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Hot water system now commissioned
Attention to detail... May 2009 update
Building Progress ~ April 2009
Building Progress ~ March 2009
On Insulation ~ Cork by mbc on June 15th, 2009
Huw - I suggest you contact Alain whose email address I've just added above.
On Insulation ~ Cork by Huw Roberts on June 12th, 2009
I am currently doing a barn conversion in Shropshire and want to use cork as a sustainable insulation on the...
On Insulation ~ Cork by mbc on June 2nd, 2009
Sounds like an interesting product alain - good luck with that.
On Cleaning oak beams by mbc on June 1st, 2009
Sounds like sand-blasting is an option, albeit a potentially messy and costly one.
On Cleaning oak beams by ewan on June 1st, 2009
My barn has very grey thin/thick beams with 200 years of age.
On Insulation ~ Cork by alain on May 29th, 2009
just an extra comment
sheets or boards are agglomerated cork, not expanded cork.
On Insulation ~ Cork by alain on May 29th, 2009
note my email:
aatradeactions@free.fr
phone 0033616466997
On Insulation ~ Cork by alain on May 29th, 2009
I am curently importing cork in France and looking for parteners in UK.
On Attention to detail... by Attention to detail… May 2009 update | my barn conversion on May 19th, 2009
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On Stairs by Building Progress ~ April 2009 | my barn conversion on May 3rd, 2009
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BREEAM ~ Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
Microgeneration installations now 'permitted developments'
Pellet Stoves - a current evaluation
Latest on our forumStonework pictures taken Late April 2007
Pictures taken Summer & early Autumn 2006
Right front elevation and main door.
Front elevation kitchen and main door.
Rear of barn and garden.
Rear of barn.
Front elevation toward the south.
Internal picture of the roof.
Northern gable end with hay loft door.
Southern gable end (note rounded corner).
Kitchen door.
Arch of front door.
