A start to the wiring and the garage

We are still waiting for confirmation of the plans for the (replacement) air source heating system, but in the meantime the first-fix electrical work has started, and cables are sprouting here and there around the house. Because the ground floor is solid, the bulk of the wiring will be in the ground floor ceiling / upstairs underfloor. It's important that we agree with the contractor this week everything that we will need, as once the plastering is done on top of the cabling there are few options left.

Some of the scaffolding at the front of the house has been removed to allow the garage to be built. The water supply will come into the property through the garage, so the utility company won't come to site until the garage is roofed.

We have been given November 10 as the delivery date for our windows, and Openreach have today quoted a 12 weeks' wait for a surveyor to come to see how our telephone/internet service will be routed to the house.

S is for socket - the first part of the downstairs ring main for power outlets

our sitting room has become something of a store, and a maze of cables

these are the hardwood posts which will support the canopy alongside the utility room side of the house

hard to see what the cables are for as the downstairs stud walls aren't built yet

neat curls which will feed ceiling lights in due course

some of the switching is going to be complicated

most of the window openings (and this bay) have been covered to try to keep the floor dry

the garage (workshop) has its beam and block floor, and the blues will form the plinth below the rendered walls


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