So, we come to week 8 and there is still so much to do, but we are certainly coming towards the final stretch. While much of the week has been finishing the air tightness layer in the living room, the new media wall and then plasterboard this area in order to make sure we are able to get the plasterer …
Week 7 – starting to come together
So, the beginning of week 7 sees us moving on to the start of the finishing touches – if that makes sense? The insulation is now installed on all of the external surfaces – we have 150mm of PIR insulation in the roof taking the U value to 0.15W/m2K which is a 20% improvement on the building regulation 2010 level …
Eco-renovation is not always easy – week 6
As Fran rightly predicted 2 weeks ago – things are getting pretty hairy… with a deadline looming and still alot to do, things have been moving along at lightning pace but there is only a certain number of hours in every day!!There was even a little additional weekend working happening to get things moved forward so that we could hit …
Kemp Town Week 5
Well – as predicted things are getting hairy – but we have made terrific progress this week – we have begun the preparations of the dining room ceiling ready for the delivery of the conservation roof light from The Rooflight Company. We did have a small hiccup when we discovered that the new ridge beam and cross ties that the …
Kemp-town Week 4
So, another busy week on site – we have moved on now into the realms of “proper” building – construction of the new fabric. Having insulated the external walls with celotex, we are now floating in the suspended ceiling to the ground floor and also lifting the boarding of the living space above to prepare for the installation of the …
Kemp Town eco-renovation
So, continuing the theme of insulation as discussed last week – we have been using this week to insulate the exterior walls of the property – with 2 cross battened layers of Celotex (www.celotex.co.uk) thereby reducing cold bridging. (cold bridging is mostly succinctly described on Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_bridging) This insulation has been completed around the first floor, including behind the …
Insulating the exterior walls
So this week we have finished the demolitions – the next step has been to begin the lining of the exterior front and rear walls with Poly-isocyanurate (PIR) insulation – now although this is not the most natural of materials (it is made from oil after all), it does have an extremely good thermal resistance (otherwise known as lamda – …
Week 2 part 2
Fran, Simon, Nick and I discussed the floor situation – and the location for the new wetroom door So, a couple of interesting little quirks we have discovered. First, and most pressing is that the groundfloor is not actually a suspended timber floor, but instead it is a floating floor on a concrete slab. with 45mm of polystyrene acting as …
New Project week 2
just a quick update as things are moving on apace – we have removed the ceilings in the living room and kitchen – exposing the steels completely – it is amazing what a difference a few feet in height can make to a space. We have also stripped out the downstairs bathroom and airing cupboard – see photo below – …
New Project – week1
So – week one of our new project in Kemp Town, Brighton – we have spent the week demolishing the original conversion – and as with every job we have ever worked on there have been a few surprises, but nothing that we can’t handle – or in some cases incorporate into the overall design. First thing to do was …