Building Progress ~ November 2007, week 3 and 4
Through to the end of November progress has been mainly on filling back in what has been taken out!
The original internal floors were removed and extra excavation carried out to give sufficient depth for the new floor. The new floor comprises of a layer of well bedded in hard-core, then a damn proof membrane (which incorporates radon protection), then a layer of concrete. That is the stage we reached at the end of November.
This will then be completed with a layer of insulation that will include the underfloor heating pipes, a layer of scree above that to provide thermal mass for the heating system, then finally tiles (slate or limestone - not decided yet).
The second photograph is roughly of the area of the floor that was photographed and gave me the header at the top of the page - flag-stones with the sun across them. Not quite as pretty, but you need to break eggs to make an omelette.
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Lucious Lime on April 29th, 2007
After my ‘introduction to lime’ course I have a great fear that I may be joining the ranks of sustainable / healthy / traditional / vernacular building fanatics - those guys who, have a glint in their eye (perhaps caused by a small fleck of caustic lime) and a passion in their speech when discussing lime mortars, white-washes, sheep’s wool insulation …
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Rock ‘n’ Roll on April 7th, 2007
Today’s job was clearing our fine collection of rocks to one side of the yard.
Offer for Barn accepted! on June 28th, 2006
The ball starts rolling.
Building Progress ~ April 2008 on April 29th, 2008
I can't believe that April is drawing to a close and I've not managed an update since the end of March.
Going Green on March 11th, 2007
We never really had any great green aspirations when we started out on this project.
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