Hall floor hatches completed
This week we finished cutting hatches into the hall floors on Monday and Tuesday. Then we needed a way of lifting the panels easily. So we drilled a hole 100mm…
Floorboards Laid for all Hallways
For this rather truncated week of work, we resumed the task of laying down the floorboards after a week of building the framework. One of the first things we did…
Finished Framework for Hallway Flooring
This week (apart from one day on Friday lost due to other commitments) was spent constructing the complicated framework for supporting the remaining Hallways, going up to the Great room,…
Worktop Plus Sink Installed and Started on Flooring for Hallways
We got the week going by taking our slab of OSB board we cut last week for the worktop in the Utility Room and cutting a large hole in the…
Another order from China
After buying the valves last week, we started looking for some of the other things needed for automating the house. The next things are Flow sensors – to measure how…
Completed First Stage of Plumbing Plus Also Flooring
The week started with the autumn’s annual task of the Sun Shield Taken Down and Thrown Away which occupied Monday morning. Then, it was a case of continuing on with…
Equipment Cupboard Completed, New Electric Switch and Consumer Unit Installed and Flooring Structure Created
We resumed work on our “Engine Room” within the Utility Room this week by putting on the thick heavy roof to the equipment cupboard. It is three layers of the…
Taken the Plunge and Ordered Motorised Valves from China
After a long period of analysis, testing and weighing up the risks, we have placed an order for motorised water control valves from China, directly with the original manufacturer. It…
Equipment / Machine Sound Absorbing Cupboard Half Constructed
At the beginning of the week, we finished off preparing the Utility Room by concluding the task of putting up OSB wall boards around the door and then trimmed the…
Preparing Utility Room so Ready to Build Equipment Cupboards
We arrived for this new week to resume our work on preparing the Utility Room, to get it ready for installing the vast collection of equipment, tanks, switches, pipes and…