The Man-Cave

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quick pictures for you, not bad for a phone.


Guttering to a waterbut

Bit blury But you get the idea(ceiling didnt come out howi hoped) might redo it with ton & grooving at a later date.

Floor see the joins perfection

Tree is so close branches almost touch could bird watch

 

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tested Broadband connection(s) with the 50 metre Cat6 Ethernet cable's run down to the man-cave

Virgin: 125mb (upgraded to 153mb soon)
Sky: 16mb, (only get around 8mb)

Virgin

got set-up Sky Broadband down their too soon.

 

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Jeebus mate: I hope you protect them or bury them deep. Like that they're just asking for a fatal encounter with a spade. Disconnect one end and pull them through some protective piping. And include some drawstrings so you can pull other cables (like network) through.

you do realise, these are armoured cables? spade does nothing to them i've tried on some spare

though it will be lot deeper don't worry

 

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armoured cable is designed to be underground does not need trunking, its how normal houses are wired too.

got it from a electrical supplier my electrician showed me the place years back

shows you how the insides look. mine in 10mm thick
http://lusherxutama.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/armoured-cable_8747.html

 

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in past houses i didn't no, never had trouble with them but id advise you should.

i am in this one

 

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Air con mounted

Made my own beading & painted it with the wall colour

Next
Run sat cable
finish beading with bit filler in places
got get something for the windows (curtains blinds etc)
Door Bell/Fire Alarm
I got a a 5 point lock + another set bolts now too.

 

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electrician nearly finished the spotlights, however dimmers don't dim they just go on off so getting replaced.

Bathroom Tiling has started

 

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Should get some new photos soon

 

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Quick Network Diagram,
Both Broadband's are online, if one goes down it auto switches to the other without any interruptions. tested this by playing games & disconnecting one no interruption is made.

 

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Redundancy internet connection... wat?! Dang.

I do love backups. & redundancy

 

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should have tongue and grooved it, but looks ok just not Great.

might change it later probably be to lazy

 

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You could do it multiple ways , we use these at works
http://www.netgear.co.uk/business/products/security/FVS336G.aspx#tab-techspecs

I just setup multiple gateways on the devices does the job for free
Just requires manual setup once no biggie
I believe mine is netgear gs1024

 

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No problem

We had them running for 4 years rebooted twice due to power loss

 

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quick update bathroom in progress

 

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it was going to be 8, then 9 now just over 10!

should be moving some stuff in their tomorrow

 

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Pretty Much Complete now,

Just finishing touches & buy some Sofa of some kind

Entertainment:

Panasonic VT20 3D 50"
Tannoy Revolutions DC6T's
2x 2TB SKY HD Boxes (one as backup)
Cambridge Audio Azur 630 Amp
Cambridge DACmagic
Ps3 Ultra Slim 250GB
Panasonic Blu-Ray Player Chrome Cast
HDMI/Toslink From PC
HTPC (possibly soon)
Others in Picture
5kw Air Con (Hot & Cold)
SA950D 3D Monitor
Sky Router as Wifi Acess point only.

Chill Area
Double Bed with Memoryfoam, Incase get kicked out or its raining !
Fridge to hold 108 wine bottles
Curtains for Privacy
Toilet in the room

Main PC Area
i7 3770k at 4.8ghz
16GB DDR3 1600mhz
7990
4x SSD 1x 3TB
Hx850W
Epihany Acoustics DAC
1x 2913WM (2560x1080)
2x 23" DELL 1080p monitors
Ducky Brown Keyboard
AKG K702's

Main Switch
24 port

2 more 8 ports

Charging Area
Double Socjet with Mutiple USB power to Charge anything
Nexus 7
Nexus 4
Laptop
All connected

in Total 22 of 25 plug sockets used
can get better pictures later im tired

ACOUSTICS ARE AMAZING

 

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woops wrong button

 

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Looks good,
I think you could do with a leather sofa.

next on my list

 

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Few extras bit more focused for you

 

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Things left to do:

Get Sofa - Ordered 4 weeks delivery
Sink/Toilet/Shower - Picked out & ordered

Get decking outside (long time to lazy now )