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

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