Maria, Laura

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Darren and Amanda

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Dave and Bee Bee

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Michelle, Jools

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and the Mrs

Denise
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Up town without the kiddies

Rick, looking very serious
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The man himself

Bill
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Arrrrrrrgghhhh

Where's my Lounge gone? yup the kitchen units have arrived and they had to go somewhere!
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Wiring in the new kitchen

Wiring in new kitchen
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Walls going up

The walls are going up on the new extension.
Note the big (almost) square hole in the foreground is the 'wine cellar' or 'gimp hole'. So if Ethan misbehaves we'll be putting him in there (only joking grand parents!). Actually I wouldn't trust him with all that wine...

Note its only a square hole - no steps leading down to secret bunker! Just enough room for two racks of wine with a trap door above.
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New kitchen door

New kitchen door (through to hall way)
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Stud wall and LCD wiring

This is the stud wall in the new kitchen.

Notice the large bundle of wires going through a hole in it!

Thanks for Dave's help in getting these through (a hole in the 1935 brick work below).

Also put in a 'noggin' to support the LCD at the right height.

For those that are interested the cables are:
2x1 Digital Coax.
1x2 Analogue Stereo Audio.
1x3 Progressive Component Video.
1 Aerial,
1 DVI,
1 HDMI.

Notice I forgot the mains cable which caused me some bother later...
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Current hallway

This wall will have to be knocked through to allow access to new kitchen from hall
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Old Kitchen

This is the old kitchen - back door will be bricked up and new cloakroom installed plus utility room area with storage and washing machine/tumble dryer
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New plan

This is the plan for the new layout and extension
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This is the existing floor plan

Existing floor plan
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New LCD and AV Equip

Here's the new Philips 37PF9830 (on the motorised stand it comes with).

Still not on the wall yet (the new stud wall behind needs plastering first).

Also shown:

Denon AVC A11XV A/V amp (bottom),
Denon TU-1800DAB tuner,
Sony RDR HXD910 Freeview/HDD/DVD writer.

You can also see my old (Gale) speakers. I'm hoping to replace these with a pair of B&W 805s


But I've also just seen the B&W XT Series - so maybe I should look at XT4?



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Temporary set-up before it goes on the wall
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Lots of wires vanishing down hole

AVC-A11XV wiring (going underneath the floor)
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Back to the LCD wiring
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Ambilight on the Philips 37PF9830
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Garden is looking nice...

Wow, the builders found our long lost path when they were digging the foundations for our new extension! Maybe it was a bit extreme to not do any gardening for the past 3 years because we kept thinking 'what's the point? we're going to have an extension built soon.....'
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