First Floor

KNX and DALI control boards on the First Floor

First coat of oil finish on the oak flooring in the Living Room

First coat of oil finish on the oak flooring in the Living Room

Second coat of oil finish on the oak flooring in the Home Office

Second coat of oil finish on the oak flooring in the Home Office

Partially completed insulation on the Intake and Exhaust MVHR ducts

Partially completed insulation on the Intake and Exhaust MVHR ducts