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seriously, what make are the IR units
Sorry mate, I'm not ignoring you, they are from a company called Keene Electronics (link)
I rung them up and asked for discount because I required 6, a IR commander and general advice and they oblidged
I think they worked out at £35 a pair (free delivery)
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Looks fantastic EVH
When are you aiming to be in?
When are you aiming to be in?
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Not yet. The 39U rack is coming this week, so once the rack is installed under the stairs I can begin terminating the various cabling.
Looks fantastic EVH
When are you aiming to be in?
Christmas is the plan. The building inspector won't sign the house off until we get disabled access round the front of the house, though :facepalm:
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Bit of an update, the doors have almost been finished in the kitchen, and the majority of the appliances are installed (minus the induction hob), but I only had my phone on me and well, a video is better isn't it. Is in HD too
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Wut? Gah I hate building regs. If you're not disabled why are you being forced to provide disabled access. Unbelievable.
What an accomplishment though. What about your feelings on the thing? Has it been difficult, put a strain on relationships, stressful, painful, or just great fun?
The kitchen looks good. I presumed that holes were cut for the hob before securing the work surface though...obviously not.
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fantastic project cant wait to see it complete
cant wait to see it completeas much as i agree everything should be done to allow disabled access to shops and businesses why is the building inspector asking for this on a private house build? do you have a relation who needs access? and if he's asking for this, has he asked for doc M compliancy in the house?
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It's a good idea, if the house sells to someone who is disabled or the occupants become disabled it is ready - will save the tax payers money in the long run so it's a no brainer really.
Not that i am the worlds biggest fan of building control but this one is a good common sense one.
Not that i am the worlds biggest fan of building control but this one is a good common sense one.
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Been a LOT of hard. Most of it goes unnoticed and overlooked. I've lost track at the amount of times I've swept the house out, cleaned something up or done something that's needed doing again 2 days later (usually throwing rubbish out).
To date the most difficult part was planning. Where you want sockets, toilets, radiators etc before a brick is laid can drive you mentally insane. I've already noticed that I put the light switch on the wrong side of the front door
As for relationships.. it's been hard going over the house to do work with a newborn about, so I try to go over with a list of jobs to do.
Digging the trench for the phone line to enter underground was painful. Had to be 18 inches deep, and run for 20ft. Doesn't sound like much, but when the ground is so frozen it repels a pick axe then it suddenly turns from a job in to a punishment. I spent all day over the weekend and the last 2 nights after work (in the dark) with a car inspection lamp, digging like a madman out the front of the house. I’m sure some of the neighbours probably think I’m burying a body.
No, the worktop comes in a solid plank and you have to route it out.
The thing that's annoyed me with this, was it had to be on the front of the house. Originally, I thought we'd have a nice step in to the front and a ramp around the back. Talking to the inspector, he did say that we were lucky because all new builds now require solar panels or some form of green energy. This was around an £8000-£12000 expense when I looked in to it, so I'm glad that's not been forced on us or we'd be on stop now.
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Welcome to the government/public sector. They have to provide for all eventualities.. and they don't view your house as yours but the permission to build a building for them. So when you sell on..
It's the same with height. I hate modern houses because the builders seem to be forced to put electrical sockets and work surfaces at a height that I find uncomfortable (being 6'4) and have to stoop todo washing up for example. The result is I end up with a sore back because of it.
If I were you, I would not have a slope along the front of the house.
Instead have the slope coming straight from the front door for a metre or two, then turn it left (or right) and in that space put some nice plants in.
Like this: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Coo...=uK_Y8kgezY-cap3LJdlaHw&cbp=12,309.18,,0,6.61
Though you need not bring the slope to the street as they have done.
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Some updates.
As you can see, we are fortunate to have a manhole cover outside the front door. As seen in earlier pictures, I'd already sunk a 50mm duct in to the foundations of the house (with a view to getting an underground phone service). Essentially, I wanted the line entering at Node 0, and having it come in upstairs wasn't going to work.
It's hard to appreciate how deep this trench is, but it's a good 12-18 inches deep all the way along. The trench has been partially filled so ****** don't steal my ducting! Tip: if you want it done quickly, hire a machine. I didn't and I'm sorry because it was back breaking in the freezing weather.
This may not make sense to anyone, but this is a shot of the duct that enters the house (currently covered with bubble wrap to protect the cable from the cold and damp weather). Due to Openreach's new policy, and how they won't pull the cable all the way inside the building anymore, we have to have an external NTE, so I'm using the duct I laid at the beginning of the build to connect the internal wiring directly to the NTE via a T piece.
The pull rope you can see here is from the duct that comes from the pavement. Both ducts do line up but I've pushed it to one side for the sake of the photograph.
As you can see, we are fortunate to have a manhole cover outside the front door. As seen in earlier pictures, I'd already sunk a 50mm duct in to the foundations of the house (with a view to getting an underground phone service). Essentially, I wanted the line entering at Node 0, and having it come in upstairs wasn't going to work.
It's hard to appreciate how deep this trench is, but it's a good 12-18 inches deep all the way along. The trench has been partially filled so ****** don't steal my ducting! Tip: if you want it done quickly, hire a machine. I didn't and I'm sorry because it was back breaking in the freezing weather.
This may not make sense to anyone, but this is a shot of the duct that enters the house (currently covered with bubble wrap to protect the cable from the cold and damp weather). Due to Openreach's new policy, and how they won't pull the cable all the way inside the building anymore, we have to have an external NTE, so I'm using the duct I laid at the beginning of the build to connect the internal wiring directly to the NTE via a T piece.
The pull rope you can see here is from the duct that comes from the pavement. Both ducts do line up but I've pushed it to one side for the sake of the photograph.
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Now, the good bit. Installing the rack.
I went for the biggest rack I could fit under the stairs as I knew anything smaller would look silly, and I'd run out of room and end up with 2, which wouldn't go down well. It's a 39U rack, 600x600mm. Came on a pallet
Almost had a disaster at this stage. When measuring for the maximum height of the rack, I took a measurement from the highest point, (the tallest step, 600mm from the wall) allowing for a tolerance of 25mm above. Unfortunately, I did not take the diagonal fascia of the staircase in to account!! This meant when the rack arrived, what should have been a simple "put wheels on, slide in to position" job, turned in to a "OMG IT DOESN'T FIT!".
Much swearing, head scratching and panic, and the solution was born: take the wheels off and hope that we could slide it under the fascia and in to position. Thankfully it all fits, and the door will open. I have to say I thought I'd dropped the ball on this one though
The BT line comes from the road to the front of the house. At this point, there will be a T piece and it will come up and terminate in the form of a grey box on the outside of the house. My internal CAT6 will run out from Node 0 (out the duct that's sunk under the house), up the T piece and in to this grey box.
You can see the blue pull rope in the 4th rack picture, right at the far side. There's a pull rope and a CAT6 cable in that duct for the internal wiring. Basically where the master socket will terminate for the broadband and phones.
I went for the biggest rack I could fit under the stairs as I knew anything smaller would look silly, and I'd run out of room and end up with 2, which wouldn't go down well. It's a 39U rack, 600x600mm. Came on a pallet
Almost had a disaster at this stage. When measuring for the maximum height of the rack, I took a measurement from the highest point, (the tallest step, 600mm from the wall) allowing for a tolerance of 25mm above. Unfortunately, I did not take the diagonal fascia of the staircase in to account!! This meant when the rack arrived, what should have been a simple "put wheels on, slide in to position" job, turned in to a "OMG IT DOESN'T FIT!".
Much swearing, head scratching and panic, and the solution was born: take the wheels off and hope that we could slide it under the fascia and in to position. Thankfully it all fits, and the door will open. I have to say I thought I'd dropped the ball on this one though
The BT line comes from the road to the front of the house. At this point, there will be a T piece and it will come up and terminate in the form of a grey box on the outside of the house. My internal CAT6 will run out from Node 0 (out the duct that's sunk under the house), up the T piece and in to this grey box.
You can see the blue pull rope in the 4th rack picture, right at the far side. There's a pull rope and a CAT6 cable in that duct for the internal wiring. Basically where the master socket will terminate for the broadband and phones.
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