Week 22 Fittings and Hookups

Week Twenty Two 4 - 8 Mar

Day 105-109.  Getting close now.  We have a handover date of 19 Apr and this week all the fitting out is making it seem all the more real.  

All the light fittings have been installed and I am really pleased with them.  They are all modern and understated.  I didn't want any fussy ones as the house style doesn't suit them anyway and am glad the ones we did choose have really worked.  Getting close now.  We have a handover date of 19 Apr and this week all the fitting out is making it seem all the more real. 

I was very careful about the height of the pendant lights over the bench and in the entry.  With the males in our house all over 6ft or heading that way I made sure the lights were high enough so they would not bump into them.

      

 Tip - Think about how tall the people in  your family are and ensure pendant lights in rooms are going to be at a height so they won't bump their head and so those over benches will allow them to be able to work comfortably.

The bath is at the house although not in position yet.  Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a bathroom so big that a bath could be positioned like that!!   Anyway it should be in the actual bathroom sometime next week.

The mirrors have been installed in the ensuite.  Its a bit hard to see them between the windows in the photo due to the reflection but it has created the effect I wanted of the large light space across that wall.  The black tape holding them in place will also be removed once the glue is dry.

The bathroom mirror is not in yet but there was a heap of broken mirror outside the house so perhaps they had an accident. 

The powerpoint fittings are all in place and when I was in the house the electricans were part way through installing the light switches.

Unfortunately we could not get the dimmers fitted as they were the wrong sort for the switches the electrician had.  There was also a minor glitch with the two wall lights as the wiring wasn't there but it ended up not being a big issue as the guys just pulled the wires through.

Tip - Make absolutely sure your lighting plan matches your electrical plan, and do a double and triple check at rough in time.  If you have special fittings like wall lights instead of ceiling lights or dimmers ensure the builder has told the electrician. 

 

The bathroom fittings are all in place and the taps work.  Both showers are a great size.  Ours is 900 x 1500mm so plenty of room, and when we get old and decrepit its even big enough to put a chair in there.  The kids shower is 1000 x 1200mm.

                                                                                   The wardrobe fittings and the linen cupboard have their shelves and rails in them.  Once we move in we will get the rest of the fittings for the wardrobes so the kids do not have to have draws in the main part of their bedrooms.  Their robes are all over 2m wide so they have plenty of storage potential.

The deck has been waterproofed ready for tiling and the rangehood has been installed too.