Over the weekend I started commissioning the kitchen appliances – cleaning them and running their “first use” programmes, and cleaning the kitchen cupboards and starting to remove the blue protective film
I also fitted two of the ceiling speakers (in the kitchen) and hooked up a small amplifier to test them, and they’re working fine
With the inside tidied and some decent weather the team spent most of the day tidying up the outside so now it looks a lot better in the overview shot
I spent the evening installing the LED lighting strips in the Ground Floor WC so those are now working from the PIR sensor
Another scheduled air tightness test but on the day it was too windy to get an accurate reading so it will have to be re-scheduled
It was evident there is some air leakage at the top of the Internorm HS330 sliding doors
What’s not clear is whether this is a small proportion of the overall leakage or the majority of it, given that there are 4 of the doors
The plan is to temporarily seal the doors with tape for the next air test to check the result with and without them sealed up, so we can understand how much of the leakage they’re responsible for
I’d set a deadline of 28th October for having the inside cleaned and tidied ready for internal snagging and the prospect of moving in before the weather gets too much colder
The team did a good job of clearing out their tools, sweeping up the sawdust, taking up the protective cardboard floor coverings and cleaning most of the mess off the oak flooring
As a result the inside is looking clean and tidy but the outside is a bit more messy