Project 1
We are currently nearing completion of the total electrical refurbishment of a country manor house overlooking the Falmouth bay area in Cornwall.
Ray Christophers Electrical retro fitted a completly new electrical infrastructure for this large property incorporating exterior lighting, and the EIB/KNX standard open home and building controls network.
Using LairdKing management expertise, we fitted the cable infastructure for the owners home network system including home cinema complete with base, sub woofer and hidden speakers. We also fitted ceiling speakers for their multiroom audio system.
Part of the project included the custom design and manufacture of AV furniture sympathetic with the style of this period property.
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Careful installation of exterior wall lights, with no sign of a cable run, combining "ancient & modern" design fittings. Low energy driveway lighting and garden floodlighting. All with the option and versatility to be individually programmed to the client's specific "mood settings" and switched in any sequence from any switch plate in the house. (Or remote control) |
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Every power and lighting circuit is controlled from one location. Some 10 ring-main circuits, around 25 lighting circuits, plus various other power circuits and sub-mains including a power supply to the entrance gates. This is the "power station" of the installation sympathetically disguised behind wood panelling. |
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The KNX/EIB system in this property controls the lighting installation and can be adapted and extended to suit individual requirements. Each light point or "string" of light points is "home run" to any distribution position and all boards and switch points interconnected on a "bus" system. Each individual switch position can then be programmed to carry out a myriad of tasks e.g. sequences of light points at different light intensities even in different parts of the house, perhaps to create a "pathway" or mood setting. |
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A 2-storey 16-way KNX/EIB switch position. Clearly labelled to show what each individual "push" switch has been programmed to do. Change your mind or your lighting preference - re-program that individual switch. Set your own light levels for different scenes manually - the switch remembers your instructions. |
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Low-voltage dimmable in-cupboard and under-cupboard lighting. Programmed and set into the various "scene" settings on the switch plates. |
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Cooking range with remote controlled hood with integral low-voltage lights. A plasma screen also in here with "sound system" and multi-media points plus ceiling speakers. |
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Ceiling mounted pendant fittings and countless wall light fittings are installed throughout the hall/reception, passages and stairways. Complete versatility of switching arrangements with scene settings has been achieved in these areas. |
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Discreet ceiling speakers have been installed in the living rooms and home cinema. Most rooms have wiring installed for possible future connection. All rooms have "multi-media" points installed. |
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These en-suite shower rooms have been wired to enable them to be connected to the "bus" system if required in the future but are "conventionally" switched by their own individual dimmer controls. Low-voltage recessed light fittings and a mirror light. Under-floor heating. |
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Recessed low-voltage light fittings with antique mirror lights. Completely versatile scene settings with switch control available within the bathroom. Also AV & data connections together with ceiling speakers and an I-Pod docking station. Under-floor heating installed here. |
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Although positioned in the basement it boasts the plasma screen with AV connections to watch those exercise DVD's while on the treadmill or rowing machine. Recessed low-voltage lighting with dimming control. |