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Category Archives: Solar PV
Optimisers
This is not a happy story but it needs mentioning. As earlier posts have noted, Porter’s is equipped with two strings of 9 Solar PV panels, adding up to 3.96kWp. There were problems with one of the strings back in … Continue reading
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Now – Porter’s is a certified Passiv Haus!
Hurrah! We’ve just received formal agreement that Porter’s meets the Passiv Haus – Passive House – standard. So now we’re passive house ID5042. And the PH organisation across the country is holding Open Days, on Friday 11th to Sunday 13th November. … Continue reading
Posted in Electrics, Sewage, Solar PV, The project history, Ventilation, Zero Carbon House
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Update for Summer 2015 – and the PV story
A few words to report what has been happening since the beginning of this year. I suspect that visitors to the site are now as few and as intermittent as my posts on to it. But the house is built … Continue reading
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Hot September
Not said a lot here for quite a while. It has been an excellent summer in many ways. With so much water in the ground after the long wet winter, things have grown very well – and there’s been quite … Continue reading
Posted in Solar PV, Thermal mass, Windows
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It’s catching (on): as heard on BBC
Some recent excitement: at very short notice I was contacted by a producer – John Neal – of You and Yours from the BBC. He’d heard from Touchwood Homes that they had a client who made money from his fuel … Continue reading
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Autumn (and Summer) 2013
July, you’ll remember, was very hot. After a winter that went on and on, there was a very short spring and suddenly we were in summer. The thermal store got up to 95°C and the solar thermal panels were about … Continue reading
Posted in Electrics, Solar PV, Solar thermal, Thermal mass, Thermal Store, Uncategorized, Ventilation
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Week Thirty one to end October ’12
There were apologies here because I hadn’t kept this up to date. So some progress now (end May 2013) at long last! Last autumn and winter we really got very busy indeed and keeping this up to date was a task … Continue reading
Posted in Electrics, Ground Floor, Plumbing, Solar PV, Solar thermal, Ventilation, Zero Carbon House
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Weeks Twenty-four to Twenty-eight
Got seriously behind with this – sorry. So four weeks in one. The plastering – and odd bits of plasterboarding/tacking – press steadily on. This is taking very much longer than originally expected, largely because there’s only one person doing … Continue reading
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Weeks Fifteen and Sixteen
The week after Easter was only a short week, but seems to have continued very busy. Tacking—putting up plasterboard—got underway. The intention is to tack the downstairs ceilings first. This will allow the Warmcel 500 to be blown into the … Continue reading
Posted in Foundations, Ground Floor, Solar PV, Solar thermal, Thermal mass, Underfloor heating, Windows
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Weeks Thirteen and Fourteen
Got rather behind with this – not keeping it up to date – sorry. Here goes: OK, things have got pretty hectic. First was Alex and Andy the electricians arriving—as expected. What I’d failed to do was ask what I … Continue reading
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