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<\/a><\/p>\nOnce the 6x4m frame was built I was called out to pick the final position – allowing just over half a metre from the concrete garden wall so I can paint the outside to maintain the integrity of the wooden construction. Not long after the wooden frame was in position. Around lunchtime, the planks for the outside wall were being hammered into place. I’d say it took the 3 of them 45 minutes to get all the planks in place. Then the ceiling was put on.<\/p>\n
The electricians were called in and asked to confirm how we wanted to do things after they surveyed the site. The one thing I was worried about was how the armoured electrical cable would run from the office to the fuse box at the front of the house – we need to power at least 2 computers + equipment and a 1.5 KW heater (please save comments on \u20ac13,000 hearing\/aircon systems – the office is costing that much!). The ethernet line and electrical cable are entering on the back-right and will run along the garden wall under the capping (which you cannot see in the photos here). Then they will run underground to the front of the house. The ethernet line will enter the house at the same location as the phone\/Internet and be just a meter from the broadband router. The electrical cable will cross the front of the house hidden in white trunking (maybe 2 cm wide) attached under the white soffit of the house – nicely camouflaged. The electrical cable will enter above the front door (still camouflaged) and then be under 1 metre from the fusebox – trunking from the front door, along an interior white doorframe – still camouflaged.<\/p>\n
The electricians did the first fitting: 5 x dual power sockets, light switch, and 6 x dropdown lights. When leaving, they let me know that they would be back once the interior was finished by the carpenters to do the second fittings – sockets, lights, and the aforementioned cable installations.<\/p>\n
The carpenters carried on, adding insulation and sheeting to the roof before the end of the day.<\/p>\n
As you can see, there are two big windows, right where the front desks will be – one for me and one for my wife. Cloud Mechanix will have a great view overlooking about 40m of the garden!<\/p>\n Day two (today) began with drizzle. The team (down to two) were bang-on time again. They told me that they expect to require 3 days for the complete assembly and finishing of the wooden structure. Today, the plan was to get the doors and windows done, the studs for the wall insulation & interior installed, and the roof started. As you can see, the doors and windows were in place at lunchtime.<\/p>\n Exterior trims have been added, the slats for the roof (steel roof) are in place, and I can hear steel being cut as I type – they are installing the steel sheet roof that has a black tile effect. Once that is done, the slow bit (as they referred to it) will begin: the interior finishes, the lower trim and the step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is day 2 of the construction of our new office. The carpenters arrived exactly at 9 am yesterday morning, bang-on time, to begin the assembly and construction of our new garden office – the global headquarters of Cloud Mechanix. My only concern at the start was whether the site would be level enough for … Continue reading “The New Office – Construction Has Begun”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n