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House log - Electricians

Today we met Electricien Belgium and the German constructor. Before that... Given the history we had with the meetings, I wanted to avoid a chaotic shouting match between all parties involved. So, I thought of helping everybody with a bit of structure. So I've sent an agenda along

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House log - Electricians

Electricien Belgium had until 30/09 to finish their job. As this did not happen, the constructor sent them a kind reminder and that the site manager will come on site on 07/10 in the morning. Electricien Belgium replied with a rather incoherent email about incomplete specifications (this is

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House log - Electricians

The other day I got some pics with the house with lights. Electricien Belgium rigged some fuses in the house and lights in the ceiling, so they'll light up from the panel. I went to visit the house today, to see if there's more progress (I&

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House log - Electricians

Well, yesterday we were supposed to receive the constructor's reply for Electricien Belgium. We didn't. We were also supposed to receive the reply for the skylight quote. We didn't get that either.

plex

Add a new Plex server to your list (TrueNas)

TL;DR: User the server's IP address, not its (local) name. Once the sever is configured, it's time to add it to your account. To do that, you need to open the server in the browser. Unfortunately, Plex doesn't work very well with names

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House log - Electricians

Today we had a meeting with Electricien Belgium and the constructor. The aim was two-fold: 1. to resolve the issue with electricians and 2. to see how things will move forward with the construction Electricians They were already there when we arrived in the morning. After exchanging pleasantries, the lady

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House log - Electricians

Today started with a benign question from Electricien Belgium, asking for news. Then popcorn intensified with a email from them telling me that it's my duty. After replying to them that, although it's a deal between themselves and the constructor, I do what I can, they

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House log - Electricians

Today started with a benign question from Electricien Belgium, asking for news. Then popcorn intensified with a email from them telling me that it's my duty. After replying to them that, although it's a deal between themselves and the constructor, I do what I can, they

house

House log - Electricians

Today started with a benign question from Electricien Belgium, asking for news. Then popcorn intensified with a email from them telling me that it's my duty. After replying to them that, although it's a deal between themselves and the constructor, I do what I can, they

3d

Update the 3d Printer - BOM

The past weeks I had some external pressure that the printer was too noisy. I could not print during the day because of it, and I could not print during the night because of it either. So, I've been doing some research on how to silence it down.

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House log - Electricians

Today started with a benign question from Electricien Belgium, asking for news. Then popcorn intensified with a email from them telling me that it's my duty. After replying to them that, although it's a deal between themselves and the constructor, I do what I can, they

freenas

Setup Plex on FreeNAS (TrueNas)

Note: This entry assumes you got Plex up and running, but with an empty library. If you already set up the library, then good for you! Today I decided to set up once and for all Plex on FreeNAS, via ansible/jail setup. This post documents setting up the shares/

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House log - Electricians

So, this morning I got a SMS from Electricien Belgium significantly toned down, asking for news... I wonder the the constructor managed to talk to them before the weekend. Next week looks eventful.

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House log - Electricians

Today we got a holding reply from the constructor along the lines: We'll let you know when we'll have any news. I've asked in turn to keep me updated, in case Electricien Belgium call me again. I think we'll have more popcorn

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House log - Electricians follow up

Today we got a call from Electricien Belgium that they were confused about the email sent yesterday. They sent back a somewhat angry reply, and sent me the reply from the site manager. I was just as confused as they were. We spent the afternoon talking to the constructor to

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House log - Electricians follow up

This morning I got a phone call from Electricien Belgium that made things clear: Electricien Belgium were not happy of the delayed payment and threatened again to take the constructor to court because: This is still Europe, not Africa and they have picked the wrong person to mess with. Unfortunately,

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House log - Electricians again

Today is the Belgium national holiday, hence I'm not supposed to do work. So, after the past glorious week where Electricien Belgium started demanding their payment for the work done and their purchases, today I received a message from them that they will not hesitate to take our

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House log - Electricians' new Bill

Today Electricien Belgium sent their new bill, and I'm in CC. I don't know what I expected, definitely i would have not expected it to be 50% of the original bill. They basically say they need a bit of hardware (I don't understand all

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House log - Electricians and House Automation

Today I had a call with Electricien Belgium about the doorbell, following my request to change it. We have agreed that I would send the specifications of the new bell. It became apparent that the doorbell would be placed at the gate outside, not on the house wall. Now, I

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House log - Electricians and Kitchen

Today I went to the house in the morning to meet with the kitchen builders for the final measurements and with Electricien Belgium. Kitchen I've met the owner of the company, Mr. Thonon who's a very nice guy. They basically tole me that they don'

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House log - New meeting with DaVinci

Today we met with the site engineer again. It looks like, following our/electricians' complaints, the translator is no longer involved. We exposed our points to the site engineer. He made notes throughout the meeting. He told us that electricians should start soon and finish in 2 weeks. Once

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House log - Sewage

Today I met with the sewage engineer. We had a short discussion where we agreed where the entry point and depth for the sewage will be. Everything will be in a corner, at -1.5m depth. The work will take approx one month and wil cost 2000-ish Euro (as per

freenas

Copy Large Amounts of Data

Last week I managed to configure Plex on my server, as a FreeNAS jail. Now I want to copy the data from my Synology box. cp I mounted my synology share containing multimedia files onto the FreeNAS, because I figured it's easier using a cp and SMB mount

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House log - Progress 05/28

Today was a second eventful day. We had a meeting scheduled from 10:30, with three points: 1. Finalise discussion with Electricien Belgium 2. Decide on the sewage (-3m + pump or -.7m gravitational) 3. Visit from a prospective client When I arrived at the site, I've been

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House log - Progress 05/27

Today was an eventful day. I first went to the house to let the guys who built the cellar to come and get their metal posts. This came as a surprise and took a bit of time. I then met with Electricien Belgium at COB, because they insisted they could