The covers are on, building is suspended
The plinth walls are up to height and their cavities have been filled with insulation. We can do no more until we take delivery of the...
Going up
The plinth walls are growing. The picture above shows the corner detail. You can see the damp proof course (DPC) lying over the damp...
Sartorial Elegance
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Sleepin' on the job
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Up periscopes!
Building Regulations require a free airflow below suspended ground floors of at least 1500mm2 per metre run of wall. We are positioning...
Our Site Surveyor
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A green light
Mark spoke with Mr Kitcatt, Building Control Manager for Purbeck District Council, this morning. Mr Kitcatt is happy with the calcs for...
Dark Night of the Soul
Following our visit to Vision in Reading earlier this month (see The Good, the bad and the ugly) we had been feeling more optimistic...
Winter woollens
Yesterday morning the DriTherm 37 cavity slabs to insulate the plinth walls were delivered. All this insulation for just two 12m long 1m...
Another load off my mind
Elsa and I returned from our morning walk to find that the remainder of our order had been delivered. We now have enough blocks to...
