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<\/a><\/div>\nThe lighting circuits kept me busy for a bit longer since despite all the tests being good, every time I switched on a light the RCD tripped.<\/p>\n
After several hours of continuity testing on cables, disconnecting and re-connecting ables, swapping out switches, I eventually realise that I had the neutral connected to the wrong half of the split supply consumer unit.<\/p>\n
Once that issue was resolved the lighting all worked as expected.<\/p>\n
Utility room LED ceiling lights<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nCinema room remote dimable ceiling lights.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nAt this point I decided to call it quits for the day. <\/p>\n
Sunday 21st August<\/h3>\n
First job today was to swap out a socket in each of the children’s bedrooms for a USB capable socket.<\/p>\n
When I re-screeded the floor by the radiator, it would seem that one of the pipes dropped slightly, such that it no longer lines up with the radiator.<\/p>\n
To solve this issue, I dropped the height of the radiator such that it lines up with the lowest fitting.<\/p>\n
I then cut off the olive on the longer pipe before reducing the length of the pipe on this side to match.<\/p>\n
With the radiator connected up, back on with the water only to discover when I opened the valves on the radiator that the inlet fitting on the radiator itself leaks.<\/p>\n
Tightening the fitting does not help as it seems to be pushing through into the radiator and just making the issue worse.<\/p>\n
Older radiator fittings used a tapered thread and so rarely had this issue, parallel threads need to butt up against something to seal correctly.<\/p>\n
I tried covering the threads with silicone sealant and letting it cure, but several hours later it still weeps – this I fear will be an on-going saga to resolve it properly.<\/p>\n
Next job was to seal around the edges of the window cill with silicone sealant.<\/p>\n
The Oak worktop arrived on Thursday from Worktop Express<\/a>, along with a fitting kit, care kit and upstands.<\/p>\n Neither of the ‘corners’ in this room are 90 degrees, so some fun to be had here, and with just a single 3m length of worktop, no margin for error.<\/p>\n First cut was for the short piece over the sink cupboard, this was close, but not quite right, the back corner was still about 10mm from the wall.<\/p>\n Cut a sliver off the end to rectify this issue and that piece fits perfectly.<\/p>\n Took the long offcut and offered it up to the other corner and likewise I needed to cut about 8mm from one end to make it fit.<\/p>\n Placed the short piece on top of the longer piece, packed up with offcuts, to mark where to cut the joint.<\/p>\n Right first time and a good tight fit – I must say that I would not even have attempted this if I did not already own a tracksaw.<\/p>\n Marked out and cut the hole for the sink with a jigsaw.<\/p>\n I removed the cross brace in the sink cupboard as I would otherwise have to cut most of it anyway.<\/p>\n Trail fit of the sink – all looks good so far.<\/p>\n Out with the worktop jig and the router to cut the slots for the worktop connector bolts<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n