Another Room Completed

We have managed to finish another room in the cave, and this was a very important room, Mum's TV room. Up until now Mum has been camping out in what will be the sitting room, where the channels for the new electrics had been dug out quite some time ago. There were cables and extension leads running across the floor and because we have both the back door and the front door open most of the time, a hefty draught could sear through. The lighting was also ancient so rather that a good light you had, at best, two candle power. Plus due to the accoustics in this room the sound from Mum's TV could be heard throughout Pulpite and I suspect into parts of Cullar too. So it was time for action. The picture below shows the room as we bought it. The wiring was stapled across the wall and then down to a lazy switch for the solitary light. There were no other lights or sockets.

Junction boxes, light fittings, light switches, double sockets were all dug into the rock and the cables ran through conduit which was then hastily held in place with yeso rapido and then when that had set yeso contralado. A little tip here to anyone who is undertaking this sort of work. If your walls are reasonably flat, like these were, if you run a damp sponge over the contralado you can, with some practise get the wall pretty smooth. We also had to run the cables for the sky into this room which is 3 deep into the cave, and from this room we also ran the sky cables into Mum's bedroom which is next door to her tv lounge, just in case she is feeling unwell one day and would like to be able to watch her sky in bed. We like to make sure that Mum is well looked after and has all the creature comforts that we can provide for her. She is well into her 80's, and is a lovely person who has looked after her family very well all her life, the very least we can do for her.

Once everything was in place we left it to dry out, which did not take long, then we gave the whole room a good sand down, ready to paint. We managed to get the filling of the channels and the sanding and painting done in a day. A good clean round and Mum's furniture in. Not an easy job but we did not want her to be without her TV for too long.

Pleased to say she is delighted with the results, and I managed to get some of her beloved family picture put onto the walls today so she is really, really happy. The uplighter in the corner of the picture below is stunning, it has a very bright light at the top which can be controlled by a dimmer switch on the cable and it also has a flexible reading light. Found this in Carrefour in Granada and a bargain at €24.90. I am going back for one for my lounge

Sorry about the photos I am having a mare of a day with blogger and that is no fun with a migraine .....sob!

Next up I hope will either be pan hanging.....(yeah I know that should have been next but there is a story with that one) Or it will be the sitting lounge as we are busy with that now.