Doors: I’d bought what I needed and started making two doors to replace the black polythene sheet on the bike shed. Two sheets of ply, treated timber (left over from verge) exterior varnish, glue, fifteen millimetre larch boards (2nd hand) hefty hinges, screws, coach bolts, and bolts (for fastening and locking the doors). I’d cutContinue reading “Bodies, machines and landscape”
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Watch your step
Tash gets home tomorrow and Poppy caught the bus this morning so I thought I’d go fishing. Then I changed my mind. After a delightful week off work, with Poppy here, and with two friends coming for two or three days this coming week, I should crack on with the verge round the workshop asContinue reading “Watch your step”
February, gone.
Contractors Stuart and John came to talk with our neighbour and us, about providing batteries and a suitable inverter to make best use of the power we generate. We export a little over half as much as we import and as well as storage we want the flexibility to add a generator, wind turbine, electricContinue reading “February, gone.”
“A bit autumnal”?
1 August 2024: I’m thinking fish and Tash is thinking fungi. She says, It’s probably time we went to check for chanterelles don’t you think? I agree. Although I’d not have got round to it quite yet, last year we did feel we’d missed the best of the penny buns and early chanterelles. We agreeContinue reading ““A bit autumnal”?”
Cathole
We’ve built as close to a passive house as we could get, super insulated and airtight, but we have a cat. Put in a cat flap and bang goes your airtightness. Our solution has been to put a litter tray in the plant room but, now the room has doors, the cat needs access –Continue reading “Cathole”
Enough shelves and cupboards?
Can one have enough shelves and cupboards? WORK: I don’t know, but I’ve ended the week feeling positive, new shelves and cupboards standing firm in the magic room (Bedroom 3 on planning drawings), attached to the wall and the floor and surprisingly level and plumb! I did my best with limited resources, cutting the plywood sheetsContinue reading “Enough shelves and cupboards?”
A sustainable house for unsustainable times... 