Plumbing Fitoff done!

The fit off plumbers have returned to complete the fit off of taps and basins. Over the last week or so there have been a couple of visits to complete the various plumbing tasks. They still haven't completed the taps in the master ensuite because there was an alignment issue that was fixed. All of the toilets, basins, sinks and external taps have been plumbed and are now operational.

Mirrors

So, yeah the mirrors got installed.

Our choice of mirror was essentially standard affair.

For those of you who are interested these mirrors are what you get as standard with a Prestige build. They are typically installed onto plaster but we upgraded to full height wall tiles in the master ensuite.

Electrical Fitoff

The electricians have been back to start the fitoff of electrical hardware. So far they have prepared all of the light switches, power points and light fittings. We made quite a lot of changes here and I need to check and double check that everything is how it's supposed to be.

Security System

For our security system we chose to have it mostly installed as part of the build. I looked at options to install after handover but everything offered was wireless. I didn't like the idea of replacing batteries on all of the sensors every year or so. Or not getting around to it and the alarm has a bypassed sensor zone while the battery is flat. Getting it installed with Porter Davis meant that all of the sensors would be wired, it would be operational from day 1 and I wouldn't have to worry about flat batteries. It seemed the better choice.

Bricks - Have Finished... Almost

It seems that things get finished to about 90% or so and then there is some sort of delay or reason it can't be finished. The brickwork took some time to get moving and started and stopped several times along the way. The main issue was with colour matching and but now we are complete... Actually we're not complete. The brickies can't complete the brickwork because there is scaffolding on the house and the garage space is covered with materials required to build our house. Ohh well, progress is still moving fairly quickly so we are happy either way.

Wardrobe Fitouts & Cubboards, Pantry etc

There are several suppliers of similar items when you build. For example; Electrical, Data, Alarm & TV/Phone prewire were done by 3 different teams on our build at 4 different times.  Then, I assume, they will all come back at similar but different times to complete their fitoff.

Painting is almost complete.

I still find it really interesting that it seems like nothing much happens to a certain part then in the blink of an eye painting if finished - well almost. It's about a month ago that our painting first started and after a few hold ups because of other things going on,