At the end of 2017 we started a renovation & extension project working on a semi detached house in Hove which involved a good sized extension to the rear of the property, opening up the back of the house into a large open plan space for entertaining, cooking and enjoying the garden. This project involved building the extension (and rebuilding …
project update VIII
just a few photos to see the underfloor heating being laid today the photos above show (from left to right) the rig that the UF heating installers use to pressurise the pipes with hot water water to make it easier to lay. Tthe people we have used on several occassions are Flowmax – who always say they like working with …
New Year – New Project
So – it has been a busy start to the new year already, along with some amazing work we are doing with the Green Building Partnership and other project partners in Brighton we have also begun a new full house eco-renovation project. Based in central Brighton this is a detached house built in the 1940s/50s with a classic layout, tiled …
Eco Open House Event
Hi All, well last week we held a morning open house for people to come and visit the renovation in Eastern Terrace as part of the Eco Open House event – http://www.ecoopenhouses.org/houses2011/4-eastern-terrace-mews.html – thank you to all the visitors (over 40 in 3 hours!). If there are any questions about the house, or if anyone was unable to visit in …
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 …