Category Archives: Thermal mass

Hot September

Posted on October 16, 2014 by davidl

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 →

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More Publicity!

Posted on February 17, 2014 by davidl

Fame (though not fortune!) seems to have struck – again. No sooner had the 6 minutes of BBC fame begun to die down than our local MP, Sir Alan Haselhurst, came to see the house. Together with Dunmow Broadcast reporter … Continue reading →

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Autumn (and Summer) 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by davidl

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 →

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Winter and Spring 2013

Posted on December 27, 2013 by davidl

More grovelling apologies. I’ve been sitting on this for months without publishing it and now (round about Christmas 2013) have finally got round to doing something about it. Well, quite a winter (meaning early 2013)! This was a severe test … Continue reading →

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Weeks Twenty-nine and Thirty

Posted on November 21, 2012 by davidl

Week 30: it wasn’t supposed to take this long! As mentioned in the previous post, with only one (albeit excellent) plasterer, this phase of the work has taken much longer than originally expected – with the odd day off, extra … Continue reading →

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Weeks Seventeen and Eighteen

Posted on May 7, 2012 by davidl

Another rush of progress, but in curious fits and starts. One moment the site is full of activity, the next there’s hardly anyone here doing anything. We’ve made it clear that we’re not aiming for a particular date, so we … Continue reading →

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Weeks Fifteen and Sixteen

Posted on April 30, 2012 by davidl

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 →

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