It’s pretty exciting to be talking about finishing details now after so many weeks of discussing structure and foundations. This week we had our first electrical fix in the bedroom pod and while a tad brain-bending at times confirming exactly where we wanted every light fixture and powerpoint, it was cool to be thinking about all of these finishing details.
We’ve got Matt Slater and his EAV team on board as our electricians, but they’re far more than that – they’ll be doing all of our home security, covering off our AV needs and ensuring our home is a ‘smart one’ with oodles of future proofing and automated features.
We actually found Matt while watching The Block NZ as he was working on Maree and James’ house. We loved what he had to say and the work was of such a high quality that we asked if he’d do our house too.
Next thing you know he’s on site and we have a pre-wired pod!
Kylie running Matt through our lighting and electrical plan.
Yeah, nah, over there Matt I reckon!
Pulling the gear out of the van.
And into it, Matt running the cabling into our en suite for lights and extraction fan.
Matt and the EAV boys have ensured our house is future proofed for all of our data, communication and AV needs by running Cat 6 cables (the blue one) into all of our rooms. Meaning we can change the function of each outlet whenever we want with no drama at all.
The wiring going through our SIPs panels – super easy with the pre cut chases in the panels, but a special and more expensive cable is needed due to being in contact with the polystyrene.
Kylie checking out the location of the first light switch fitted in the house.
The EAV team getting stuck into their work.