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Sound By Design warehouse expansion (again)
The recent opportunity to take over a neighbouring unit and bring the office back under the same roof as the warehouse was just too tempting an offer to pass over, so Chappie and the team once again found themselves on the move.
The new unit offered roughly the same floor space, but in a much more practical layout with space for a larger workshop, more shelving and the possibility of constructing an editing studio. It did, however, need some preparation so warehouse staff found themselves again painting the floor, whilst all the windows and doors were replaced with double glazed UPVC and new blinds were hung. A new heating system was also installed, to keep the boys warm in winter.
The first thing to move was the workshop, with the new unit containing a walled area perfect to house both the workshop and Sound By Design's collection of outboard and microphones. The workbench from the existing workshop was dismantled, moved and reused to create part of the new workbench, which was constructed by Chappie with help from crew with the appropriate skills. A new ring main was installed to power everything, with emergency stop buttons in key locations and switchable RCD outputs for live testing of equipment. Due to its size, the new bench also has an area dedicated to radio microphone preparation, which makes things a whole lot easier.
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