Construction continues, although I suspect there will be some eventual slowdown. Right now the inside is getting painted, which is a perfect task for a Covid world given everyone is wearing a respirator.
I had a nice sunny day right after the snowy weekend. Hard to believe those pictures are only a few days apart.
The tree garden has dirt it in now, and will have trees soon. The front walkway will get concrete soon as well.
Spring eh….. time for some more Wiring.
Sunday. A day at the Church of Terminations. 1 done, 799 left.
Cabinets are getting stained (some will also get painted), and main stair rail is done and getting stained. Probably one more week of staining and painting, then finish electrical, floor, and plumbing can start. Woot!
Me, for scale.
Time for some plugs. The garage and shop each have plugs in groups (breakers and GFCIs) , so I’m color coding them with grey and black plugs so I’ll know at a glance and which plugs are which circuits. Unfortunately it is a pain to get more than 3 colors in decora plugs that are not isolated ground so the shop plugs ( which are per wall) will be same color for 2 circuits.
Some of the kitchen countertops were installed today. There are still some more pieces for the induction top area and the tea station.
The material is brazilian black mist granite. Interestingly while it is called granite, it isn’t granite.. it is probably gabbro which usually has less silica and is iron or magnesium rich. It is a good countertop material.
Ok. Let’s see what this is all about…
Speaking of speakers – I have made some adjustments to my speaker zone plan, and I think I am going to go with the Lync system from Home Theater Direct.
I have a total of 48 ‘house’ speakers, plus 14 in the AV area. The house speakers are the ones I would use on the Lync system. It is a 12 zone system (there isn’t a real limit on the number of speakers as you can always buy more amp). It has a wall controller that can work as an intercom, and of course you can control everything from a device app (phone, tablet, etc).
Based on the speaker locations I have picked 12 zones indicated by color in the diagrams. The outside speakers are part of an inside zone, but will have dedicated volume controllers so they can be normally muted.
The intercom part is something Kristin wants to work well, especially with 3 of us and 3 floors to be on. The HTD also supports a door intercom system which I can use at the door and the gate, and if someone comes to the door or pulls up to the gate it can mute all of some of the channels and allow someone from any location to answer the gate/door call. I can also use a homeseer event to trigger camera displays and auto gate opening.
HTD supports homeseer integration, which means I can use my own presence detection for music following (following you as you go room to room, etc).
Perhaps the biggest reason for using the system is it does not require any kind of dealer interaction or dependency, nor any internet connectivity to work.
Cabinetry work continues, and the windows are almost ready for paint. I finished the floor and the edge trim in the server room over the weekend. I’m happy that I made all of the doors in the house 8 feet tall, so 45U racks can go anywhere!
Next up I need to figure out a splice cabinet for all of the fiber, and get cracking on splicing.
The stair posts are done, and they have some heft to them. Railings next.