Electrickery

 

For the past two days the electrician has been here.  A very friendly chap who knew what he was doing.  We had one by one taken out all the old bakelite fuses to see which ones controlled which part of the wiring but still drawn a blank with several. He soon got it all sorted.  Unfortunately, we had disappointment when several of the special lights we had bought for this house (we kept them in boxes marked "new house") couldn't be used because they weren't up to current lighting standards.  Keith was rather sad his big ship's lamp style lamp couldn't be fitted in the kitchen.  It will be have to be sold now.

He also rewired the two Imari lamps for us - we had sent for two complete leads which came ready to use with a plug on one end and the rocker switch in the middle. Tam found them and they were cheaper than the rocker switches on their own!  We think that they look lovely.

The new kitchen light (not turned on - it's an LED one and VERY bright).  We couldn't use the  copper spot lights (clusters of 3) that we had left over from improving the lighting at our old house.  This  is pretty boring, but we didn't have a great deal of choice.  All that was on offer locally and at least it was simple to fit.

The new oven is now fitted too and here is the first loaf.  It has a little shallow well in the bottom of the oven and you put in 150ml of water to steam bake your loaf. :)  As you can see I had taken a wet rag to the dust on the door . . .

Finally, our new bedroom light.  It gives a lovely sunburst effect on the ceiling.

Unfortunately today started not quite as planned, as the electrician was digging a trench across the gateway to the paddock so there could be lighting and power in the stables (well, Keith's workshop end of them anyway).  It was NOT known that the pipe for the heating oil was right on the surface (literally half an inch down) and he managed to split it.  Swiftly the oil was turned off and I managed to get hold of our plumber, who came out and effected a repair, straight away.  (Good lad).  That's the trouble with old houses, things are never quite as they should be!  It is clear that "Joe Bodgit" had a hand in a good few jobs here :)