So – update number 5 of our eco-renovation in West Sussex… more to follow tomorrow…
Whole House Eco-Renovation
Hi All, so it is the new year and we have been back on site since the 5th.. and some of the guys ploughed (excuse the pun – those in the know!!) on through over Xmas to keep us ahead of the game. It seems the perfect moment to give you a pictorial update on one of our latest projects …
Update X – week 8
So this is only a quick one – but this week feels even busier than last week (if that’s possible!). This have really moved on in leaps and bounds – our air-tightness layer has been completed with the taping with air-tightness tapes at the ceiling corners at first floor and then scaping back the shallow artex ceilings – PVA (ing) …
Project Update – Update IX – week 7
Here we are in the seventh week of the job and things are beginning to be built… which is great – its an exciting time for everyone involved, us, the guys on site, and most importantly our clients who start to see the house that will ultimately call home begin to take shape. So much happens now that is hidden …
Project update – Part III
So just a quick update… at the end ofour second week on site week we have managed to get the wall knocked out and the steel inserted to open up the dining and kitchen area – carefully insulated at the end of the beam to avoid cold bridging. This is to stop the beam creating a cold point running through …
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 …
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 – …