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…
Lovely Fire!
We had some spare time and it was slightly raining today so we took the opportunity to have get a fire in the incinerator going to get rid of various wooden…
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…
Sunday Quiet Jobs!
As to our rule, for Sunday, we do quiet jobs around the house and the site so not to disturb our neighbors. Today, we did several tasks as follows: Camera…
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…