We had a long meeting with Ian yesterday afternoon. He's finished his other projects before Christmas so we're it now and he's wanting to be finished by the middle to end of March. Seems like a lot to fit in in the next 2 months but we'll be very happy indeed if it all comes together. We talked about door architraves (frames), window cills/boards (outside/inside), stairs, greenhouse, kitchen, loft hatch etc, etc.
Today I visited site to walk around the house with all three of the guys and voice/look at our airtightness concerns (I should really say obsession here). It's not something Ian has much experience in so we're trying to stay on the ball with this. I've had a happy afternoon sorting out the cobbles from the architectural dig and looking at thousands of kitchen sinks!
Our solar panels are up and we were hoping some of the slate roofing would be completed by now but the team doing the roofing were on site for a day on Thursday and have been unwell since!
20 x 190w Sharp panels making up a 3.8kw system. Shame the government has reduced the feed in tariff last month (incentive scheme where they pay us for energy we produce from our system) so we won't be making so much wonga, but we still feel its a good investment: We make lots of nice free non carbon producing electricity, our estimated pay back period although extended is still only around 10 years after which we get 15 years of earning (if the govt stick to their promises).
Battens and counter battens ready for the slates.
Our reclaimed doors. All victorian 4 panel doors. They've been dipped to strip the paint. In need of some minor repairs and a coat of paint.
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