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Category Archives: Thermal Store
Another article – and wood usage update
Those who follow these things will by now have seen an article on this house in the June issue of Self Build & Design magazine. This was an interesting experience, in that the journalist, Debbie Jeffery wrote the article based … Continue reading
Posted in Log burner, Solar thermal, Thermal Store
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Wood usage
The wood store is relatively impressive – or so people have been kind enough to say. Essentially it’s the space between the two sheds with a corrugated plastic roof over it and a slatted back so that the air can … Continue reading
Posted in The project history, Thermal Store, Zero Carbon House
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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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Winter and Spring 2013
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
Posted in Foundations, Solar thermal, Thermal mass, Thermal Store, Underfloor heating, Windows
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Weeks Eleven and Twelve
Two very hectic weeks. 16 sheets of 3 ply appeared. These are for the soffits of the deep overhangs—please paint them—one side only. This seemed to be just the job for spray painting. Lean them up against the black barn … Continue reading
Posted in Electrics, Plumbing, Roof, Thermal Store, Windows
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Weeks Nine and Ten
Not than nothing happened during week nine, but most of it’s happening indoors and photos aren’t very satisfactory. It’s a bit dark, because the whole roof is now covered with the cladding, even the places where the roof lights will … Continue reading
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