Brambling take 2
There’s been some pay-back from the bramble clearing that we spent so many weekends doing.
Nettles! …and where there are nettles there’s soup.
Get over to mwnch ~ eat seasonally for the recipe and get cooking.
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Meet the architect
I’ve always fancied the idea of engaging an architect (if I’m honest, inspired by Kevin Mc of TV fame), so I went to speak to one today.
Building Progress ~ February 2010
As a consequence of my growing obessession with fire-wood I found myself buying a wood moisture meter that allows me to measure the moisture content of cut logs.
Good design is as little design as possible
I’ve been a fan of the designer Dieter Rams and specifically his Vitsoe shelving for some time.
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January 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Building inspectors and planners are obviously an important factor in any self build – just wondering how you have found them. Are they open to green ideas? Are they supportive of such concepts as grey water systems etc?
Lynds
January 9th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Lynds,
Open – yes, Supportive – not really.
Building regulations are the bible and green concepts have very little weight in building regs, except in regard to energy conservation.
We have a clean water sewage system – sewage in, clean water out – which environmentally is great, but which presents its own challenges as our man from the council is not familiar with it and so is somewhat suspicious of it and requires us to get environment agency permission for its discharge.
I think when it comes to green building you need to approach it expecting things to be more difficult and more expensive than a more mainstream solution and you may find yourself pleasantly surprised.