Number 3 Module Is Under Way!
For the start of the week, we started on Number 3 Energy Module this afternoon (having had other commitments in the morning) by marking out the boundary of the hole…
Second Module All Finished!
Today, we finished off the 2nd Energy Module! We put on a lid of PU foam boards of a variety of thicknesses (90-120 mm) and we used the off cuts from…
Aquacell Crates assembled, Wrapped Up and Insulated!
Today, we put together 30 plastic crates to form the 2nd energy module (out of the 5 in total), wrapping it up in pond liner rubber sheeting. Then installed lots…
Aquacell Crates Washed, ready for Number 2 Hole!
Today, we had to split apart a bunch of the Aquacell crates to wash out all the accumulated dirt and growing plant matter!! We needed 30 crates to build this…
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…
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…
Number 1 Module being Assembled
And this afternoon, we went back to our Number 1 Energy Module to carry on with the assembling of the underground hot water tank. First of all, we drilled down…