How the house is behaving thermally !!

Well as we are in the middle of several things at once but not far enough along on any of them to post them I thought I would re visit the steps we have taken to make the house thermally more comfortable than when we moved in nearly four years ago. This year is the [...]

Bamboo floors

Sometime last year I started researching floor coverings for the studio and kitchen. There were numerous possibilities but slowly I narrowed them down. Vinyl was removed from the list quickly as it is highly energy intensive to produce, uses lots of chemical and off gases for a long time. To get an idea of flooring [...]

IT’S FINISHED !!!! (the extension that is)

A week after New Year and one year and one week after reaching  lockup stage the studio extension is finally finished. I mean really finished (except for doors on upper cupboards) Its a little weird really after all this time to look at the room and realise that we can use it for its intended [...]