Passive House

This blog follows the build of the UK's first pair of Passive Houses which have been designed to meet the requirements of social housing market, both in design and cost.

Friday, 27 May 2011

Concrete Floors

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So here we are again, with some more super action shots of concrete! The decision was made to use a pre-cast concrete floor in these houses ...

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Monday, 21 February 2011

External Walls

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Here we are after a slight delay, back on site. The external walls are now up to chamber, pictures here show the 190mm external walls being ...

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Tuesday, 4 January 2011

First Course of Blockwork

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The first course of blockwork is laid onto the reinforced concrete slab. A DPC is placed adjacent to the perimeter insulation which is forme...

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Friday, 3 December 2010

Steel and slab

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Still with the boring stuff, unless you're an engineer! Here we have photographs of the steel, one interesting point here is we couldn...

Friday, 26 November 2010

Foundations

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This pair of Passive Houses will have a sub foundation insulation; A standard method used in Germany but one of the first times it has been ...

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Who What When Why

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Low Carbon Construction is attempting to build a pair of semi-detached houses for the social / affordable housing sector constructed from so...

Thursday, 4 November 2010

First Days

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Welcome to the Blogspot for the No Mans Heath Passive House This blog has been posted to keep up to date with the build of a pair of semi ...

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