Sorry, things have been rather manic off and on the project for the past few weeks so updates have slipped. To get you all back up to speed here’s a bumper crop of pics.
Continue reading “Blue skies of Summer”Blue skies of Summer
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We’re halfway there
As is the way with these sorts of things, at least according to Channel 4 and the gospel that is Grand Designs, our timeline for completion of the house has become a little nebulous. We won’t be in by the end of June as planned but that’s not completely unexpected. Despite the delay, stuff continues to happen at a sometimes bewildering pace, so to celebrate the halfway point of the build1 here are a selection of ‘before‘ and ‘during‘ photos.
Continue reading “We’re halfway there”Will it rain inside my house?
As you probably know by now our house will be more or less airtight with ventilation provided by a MVHR (mechanical ventilation and heat recovery) system. Essentially this pumps in air from outside and chucks out the stale, stinky air once it has had the heat removed.
So far so good, but if it’s raining outside, won’t it suck nasty damp air into the house and make everything wet?
Continue reading “Will it rain inside my house?”A picture tells a thousand words
We’ve been away for a week so haven’t managed to catch up with progress on site yet. Ben the Builder did send this great video while we were away though showing the progress on the first floor.
Continue reading “A picture tells a thousand words”We have to decide that now?
Some time ago, in fact it seems years ago, we were having great fun looking at floor samples, paint colours and other fancifull finishing touches all ignoring the fact that we hadn’t even started building yet. All of a sudden we seem to be at the stage of having to choose finishes right now so they can be planned in. How did that happen?
Continue reading “We have to decide that now?”It’s all happening
A wee while since the last post but it does mean there has been loads of progress on site to share. We popped round for a quick lunchtime look-round and were very excited to see how much things had come on. While some way off being able to call it home, the structure in the Tin and Stone barn is taking shape.
Continue reading “It’s all happening”We have walls …
… sort of. Now that the ground works are done the project is really starting to pick up pace. The timber frame is being erected and this will form the ‘inner shell’ of the building, supporting the insulation, air tightness paraphernalia as well as the plaster, wiring and all the other gubbins that make up a house.
Continue reading “We have walls …”Before the diggers
Just before work started I managed to get some photos with the analogue camera, in true photography tradition the film then stayed in the camera for months before getting developed!
Continue reading “Before the diggers”Ups and Downs
The last few weeks have been pretty frenetic with some good and some less great results. On the plus side, the ground works are now done (yay!) and, as the TV says, “you can’t really plan until you are out of the ground”. Another big relief is Storm Eunice seems to have let us off with the site remaining intact. Getting to this point has not been without some challenges on the energy standard front though.
Continue reading “Ups and Downs”Building a raft
The site has been busy since we last posted with a lot of the work focused on constructing the insulated raft floor for the Tin and Stone barns. In order to get the required level of insulation and airtightness we are using a product called Isoquick which looks quite a lot like pink polystyrene.
Continue reading “Building a raft”
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