Tomorrow will be a truly momentous day, and i thought i should drop a short blog post to let you know.
It was confirmed today that the provisional booking for a crane to pull the trusses into place for the roof has been confirmed and by the end of tomorrow we will have a roof structure!
Ill be back to you on Wednesday with some photos of the trusses in action!
This weekend I spent the weekend cabling the house with miles of Cat 5e and Coaxial cable that we may or may not ever use! each bedroom and reception room has been wired to a central point for 2 audio and visual and it will then be plastered over and no doubt forgotten about, but in the future if and when we decide to we will be able to use the structured network to fire all kinds of signals around easily and efficiently! I even ran some speaker wires into some of the ceilings in case we get the urge to have structured sound, and i also put wiring into the lounge for a surround sound system.
This might have been a wasted weekend and a waste of a couple of hundred quids worth of cable, but....... it may turn out to be one of the most important things we have done in the future to give us the flexibility of using the house the way that we want to.
This self building lark is tough, not only have you got to make a million decisions regarding how you want the house to be when you move in but you really have to think how you want it to work in the future too, that's tough!
so the trusses should be in on Tuesday, fixed on Wednesday and the builders will crack on with one of the gables for the rest of the week. This weekend i have a lot of jobs to do, most importantly the stud work on the 2nd floor.
The chaps at http://www.vacpoint.com/ will be coming on Saturday to install the first fix for a central vacuum system, its not something that we can afford at this point but if we get the first fix in, for the relatively low cost of the first fix, we have the option of doing the rest in the future when the cash flow returns. These systems are great, they will become more and more common in the future and are extremely convenient and great for those with allergies, its one of the few things that Mrs G has had her heart set on.
Last week was very busy on site, plumbers and electricians as well as the builders but we got 2 weeks of work done last week that we couldn't have done without the tent until the roof went on. see the updated tent counter
Off to bed now.
Neil
Tent counter
Working days tented - 79
No of days saved to weather - 45
No of days done ahead of untented schedule - 25
Definitely true! Having a central vacuum system inside the house is healthy and beneficial. It provides clean and fresh air indoor since it helps remove dust, particles, and small debris inside our house. And I think it was a smart decision for you to have one. By the way, how’s it doing so far?
ReplyDeleteYou do seem to be on top of things. These kind of skills comes in handy working for a block management company. Thanks for sharing.
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