Let There Be Light, Pt. 2

After getting some insight into the volume of work involved in the first floor, we delved into the ground floor expecting more or less the same. Sure enough, the amount of pipework was equally impressive, however overall it was less time consuming. One reason for this was, ironically, the bigger open areas compared to the bedrooms, which made it easier to manoeuvre and therefore required less bending and turning pipes. And, despite fitting the kitchen with the most amount of sockets compared to any other room in the house, the ground floor had overall less to deal with.

 

One thing we wanted didn’t want to shy away from was the use of sockets with USB ports, like this:

 

These feature most in the kitchen and the desk area, aside from the bedrooms upstairs. In the future, I might replace a few to have both Type A and Type C ports, depending on how much more MEP Alex Agius Saliba wants to shake things up in Europe.

 

F*ck you, Apple.

Another practical solution we’ll be implementing is the location of power supplies for bulky appliances. For example, the power for the fridge and freezer will be connected directly to the wall behind them, but the wall switches will be strategically placed inside an easily reachable cabinet away from them. That way, we don’t have to reach behind the appliances themselves to switch them off.

We are, I would say, around 95% done with electrical works. Some final hole boring to install CCTV cameras and concluding touch-ups on the roof and we should be there.

 

This task was a mammoth one on its own, and I am hoping that it is going to pave the way and unleash a barrage of job commencements that had to be kept on hold until now.