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My Shabbihaus eco retrofit project part 4 living wall insulation
insulated wall with reclaimed wood and plants
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My Shabbihaus eco retrofit project part 3 ventilation & bathroom
The other work I did at this time was in the bathroom, not really energy efficient specifically but we re-used the bath, just changing the handles. The sink was reclaimed from another site and we re-used wood from elsewhere in the house. I also looked at improving the ventilation and added a larger inline fan…
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My Shabbihaus eco retrofit project part 2 Boiler replacement
This came about through problems with the old boiler rather than careful planning. Firstly I replaced the thermostat with a Smart controller, this was about 5 years ago and the choice was limited but I got an Owl controller which allowed us to control the heating with a smart phone. This allowed us to monitor…
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My Shabbihaus eco retrofit project – part 1 introduction
Intro to my home retrofit project
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Gabions and cyclamen, a new green roof in Herne Hill
It’s taken a little while to share this new green roof I built in Herne Hill recently. There were a number of challenges here particularly the height of the roof with no edge protection, we used a harness to install the edges. The edges were built using gabion cages filled with cobbles. This created a…
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Marlow green roof update
An update on a green roof I built in Marlow
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Green roof in Wood Green
This is one I did last year that has been growing really well. The roof was on a new extension so the clients were able to design in extra big joists so we could support a good depth of soil on the green roof. They managed to get a 5m extension so we had a…
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Low impact green roof in Marlow
Lots of green roofs going in recently and I need to spend more time documenting them. This one in Marlow on a garage was a new design that I am quite pleased with. I have been working for a while to reduce further the plastics going into a green roof. I used to work with…
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GLA warmer homes scheme
I am proud to be working with Retrofitworks on the GLA warmer homes scheme. For the past year we have been providing retrofit co-ordinator services to the scheme and provided new energy efficiency measures for over 250 homes throughout London. As well as providing new boilers we have been improving ventilation, insulating walls and roofs…
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Putney roof insulation
The first stage of this project was replacing the insulation in the sloping roof of the dormer and adding storage to the eaves. The loft conversion has been done reasonably well and the flat roof area and rear wall properly insulated. However the existing sloping roof was not so successful. Polystyrene insulation had been installed…
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