One of the biggest barriers to getting the right U value in your loft is losing the storage room… Well, with loftzone this is no longer an issue - you don’t even have to completely clear out the loft first!!
Project week 5 - update VII
This week it has all be about preparing the groundfloor for the installation of the underfloor heating which is scheduled for today… and even if I do say so myself we’ve done a pretty immaculate job - it really is a thing of beauty. A quick thank you to the guys from Insumate who have been open minded enough to …
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 …
Project update
So, a quick update on one of our projects - this last few weeks have seen the installion of a 1.75kWp Solar PV system - which we managed to have installed just before the August 1st cut off date when the FIT was reduced again.So this should produce: yield of 1,265kWh Total energy produced over 25 years 30,866kWh A total …
Grass Roof - blooming lovely
I haven’t had a chance to update our blog regarding some of our projects for ages so here we go: We have been working on project in Surrey for the last 9 months,the owners of this E rated (SAP rating - standard assessment procedure for the Energy Efficiency of dwellings - think of the A-G ratings seen on domestic appliances) …
Channel 4 piece on the Green Deal
Hmm… do the figures really stack up - personally I am starting to think people need their own plan on how to improve their homes, reduce their bills, add value and comfort… relying on a Government back scheme will once again be a red herring.
Projects ongoing - Grass roof
The recent installation of a ‘warm roof’ and substrate for a Grass roof ready to be sown as a meadowland in the Spring
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 …