So all went well with the electrician, so Highbridge new room is now powered and certified, I just need to backfill the rest of the trench and connect up my telecomms system.
My heroic army of pals helped as requested to hump 27 baseboards into the room and stack them on the IKEA shelves liberated from the Store.
Sharp frost last night at 1degreeC so I left a heater on lowest thermostat all night and saw 9degrees at 07:30 inside the room so the layout is well protected against excessive low temperature swing. The long term plan is to have low thermostat setting at around that level and another heater remotely switched from the house which will warm it up half an hour before I enter.
Top temp. is a concern but not for a few months!
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Some of the old underpinnings have slight woodworm so treatment is required before allowed in the new room. However they may be abandoned as I have decided to raise the layout several inches, it was already higher than usual and may go to 48" to track...trialling now on temporary trestles. This also allows me to set the exact position of boards in relation to the walls as this is quite critical to optimise space outside the roundy roundy.
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In a few weeks I should have the scenic boards permanently rigged but the Fiddle Yard will take a bit longer.
James Moorhouse, editor of Snooze has an invitation to visit in the Spring and cut the red ribbon.
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