Outbuildings: Week 35, Day 4

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Outbuildings: Week 35, Day 4

Another solid day of progress on the electrical installation, with the power sockets now live in most of the building and almost all of the internal lighting (and a couple of external doorway lights) now completed. The light switches are part of the Home Automation system, which won’t be fully operational until the data network is ready to enable the KNX devices to be programmed – and the data networking is waiting on the plastering of the wall next to the comms equipment rack – so the only way to operate the lights at the moment is by pressing buttons on the KNX relay units in the Plant Room and Garage.

The team from Attenborough Doors started the installation of the four Hormann Rollmatic 2 roller shutters. The first of those is very nearly complete and ready for commissioning. Hopefully that and at least one more will be completed tomorrow, with the others finished next week.

Other bits of progress were the sealing of the gaps between the brickwork and the stone steps of the external staircase as well as the expansion joints in the external brickwork – and the installation of the wall mounting bracket for the external heat pump unit.

The control unit for the rainwater harvesting system was also delivered, direct from Wisy in Germany, with the accompanying pump in a separate parcel expected imminently.

Outbuildings: Week 35, Day 3

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Outbuildings: Week 35, Day 3

Progress on the groundworks is stalled waiting for a replacement concrete headwall – and the digger and dumper have been off-hired until that arrives.

Good progress on the electrics today though. The socket ring-mains are now ‘live’ in the Utility Room and Workshop, and more than half of the ceiling-mounted light fittings are installed and tested. Mains power is also available for the heat pump, water heaters, and alarm system.

Surface-mount ceiling light fittings in the Utility Room; 8 in total (plus 1 IP-rated fitting in the Shower Room). The internal unit for the air-to-air heat pump is also clearly visible.

The secondary electrical distribution board in the Garage, which serves the Northern half of the building, is much less well advanced than the primary board, so will take a few more days to power up and test. That means the roller shutter garage doors will have to be commissioned from an extension lead.

There were also a couple of preparatory visits by the contractors who will apply sealant to the external staircase and the brickwork expansion joints, as well as the team who will install the floor covering in the Shower Room and the Utility Room.