More second-fixing of the alarm system, installing more sensors in the morning then moving on to the main control panel and zone expander units once those had been delivered, early afternoon.
There was wet and windy weather overnight and for the first part of the morning, which held up progress on the ground works – but has mostly filled the rainwater tank. The team are waiting for delivery of some additional components for the inlets and outlets for the rainwater attenuation pond, which had been promised for delivery yesterday or today but are now (allegedly) due next week. Instead of installing those they completed the tidy-up of the ground to the East side of the building.
Cleared ground to the East of the Workshop. The boundary (between the new building and the metal barn) will get a fence in due course.
Completion of the reconstituted stone steps forming the External Staircase. It will be getting a custom-made traditional-style steel balustrade and handrail that will be left with a galvanised finish, to match the other unfinished galvanised steelwork (such as the ‘stable’ window).
Completed reconstituted stone steps and landing for the external staircase – in need of its handrail
The photo above also shows the black ventilation pipes, with their spinning cowls, for the Biorock sewage treatment plant. They’re black powder-coated aluminium, the same as the guttering and down pipes, just a larger diameter (100mm). The vent pipes were only ever temporarily installed previously and were always destined to be fitted either side of the new building. The spinning cowls are Biolan Wind Fans, which have aluminium blades; some other Biolan ventilators are made from plastic. These were sourced from UK distributor Plastic Solutions (Aldridge) who offered good pricing and are fairly local.
Today was also the first day of second-fix for the combined intruder and fire alarm system, which progressed well despite some of the components not being available until they are delivered direct to site tomorrow.
Also a little further progress on the groundworks, with only one person working, and only for part of the time.
Area to the North of the parking area by the Garages more than half cleared and levelled
