Pipes from Roof to inside Garage
we carried on making the “U” shaped set of pipes to take the various water pipes up to the roof to the header tank and to our future solar water…
Temperature of Air through Earth Tubes
We started running and leaving on the extraction fan for drawing air down and through the Earth Tubes to see how far the temperature will go (up or down) or…
Utility Trench Finished!
We have completed the task of laying down the three remaining utility supplies; Water, Telephone and Electric. Today we connected our new water supply pipe to the existing pipeline coming…
Utility Trench — The last stretch is Cut!
The last segment of a trench, the utility trench, is finally dug! All the way to the water meter, alongside the Loke, passing the mains electric cable (a rusty iron…
Air Ducting Under floor
We have finished investigating the problem with our under-floor ducting and why it was not blowing through with sufficient volume of air. It seems to be clear in the channel…
Air Heater coil
The final part of the air con unit was built today and connected to the ducting running under the floor. The heater water coils was mounted inside a mixing chamber…
Chimney Erected!
The chimney has been erected at the beginning of the Earth Tubes to allow fresh air into the garage and the temporary living quarters! The square chimney made out of…
Repair of Gutter soak-away
The temporary storage shed building and its gutter have been showing signs of being blocked. So we had a look at the down pipe to the soak-away module and cleared…
Air Con Unit motorised and sealed
Stephen finished off his assembly of the air con unit by fitting servo motors and connecting rods to the air vent shutters. He also sealed the cover on the front…
Underground Electric conduit replacement
To meet our electricity distributor’s requirements regarding the underground conduits, we had to replace our original 50mm twin wall conduit with their 40mm solid wall tube. It was a pain…