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Design Groundworks

Groundworks design

Mar 7, 2010 Stephen

I have been busy for a while sorting out all the below ground design for the house. This is now basically complete and just waiting for the structural engineer and…

Materials Roof Walls

Shingles or Shakes ?

Mar 1, 2010 Stephen

We have been looking at the sample panels for the last few days. There is agrement that the Shakes look just a little too rustic… So it will be shingles…

Materials

Samples of Western Red Cedar for roof and walls.

Feb 23, 2010 Stephen

We can’t decide exactly which style of Cedar to use to clad the walls. So we bought a bundle each of Shingles & Shakes and a few planks of Tounge and Groove…

Build Progress

Clearing old Trees

Jan 17, 2010 Stephen

Started to clear out the top of the site. There are about 6 trees here which we will need to to remove. Most of them are old fruit trees which…

Planning Permission

Yahoo! Planning Permission ……….

Dec 16, 2009 Stephen

Just looked at the planning website and seen those wonderfull words ‘Decision – APPROVED on 16/12/2009′. There are some conditions as you might expect, here are the details from the council.…

Solar

Solar data from Nasa

Nov 14, 2009 Stephen

I’ve been using satelite data from Nasa to estimate the output of our solar panels. This website gives you more data than you can possibly use ! For my purposes…

Energy Solar

Solar Survey

Nov 12, 2009 Stephen

Performed a solar survey today. This is a check on the site of your solar panels to see what may obscure the sun at different times of the year. To…

Materials

Cedar Shingles – importing direct.

Nov 1, 2009 Stephen

I’m looking at ways to save money on the materials for the build (isn’t everybody). I have found a Canadian firm who ship shingles to England. For the over 400m2…

Planning Permission

Planning permission – second try …

Oct 27, 2009 Stephen

Here we go again. New application for full planning  permission has been submitted. The only changes to the design are to the roof and the rooms inside and out. Plans Its…

Build Progress

Temporary building Phase 1 complete

Oct 19, 2009 Stephen

We have completed Phase 1 of the Temporary building. Its Waterproof (?), Insulated and has lights in the Store Room. Pictures

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  • Home
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Design
    • Electricity
    • Energy
      • Solar Electricity
      • Solar Thermal
    • First Floor
    • Garage
    • Ground Floor
    • Ground Works
    • Roof
    • Site
    • Ventilation
    • Walls
    • Water
      • Rain Water
      • Sewage
  • Find Us
  • Pictures
    • Material Samples
    • Temporary Building
  • Plans
    • Structural Engineer Apr 2013
    • Groundworks September 2010
    • Building control May 2010
    • Planning April 10
    • Planning October 09
    • Planning August 2009
  • Tasks
  • Webcam Feed