Fixing roofing felt Fixing roofing felt Nailing roofing battens Tiles Tiles loaded on roof Lead work to box gutter Tiling the valley Tiling Fitting roof lights Pointing the ridge Tiles around flush P.V. panels Fiberglass balcony and box gutter Balcony covered in OSB before fibreglassing
Ground floor Ground floor wall panels Crane lifting panels Fixing steel post Ground floor wall panels Fixing base of corner post Fixing ground steel floor beams Ground floor steel beams ready to start fixing joists Floor joists over ground floor panels Metal web joists over living space Air tight membrane over joist ends [...]
The first delivery of the passive timber frame from MBC Timber Frame Ltd arrived this morning from the factory in Ireland. The access to site is quite tight so MBC had arranged to have their truck met by a smaller vehicle and transfer the load a couple of miles away so it would not block [...]
Pouring a Passive Raft foundation An advantage with a passive raft foundation is that the volume of concrete is kept low compared to traditional footings and raft. This is clearly a benefit from a cost point of view but also the amount of embodied carbon in the build. I would have liked to used [...]
Foundation for a Passive House A passive slab foundation is a raft that is fully insulated from contact with the ground below eliminating any thermal bridging. Insulation forms the shuttering for a concrete pour, and layering of the insulation allows a ring beam to be formed around the perimeter and thickening under load bearing [...]
Site cleared and levels reduced Inspection chambers set to level Rodding point for surface water drainage Pressure testing drainage With the reduced dig and drainage runs complete the site is covered in free draining stone compacted in layers. This provides a base [...]
Machine only just fits in the drive Demolition The process of demolition is not just knocking the building flat as quickly as possible. A machine operator and a labourer spent 3 full days demolishing the house and separating the waste into different materials, as the cost of waste disposal is dependent [...]
Disconnection of services Before the house can be demolished all of the utility services (Gas, Electricity, Water) need to be disconnected. Rather than pay for a disconnection and then again for a new connection later I decided to move them to the side of the garage so they would be out of the way. [...]
Ground bearing test for Passive slab foundation A requirement of the foundation design for the house is to establish the soil type and bearing capacity through core drilling and a ground bearing test. This then allows the structural engineer to design a suitable slab and sub base for the house. Certain [...]
