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the Woodlouse: January 2014
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Sunday, 5 January 2014. Greenroof, stove, pipes, and stove-pipe. I have too much for one blog post again. After exhaustive public consultation (three people on twitter) the consensus is to have geeky photos of pipes, green roof and stove first, with geeky photos of clay and wall to follow soon. The physics of heat transfer through a masonry stove mean that the heat is released through the fir...
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the Woodlouse: April 2014
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Sunday, 13 April 2014. Mud, Mud, Glorius Mud! I've been meaning to write this post about clay plaster for ages. The delay does at least mean that the clay plastering is now finished (hurrah! So I can include some photos of some posh-looking walls to round off all the shots of mud. Clay is, of course, wonderful. Incredibly low embodied energy and associated carbon emissions. Clay-plaster is es...
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the Woodlouse: August 2014
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Wednesday, 20 August 2014. Living in the baley bungalow. As anybody reading this who knows us or follows me on twitter will probably already know: we're in! We moved in at the beginning of June after an epic push to get the place ready. We started work on site roughly two years and two months before we moved in. And both refurb and extension are lovely to live in. Late night working the broth...
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the Woodlouse: June 2013
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Thursday, 20 June 2013. This blog continues to be several weeks behind the onsite reality, but the onsite reality is several months behind the very unreal schedule so I suppose that's only fitting. There's much more info at www.stovemason.com. Or on the specific type of stove we now have, at www.stovemason.com/double-bell-heater/. The stove builders and me were besotted with the bricks, despi...
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the Woodlouse: Ramble Away
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Tuesday, 18 November 2014. So here's the link to the House Planning Help Website, with my podcast and many more:. Http:/ www.houseplanninghelp.com/category/podcast/. Labels: #podcast #strawbale #ExternalInsulation #retrofit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Contact the woodlouse (John). Enter your email address:. Subscribe in a reader. View my complete profile. The Natural Building Blog.
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the Woodlouse: July 2013
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Sunday, 28 July 2013. Strawclay - combining my two favourite materials. I'm still way behind with this blog. I'll try and make a concerted effort to catch up in the next few weeks. Life on and off site is as full as ever, but I have had a few days off to go to a friends wedding in Spain. That was lovely! Been used are here: https:/ soundcloud.com/bicipital-groove. In the end I caved in and in...
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the Woodlouse: How to wrap a house in strawbales
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Sunday, 1 February 2015. How to wrap a house in strawbales. To reduce carbon emissions and energy use, it is essential to improve the insulation of existing buildings. 60% of household energy use is related to heating* - better insulation = less heating = reduced energy use = reduced carbon emissions. UK Department of Energy and Climate Change figures, 2013. Who advised us throughout, drew up...
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the Woodlouse: May 2014
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Sunday, 11 May 2014. All being well, by then the bathroom will be fully functional, internal doors will be hung, the path up the side of the property and ramped access to the front and rear will be finished. Most things are already painted, the kitchen is fitted, lights are working (and I'm just beginning to remember that they are, and that on gloomy days I can make things brighter. Emily (wo...
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the Woodlouse: The Interconnectedness of All Things
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Wednesday, 1 October 2014. The Interconnectedness of All Things. A couple of weeks ago I started the new MSc Sustainability and Adaptation in the Built Environment. Course at the Centre for Alternative Technology. And I highly recommend reading it. In which the detective seeks to solve the cases he is given through investigating "the interconnectedness of all things". Part of an old water-tur...
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the Woodlouse: September 2013
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Blogging about strawbale selfbuild, sustainable building, adaptation to climate change, and associated ramblings. Saturday, 21 September 2013. Tentacles of Doom and a Giant's bellybutton fluff; the end grows nearer. That would have made moving in this year impossible. As it is, with the ceilings up we've entered the next phase of building, and I hope things will come together quite quickly now. Bath full of lovely clay slop. This time for the first clay coat on the straw. The straight ducts for the MVHR.
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