Almost there....

Plaster is now almost dry so painting can begin soon :)

Spent the weekend off and on sorting out the side fascias and front soffit, complete with LED downlighters. I am really pleased with how these lights look.

Cladding

Western red cedar cladding now fitted and I'm really pleased with the results. Plasterer is coming tomorrow so it won't be long now for completion.

Rockwool and Plasterboard

Things are coming on well now. Walls have all been filled with RS60 high density Rockwool and some of them have now been plasterboarded too. Should hopefully have all plasterboarding finished in the next couple of days as my plasterer is booked for the weekend. Western Red Cedar cladding from Canada (courtesy of Benchmark Timber, www. benchmarktimber.co.uk) is also due this week, so I am hoping the exterior will be complete soon as well.

The photos were took with my phone so apologies for the poor quality. As can also be seen in the photos, the first fix wiring is in place for the 4-way consumer unit (which is fed from a 6mm SWA cable from the house consumer unit, via a 40A MCB and RCD), alarm system and lighting. I have decided to make two lighting "wells" out of MDF which will be painted white, the same as the walls and then positioned immediately beneath the roof eaves. These boxes will house some low voltage LED lighting strips (http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/FL4205WH.html). These lighting strips are modular in design and can be simply connected together in series to provide the amount of desired light; I am hoping that these will provide a nice subtle amount of lighting, shining up the ceiling. The decking surrounding the lodge will also house some LED spot lights as will the front soffit overhanging the front doors. Both set of these lights will be fed from a sensor complete with a timer so that when nightime approaches, the lights will automatically come on and then run for upto 8 hours. Wiring has also been provided for a slimline panel heater to keep me warm in the winter - I have used Nobo slimline heaters before and I really like their design, so I will be going for one of these again (http://www.elementshop.co.uk/product.php?pid=703&cat=).

For the sockets, as I did previously with the garage conversion, Starline dado trunking will be used. Using this system not only means that I don't have to worry about cutting plasterboard around endless backboxes, it also means that the amount of sockets can be decided upon later (and also additional sockets in the future can also be easily added).