Tuesday 26 February 2013

Detail is king

You know when you look back at a situation and think if only?  Well it isn't that bad but if we were going to build another house in the future (and we are certainly not) then things would of course be different the second time round, for example this weeks hot topic of Air Tightness.  In order to have an efficient Heat Recovery system work you need really really amazing air tightness.  Through discussions with the company fitting the MVHR and Andrew they've walked around and suggested making some extra improvements with the least amount of extra work. We don't want the fitted plaster board around the upstairs windows to be taken off in order to fit a special airtight tape.   So we're going to get the house air pressure tested next week.  Then it's fingers crossed and hope it's all ok because if it isn't, it wouldn't be very funny.  Sleepness nights have been caused (mainly Flora and probably Dave and Andrew). I'm trying to optimistic.

On a brighter side the direct air piping has been order from Stovesonline.  We've come up with a better working solution to fitting it with the least amount of hassell / time / cost.

Piers and Garry the plumbers have been in working away ready for 1 World Solar from Bristol to come in 11th March and fix up the back boiler to the thermal store.  Sounds dull but if the heating doesn't work properly Ropewalk House wouldn't be great to live in!

Flora and I tried out our bath and let Andrew take a photo (see below).

Two in a bath a squash and a squeeze?

Garry and Dave etc are finishing James wall, ground work piping, taking the scaffolding down and will start to the put the guttering on later this week.


Action shot with Andrew always pencil at the ready explaining something in detail to Flora!

The north side finally without scaffolding


Tuesday 26th

I've been trying to help on site this morning sorting out the scrap wood that either I can store for burning or building rather than letting it get thrown into the skip.  Anything with nails goes into another pile ready for someone (don't know who) that's happy to have it.
A quick dumper driving lesson and test from Dave then gave me the opportunity to help move some soil and rocks from the parking yard around the house to where we're eventually planning on having some raised beds for fruit.  It felt good to be out, even in the cold doing something that let Dave get on with another higher skilled job.

The driveway / yard side entrance

The ground floor underfloor heating is coming tomorrow so all the celotex has been fitted with the membrane underneath already, Friday should be the day of the liquid screed being poured.  Things are moving on quickly as I've been asked to decide on what size and type of gate we would like for the garden and the general landscape plan.... more decisions, help!  We need to sift out the good stone and move it to a convenient pile close to the north wall to then wait until we have saved up enough to have the rest of the wall being heightened.  

Just right of the Provender Mill (big black building) is Ropewalk House 

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