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…
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…
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…
The End of the Loke is now Clear of rubble and Gravel!
As part of our commitment, with our neighbours, to keep the Loke neat and tidy, we scooped up the remaining hardcore and ballast gravel and sharp sand mixture and moved…
Air Tunnel Construction Started!
After we have finished the sewage pipes (the filling in of their trenches), we started with the adjustment to the Earth Tube Mixing Chamber and the Air Supply Tunnel construction.…