Lifting Floorboards and Chiselling Granite - 2 Aug 2018
Today was all about working of the rewiring.
I started by chiselling out more of the channel in the 'study' on the first floor. This channel will carry the cables from the second floor down to the garage. I'd cut the channel last week, but wanted to remove more of the granite wall to be sure the conduit could run down the entire length without 'bulging' through the plaster - when it was added.
Being granite, the chiselling was tough but, thanks to the SDS drill, was perfectly manageable.
The rest of the day was spent lifting floorboards and removing skirting in the two bedrooms on the second floor (the landing has already been prepped) and then core-drilling apertures for the socket back-boxes and chiselling out channels below, to the floorboards, for the wires to run down. The work on the outer walls was tough due to their granite construction - but, again, the SDS drill prevailed. I got all but two apertures done. These can wait till tomorrow when I will also seal all the apertures with a PVA solution (to allow the back boxes to be glued onto a non porous/dusty surface) and drill the necessary holes in the floorboards and joists to allow the wiring to be routed.
I may also pop to Brive tomorrow. Our old and long suffering vacuum has just about given up the ghost - hardly surprising given the extremely dusty environment it has been working in. As the work won't be any more forgiving for its replacement, I am going to get a budget vacuum that can be thrown as and when it also expires.
Might also take a look at the local car dealers as I'm thinking of trading in my Skoda for a new(ish) car.
I started by chiselling out more of the channel in the 'study' on the first floor. This channel will carry the cables from the second floor down to the garage. I'd cut the channel last week, but wanted to remove more of the granite wall to be sure the conduit could run down the entire length without 'bulging' through the plaster - when it was added.
Being granite, the chiselling was tough but, thanks to the SDS drill, was perfectly manageable.
The rest of the day was spent lifting floorboards and removing skirting in the two bedrooms on the second floor (the landing has already been prepped) and then core-drilling apertures for the socket back-boxes and chiselling out channels below, to the floorboards, for the wires to run down. The work on the outer walls was tough due to their granite construction - but, again, the SDS drill prevailed. I got all but two apertures done. These can wait till tomorrow when I will also seal all the apertures with a PVA solution (to allow the back boxes to be glued onto a non porous/dusty surface) and drill the necessary holes in the floorboards and joists to allow the wiring to be routed.
I may also pop to Brive tomorrow. Our old and long suffering vacuum has just about given up the ghost - hardly surprising given the extremely dusty environment it has been working in. As the work won't be any more forgiving for its replacement, I am going to get a budget vacuum that can be thrown as and when it also expires.
Might also take a look at the local car dealers as I'm thinking of trading in my Skoda for a new(ish) car.
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