Lots going on and we are well behind on the blog, blame the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, so there is much to catch up on. Last weekend we spent a productive morning working out how we wanted the kitchen to work and also discovered our secret weapon – Plywood!
Continue reading “Kitchen Musings”
In any project it’s important to have a realistic goal about when everything will be finished; so ‘when will you move in?’ is a pretty obvious question.
Continue reading “No rest for the wicked”
When we first started our house building plan we were very clear that a good Architect and design team would help avoid those heart stopping moments that the producers of Grand Designs are so fond of. To ensure we stayed firmly in the realm of boring TV we put a lot of effort into finding the right architect, and so were delighted when Architype agreed to take on the project. Architype are one of the driving forces behind PassivHaus design in the UK so this was a real coup.
Continue reading “Meet the Team: Part One”
Several years ago Chris heard a Radio 4 article about the PassivHaus standard, essentially a construction methodology that allows buildings to have incredibly low energy requirements for heating through fiendishly cunning design, an airtight construction and mechanical ventilation that recovers heat from the building’s exhaled air. In fact the building stays between about 18 and 22 degrees all year round. Well that sounded too good to be true so we did a bit of research (google) and lo and behold the BBC programme was right!
Continue reading “So what’s the plan?”
