New (old) house renovation to have distributed AV!
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The electrician spent most the day ruining my floor upstairs and running the remaining spot wiring for the downstairs, only put in a half day as was booked on another job so he'll be back on thursday!
Adding another light on the half landing.
More cut floor boards!
Downstairs bank of lights, these will be run off 2 banks as im going to have part of this room with a small dining table and will be lighting that separate.
The last wall on the bathroom was tiled today in no time at all, im at work for the next 3 days and the electrician and my dad will be at the house, im hoping to see some progress with the bathroom.
All the taping will need doing and sanded ready for a first miss coat of paint and then hopefully i'll be able to get my speaker placement sorted and get the holes cut from there.
Adding another light on the half landing.
More cut floor boards!
Downstairs bank of lights, these will be run off 2 banks as im going to have part of this room with a small dining table and will be lighting that separate.
The last wall on the bathroom was tiled today in no time at all, im at work for the next 3 days and the electrician and my dad will be at the house, im hoping to see some progress with the bathroom.
All the taping will need doing and sanded ready for a first miss coat of paint and then hopefully i'll be able to get my speaker placement sorted and get the holes cut from there.
Been busy couple days with the electricians in so its starting to look a bit worse than it did before.
Speaker holes cut, i'll be having 5 speakers in the ceiling, left, centre, right and rear surrounds. I'll be routing an RCA cable to the room and running a sub from there.
Towel Radiator in place, ready to be plumbed in, searched for a 3 way valve that would allow me to install flush with no knobs sticking out from the front of the radiator.
Plumbed in, accurate to within a mm,
Socket Chases going in.
Comms cupboard starting to be wired, all speaker cables and CAT cable come to this location, a mix of cat5 and cat6 in there, cat6 for HDMI runs and cat5 for normal network.
Rolled up cables labeled ready to go
Underfloor loads of cables!
Testing colour for the bathroom, it dries darker than shown its wet here.
Whole host of wiring here, exterior lights, internal lights, switches, smoke detectors.
Horrible picture of what will be behind all the tv's in my house, 2xcat6 for hdmi, 1xcat5 for network and 1 spur for power.
All in all its coming along, slowly it seems but its going to be fantastic once complete, going to have a hell of a lot of patching to do!
Speaker holes cut, i'll be having 5 speakers in the ceiling, left, centre, right and rear surrounds. I'll be routing an RCA cable to the room and running a sub from there.
Towel Radiator in place, ready to be plumbed in, searched for a 3 way valve that would allow me to install flush with no knobs sticking out from the front of the radiator.
Plumbed in, accurate to within a mm,
Socket Chases going in.
Comms cupboard starting to be wired, all speaker cables and CAT cable come to this location, a mix of cat5 and cat6 in there, cat6 for HDMI runs and cat5 for normal network.
Rolled up cables labeled ready to go
Underfloor loads of cables!
Testing colour for the bathroom, it dries darker than shown its wet here.
Whole host of wiring here, exterior lights, internal lights, switches, smoke detectors.
Horrible picture of what will be behind all the tv's in my house, 2xcat6 for hdmi, 1xcat5 for network and 1 spur for power.
All in all its coming along, slowly it seems but its going to be fantastic once complete, going to have a hell of a lot of patching to do!
Cat5 was used for the data points as i honestly dont see myself using them for anything other than TV smart services or just general web surfing and i had cat5 sitting around to be used so this didnt cost me anything.
How did this turn out? I need my boiler moving to allow our kitchen to be re-jigged.
At the moment it is in a chimney/fireplace space, with a door, which creates dead space in front of it (as you need access). We want to be able to use the space for a cooker, so need the boiler moving.
It needs to go from (effectively) floor level, to the right a meter or so, and up to wall unit levels. Not that far.
We've had two quotes: £560 and £760
You have money set aside to do jobs, like fit a new kitchen. But when you get down to it, all the little extras add up, and it's soon not enough.
My take on which way doors should open:
It's down to personal preference in the end, but there is, was, a convention which I think has changed in modern times as people went open-plan and houses got smaller and needed to use space more efficiently.
It was the way to have doors open so that they blocked/shielded the room; it directs drafts against a wall, as opposed to straight into the room; it provides privacy for the occupants of the room (especially bedrooms) - as the door opens it prevents the person entering seeing straight in and gives the room occupant a chance to make themselves decent/refuse access; it also means a door can be left slightly open without passers-by seeing in.
These measures went hand-in-hand with offset ceiling lights (towards window).
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How did this turn out? I need my boiler moving to allow our kitchen to be re-jigged.
At the moment it is in a chimney/fireplace space, with a door, which creates dead space in front of it (as you need access). We want to be able to use the space for a cooker, so need the boiler moving.
It needs to go from (effectively) floor level, to the right a meter or so, and up to wall unit levels. Not that far.
We've had two quotes: £560 and £760
You have money set aside to do jobs, like fit a new kitchen. But when you get down to it, all the little extras add up, and it's soon not enough.
My take on which way doors should open:
It's down to personal preference in the end, but there is, was, a convention which I think has changed in modern times as people went open-plan and houses got smaller and needed to use space more efficiently.
It was the way to have doors open so that they blocked/shielded the room; it directs drafts against a wall, as opposed to straight into the room; it provides privacy for the occupants of the room (especially bedrooms) - as the door opens it prevents the person entering seeing straight in and gives the room occupant a chance to make themselves decent/refuse access; it also means a door can be left slightly open without passers-by seeing in.
These measures went hand-in-hand with offset ceiling lights (towards window).
Well the heating engineer that first came out quoted £350 for the boiler moving, other quotes came in at nearly £600 as with yours, if your just moving yours up the wall i dont see why there should be so much costs, its only extending the pipe that is there and moving the flue. mine is moving into a completely different room. i'm actually getting the first guy to come out to move the boiler in the next weeks when he can fit me in as hes pretty booked up.
yeah i understand the logic behind how the doors were and yes i have offset lights which have been replaced
i suppose things change with the times but i just didn't like the doors the way they were and especially with it being a small house it opens it up a little having them the other way round.Some interim pictures not really a lot going on but shows where things are at at the moment.
Sitting room ceiling with a few coats of paint to see what needs doing, gonna needing some filling and sanding to get a smooth finish.
More chases being filled in
Electricians decided to use an SDS drill to "chase" the cables instead of scoring with an angle grinder
Wired pinned to the stairs going into the electrical cupboard.
Light switch and a couple spurs for various things.
Panorama of the bathroom with a few coats of white base, few more coats and then i can start putting the suite in and then more tiling, painting etc etc.
Ceiling of the bathroom, speaker cut out, going to be installing a stereo single speaker unit in here and 4 spots.
Bedroom tv wiring in place and again a very wide chase to be filled / skimmed
Over the next few days there will be more filling, the boiler is being moved into the airing cupboard and then some more pipes being moved and possibly make a start on the plumbing to get the suite installed.
Ive got the electrician on stand by for 2nd fix once the house has been re-built to a half decent wall finish so that all of the sockets can be installed and lighting / speakers. it might start looking a bit better by this point.
Sitting room ceiling with a few coats of paint to see what needs doing, gonna needing some filling and sanding to get a smooth finish.
More chases being filled in
Electricians decided to use an SDS drill to "chase" the cables instead of scoring with an angle grinder
Wired pinned to the stairs going into the electrical cupboard.
Light switch and a couple spurs for various things.
Panorama of the bathroom with a few coats of white base, few more coats and then i can start putting the suite in and then more tiling, painting etc etc.
Ceiling of the bathroom, speaker cut out, going to be installing a stereo single speaker unit in here and 4 spots.
Bedroom tv wiring in place and again a very wide chase to be filled / skimmed
Over the next few days there will be more filling, the boiler is being moved into the airing cupboard and then some more pipes being moved and possibly make a start on the plumbing to get the suite installed.
Ive got the electrician on stand by for 2nd fix once the house has been re-built to a half decent wall finish so that all of the sockets can be installed and lighting / speakers. it might start looking a bit better by this point.
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lot of effort gone in there but the finished item will look great im sure. Great build log also!! 
More little updates, there will be a few of these in the next couple days.
we've started to make a jig to cut all the hinges into the doors when they need fitting.
Filler over the top of the browning, the filled area is actually more smooth than the rest of the walls
Filling in the kitchen has been done, my father has been at the house while im at work doing the filling in.
great work for this one, looks amazing, cant wait for it all to be covered over and then we can start the plastering/ skirting and decorating.
ive tasked my father with some more filling until i can get away from work and start with some more pipe work and the boiler being moved means some more filling/ stripping and possibly more plastering depending how things go.
we've started to make a jig to cut all the hinges into the doors when they need fitting.
Filler over the top of the browning, the filled area is actually more smooth than the rest of the walls
Filling in the kitchen has been done, my father has been at the house while im at work doing the filling in.
great work for this one, looks amazing, cant wait for it all to be covered over and then we can start the plastering/ skirting and decorating.
ive tasked my father with some more filling until i can get away from work and start with some more pipe work and the boiler being moved means some more filling/ stripping and possibly more plastering depending how things go.
Reminds me of my kitchen a few weeks ago, i'm almost done now just need some new flooring to go down. I managed to do most the kitchen myself from the brick up just got a help from a mate for the electrics and a joiner in to do the worktops on a jig. Got a great quality finish and even better knowing i've diy'd it.
B&Q quoted £3k not including the replaster and electrics or plumbing. I paid out £250 to trades and loved every minute of it. You can master most trades with a quick google and youtube vid it seems.
That box of cat5 does it say CCS?! cant quite make it out
B&Q quoted £3k not including the replaster and electrics or plumbing. I paid out £250 to trades and loved every minute of it. You can master most trades with a quick google and youtube vid it seems.
That box of cat5 does it say CCS?! cant quite make it out
Yeah i plan on doing things myself as spending thousands on someone fitting a kitchen when im sure i could do just as good a job myself make it an easy decision to do things myself with help from my dad/ google/ youtube.
Yes the box says CCS, its the make of cat cable that was used for the house? why do you ask?
Yes the box says CCS, its the make of cat cable that was used for the house? why do you ask?
CCS stands for Connectix Cabling Systems, it's not copper clad.
I got some more ceiling speakers delivered today, 8" drivers, I didn't release how heavy they'd be so I might need to reinforce the cut outs for installing these!
I got some more ceiling speakers delivered today, 8" drivers, I didn't release how heavy they'd be so I might need to reinforce the cut outs for installing these!
8"? Awesome
I went for monitor audio c180-t2 for the bathroom and kitchen (single speaker stereo) and I'm going to get the newer ct180 for the living room, same 8" driver but trim-less appearance.
Tested one speaker in its place in the bathroom today and they're very impressive and I can't wait to get the others in and fires up!