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 - 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 …
A beautiful day
well after the incessant snow of the last few days, Brighton is looking very fairy tale! Its been a couple of days now and a little milder weather and some rain has washed it all away - what a shame. We have a busy week ahead of us as things are going great guns on our small Eco-House, and we’re …