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South East Cornwall Low Energy build

A blog by BotusBuild in General

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A collection of irreverent observations on the self building of what is planned to be a low energy, maybe even close to PassivHaus standard, new home in South East Cornwall.

The fabric of the house will start with an insulated slab, followed by ICF walls, a green roof and quite a large amount of West facing windows which are triple glazed (3G to use the appropriate TLA, - that'll be Two Letter Acronym ?

 

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Picture from the mound

A time-lapse (of sorts)

Since starting this build we've had a handy mound of "spoil" from which I have been taking regular photos from the same(ish) spot to remind me of progress during the "down" days which we self builders all suffer from time to time. I thought I'd share this with you. It starts in May 2021, when the major groundworks had been underway for a few weeks and goes up until April this year - about 2 years.   First a picture of the mound of spoil for reference:   and now the "tim

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