It's been a busy couple of weeks on site. The builders have installed the ducts which will carry electricity, water and BT cables to our house as well as the drains that will take foul and surface water away. This was a little more difficult than normal due to the steep slope, but thery're now all in place and covered over.
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| Ducts for electricity (black), water (blue), BT (grey) and drains (brown) |
The brick layers are making good progress with the external walls.
A scaffolding loading platform and steps have made accessing the site much easier. Deliveries will be lifted straight off the lorries onto the high level platform from where they can more easily be moved to wherever they are needed.
With the external walls going up, we can start to picture the views that we will get from the bedroom windows on the ground floor. In summer this is going to be tree tops, however in winter we'll be able to see through the trees and across the valley to the moors beyond. We think we'll be able to see over the trees from the first floor and will definately be able to from the second floor office and roof terrace.
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| Gill surveys the view from the bedroom window |
The tanking system which will stop water from from coming through the retaining wall has been completed. Any water is drained to the bottom of the cavity wall, where a drain takes it away.
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| Tanking to retaining wall |
The external walls contain 100mm of rigid polyisocyanurate insulation board which will give really good thermal performance. All the concrete and blockwork that's been used so far doesn't feel very 'eco', but it will provide excellent thermal mass, helping the house to keep warm in winter and cool in summer.
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| External walls in progress |
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