After a year it was all still working, mostly, we had some issues with a few bulbs behaving badly – the would switch on randomly, usually at night, not often but probably once a month. It seems this can be pretty normal for some of these devices and well known. … Continue reading…
**Please note – this is not a ‘how to’ guide, just a bunch of notes and tales of the fun i have had getting stuff working 🙂 Home automation: other names include Smart Homes, Smart Devices etc, sounds like fun so I dived in about a year ago. There are … Continue reading…
8 years ago I converted a double bedroom into a home cinema, its still in use and a great place to relax. It’s hosted on another site so i will just link it here rather than try to drag it all back and re-write it. https://www.avforums.com/threads/daves-16-9-home-cinema-build.1745243/
Pool table arrived today, i was pleasantly surprised to see that it lived up to the claims made by the dealers – its a refurbished pub/club table and was in excellent condition, very well made and looks great. It came with an upgraded set of balls, three cues (2 x … Continue reading…
The new windows arrived bright and early so out with the saw and crowbar, two hours later saw both windows fitted and looking very nice. As with the the rest of the walls, the window apertures were off-square and the frames needed a little persuasion to go in but it … Continue reading…
Almost finished ! Got all the painting done apart from the little area around the windows which are due to be pulled out this week. Carpet tiles are stacked to allow them to normalise for a couple of days, floor is vacuumed clean and marked out for laying them. Also … Continue reading…