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…
Preparing Utility Room
One of the first jobs was to move the existing electricity control board from over beside the window and position it out of the way on the dividing wall between…
Temporary Lighting Installed Along Hallways
With the days drawing in and as each room is completed, less and less daylight is reaching the inner hallways and they are getting gloomier and gloomier plus also part…
Wall Boards All Up and Utility Channel Cut
We resumed the work on Bedroom 3 with the Wall Boards. We switched over to the tongue and groove method of joining two boards together and it seems to be…
Wall Boards Are Going Up and Final Conduits Installed
After having finished the floorboards for Bedroom 3, we can walk around much easier and inspect everything. We decided to swop out the cable conduits around the windows with our…