Warm inside but cold outside

Front door

Wood burner installed

En-suite taking shape

Kitchen begins to take shape

Stairs

Internal doors fitted

Switched on the ESP air pump today. It takes heat from the cottage ventilation system to heat the domestic hot water. A separate heat pump runs the under floor heating.

Front Door

Wood effect ceramic floor tiles in the living room

Garage door in place and the cottage is now weather tight

Paving to the side of the cottage

Hard landscaping underway

Painted - the cottage has been spray painted inside

Skimming Complete

Progress Continues - Plaster Boarding Complete and Skimming Has Begun.

Plaster Boarding Has Started

Windows taking shape

Sliding folding door installed

Garage Floor Screed

Cement Based Floor Screed in Garage

Looking good now the scaffolding is down

No Scaffolding

Lindab Gutter and Green Roof

Sweet Chestnut Cladding Taking Shape

Ecocent Air Source Heat Pump for the Domestic Hot water

Free Flowing Screed Being Pumped In

Sweet Chestnut Cladding

The Green Roof

Sedum Blanket Being Lifted on to Garage Roof

Under Floor Heating Manifold on Test

Under Floor Heating Pipes Installed

150mm of insulaion goes down on the ground floor

Roof Tiles and Velux Windows All Finished - Garage has had first coat of render

The pv array sits nicely on the roof

Green Roof - work under way on the base layer for the sedum roof on garage

Additional insulation and 1st fix electrics

Roof Tiles Going On

Ventilation System -first fix

Render Carrier Board Installed

End of Week Three of the Build

SIPS Construction Team

The SIPS phase of this build is now complete. Photo shows Duane Byrnes, Chris and Michael from Eco Smart Construction Ltd who did a great job putting up the SIPS structure.

Cottage and Garage Wrapped Up in Breather Membrane

First Floor

Inside view of the first floor with the dormer cheeks lined up ready to be installed,

Side Two of the Roof Goes On

Roof Panels Lifted into Position

The Pre-rendered Long Back Wall of the Garage

The 12m long back wall of the garage which had already been rendered and finished has been successfully lifted into its proper position.

End of week two of the build