Number 2 Hole Now Ready
This afternoon, we finished off getting the second hole ready for the next Energy Module. The bottom is now lovely – flat, level and smooth as a baby’s bum!! We…
Number 2 Module’s Hole is Dug!
This afternoon, we dug the 2nd hole in our ground, under the house, for the next Energy Module. This one is situated under Bedroom-2 and it is 2.5 metres by…
Footprint of house Scraped and Level – Part 2
This morning, Stephen finished off scraping any excess soil lying within the footprint of the house. There was a little bit here and there but not much this time, in…
Scraping and Levelling the Footprint of House – Part 1
Today, we went out to find out how level and flat the ground is for where the footprint of the house is going. We created an attachment for both the…
Drawing house outline in powder
We used the newly placed batter boards to string out and mark (with cement/plaster powder) the outline of the house and all the ground floor rooms. The marked line s…
Second and Last Set of Batter Boards are Inserted!
We finished off inserting the back set of batter boards. These were L2 and R2 which defines the foundation line running from left to right, near the back of the…
Batter Boards Inserted – The Front Row
Today, we calculated from our technical drawings on the computer, the positions of the front set of the Batter Boards. These Batter Boards are a horizontal board supported on two…
Shuttering and Putting Rubble in around Air Chamber and Tunnel
We have been building some extra shuttering down the sides of the tunnel to form an extra thick footing to support the main house foundation as it goes over the…
Chamber and Tunnel Covered in DPM
And finally, this afternoon, we screwed down the cement board that we mortared down a couple of days ago, and then wrapped everything up in DPM plastic to protect our…
Number 1 Module now Finished – Part 3!
A lovely warm day to finish off our first Energy Module, by sliding in more insulation panels around the sides of the rubber covered tank. We also put the much…