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Category Archives: Ventilation
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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More Publicity!
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
Posted in Cladding, Thermal mass, Ventilation, Windows, Zero Carbon House
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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
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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 Nineteen and Twenty
The site is surveyed to see where the phone line should go. This was more of a learning experience than I’d expected. It’s not much use asking BT because you won’t find a number to call to say “I need … Continue reading
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