Pipes of peace

Some good stuff happening now, not least being able to see the first fix wiring and plumbing drawing to an end.  The amount of wire and pipework to be seen is baffling.  Source of wire/cable/pipe are:

• Underfloor heating - cable for thermostats
• Underfloor heating - water supply
• Piping for 1 bath, 3 showers, 3 towel radiators, 4 sinks, 4 toilets
• Lighting inside and outside
• A laundry room
• A utility room
• Ethernet for wired network/internet in most rooms
• Electric sockets inside and outside
• Deck lights
• Water supply from the rain water harvesting
• Electric supply for cooker

I might have missed something.

In terms of cable colour:

• White is for the thermostats for the under floor heating
• Grey is electric
• Black is TV
• Purple is ethernet

The photos below give an idea of how much cable is hidden inside a house.

Above you can see some of the wiring running above the garage in the rafters.

Above the kitchen more cabling supplying power for the lighting/

Some of the above is for the kitchen appliances, this is the site of the fridge and the over.  Some of this cable is headed downstairs.

Caitlin volunteered to be in the picture so the scale could be appreciated.  The kitchen and dining room ceilings are spectacular and it will take some doing to work out what to do with them.  The photo is taken from the cantilever room looking back in, the opening at the far end is the door from the kitchen out to the garage.

Wiring in the cantilever room, you can also see where the builders are trying to keep the weather out in order to carry on working.

Caitlin again demonstrating the scale of the walls supporting the middle of the house.  This is the front living room, fire place and chimney breast can be seen.  Power, arial and ethernet are on the chimney breast ready for the tv.

The red bricks are reclaimed and will be the inside of the fire place.

There will be no satellite dish, so no cables need for satellite.  They are a blot, I don't like Murdoch and the streaming is the future.  All that said, I might have to eat my words if the internet connection is poor.

Another snap of the living room taken from the hallway.  Again, the height of the ceilings becomes clear.

From right to left - the toilet, node zero (or less interestingly the coat cupboard) where the network meets the internet, the living room door and the kitchen door.  All taken from the top stairs.

Again, because my gast is still flabbered, another shot of the ceiling.  This time in the hallway.  So much wall space and so little inspiration.

Moving downstairs, more cabling that will disappear when the ceiling is done.

Ellie's bathroom taking shape.

Above, Caitlins bathoom.

It's amazing how much lighter downstairs is becoming as the plasterboard starts get put up.

Above, the cabling and wiring for the laundry room.

A maze of pipes feeding the downstairs bathrooms.  Once the floors are in place this lot will never be seen again.

Standing in the master bedroom looking through the dressing room in to the en suite.  Again, cabling for a wall mounted tv can be seen.  Also, the blocks on the floor are actually off cuts from the insulation being used in the ceiling (deck above this room) and will be used in the floor.

The master en suite, specifically where the shower will be sited.

Today may have been the best visit for some time for 2 reasons.  Firstly it looked like a house and secondly....you will need to read the next blog post.