Lockdown Project
Over this past year I’ve kept myself busy constructing an office for myself and a studio for my wife at the bottom of the garden.
Projects
Up Lighting
It’s always good to get to the end of a project and see the final product. After the initial planning then the months of hard work. Second fix is completed and everything is up and running.
Picture Track Lighting
A conference centre we work for have recently started displaying local artists work in their link corridor so it required some additional lighting.
Metal Conduit Bending and Threading
This is something we don’t get asked to do very often but is an enjoyable challenge once we have a plan. There was only a small amount of bending involved to get the conduit to enter the switch box as the angles needed to be tight to the beams, but that meant there was more …
Under the Big House
Basement Lights This is one we did some time ago but I had chance to visit last week. It was part of a partial rewire/remodel of an old rectory. Down here we also put a second consumer unit for the heating, pumping equipment and some of the garden lighting.
Fun with scaffolding in a kitchen
A couple of days work this week to install a chandelier in a kitchen where there was cable lighting and all supplies to them were in the walls. So with some carefully positioned holes we were able to run a cable to the ceiling and find a joist to hang it from. It was a …
Burnt Neutrals Mean Time For An Upgrade
When confronted with a burnt conductor in a consumer unit the only way forward was a replacement and as the regulations are about to change it was decided that an amendment 3 compliant unit was to be fitted. So after a days worth of untangling and testing the new unit was installed and running before …
FIRST FIX
First fixing is a lot quicker and easier with the laser, box cutter and SDS drill. Especially if it is in thermalite blocks or stud work. This is part of a refurbishment including a complete rewire and extension.
Oak Beams and Lights
Sometimes lighting can be a challenge in older properties and DC Lighting send one of their sales team out to advise the customer. In this situation it was decided that Bruck lighting would be used as tracks along the beams with small iridescent pendants over the table.