Air Tunnel Finished – Part 2!
This morning, we tied our pulling ropes to the 6 support struts and mortared the cement board down on top of the wooden T supports. We are letting it set…
Minor Roof Repairs
This morning, we installed our Sun Shield covering over the long corridor. While up there on the roof, we inspected, as we always do each year, the quality and state…
Finishing off the Air Tunnel – Part 1
Today, while we waited for the delivery of our 300metres of the 20mm black plastic pipe to come, we worked on finishing off the Earth Tube Mixing Chamber and the…
Temperature Probes
This afternoon, we looked at our requirement of installing temperature sensors around each Energy Module. But we don’t have the actual temperature probes or wires yet, so we need narrow…
Electric Vibrator Reassembled
This morning, Stephen put back together the electric powered vibrating plate compactor, bolting the off-centre motor back onto the base plate. He also had to extend the cable back up…
Number 1 Energy Modules Installation Started
It was our first hole to do (out of the total of 5!) and it is the 2nd smallest one to dig out! It lives under bedroom 3, half in…
A new Boring Tool made
This afternoon, we researched and designed a simple boring tool for making holes into the soil where we need to insert temperature sensors in and around the Energy Modules. We…
First Twenty Crates Washed!
This morning, we got the first 20 Aquacell crates opened up, blasted with jets of water and reassembled back together again! We made a small dent in the pile of…
Jigsaw Air Tunnel all Mortared Together!
During a long session, starting this morning at 10am, we assembled and mortared all the pieces of the air tunnel together and finished about 2:30pm with the lids going on!…
Air Tunnel ‘Jigsaw’ Pieces Cut!
Today, it was the day of slicing many concrete blocks to create the air tunnel from the Earth Tubes Mixing Chamber to the house! The jigsaw puzzle was very complex…