Some of the floor laying and demolition work we’ve been doing in Roger’s bungalow. The ground work before you see real progress.
Laying an insulated floor on top of concrete:
– Put down a damp proof membrane (DPM)
– Screw and nail down laths
– Cut Celotex to size and lay between laths
– Glue tongue and grooved chipboard to laths
– Hammer into place
– Screw down
Going around corners is the tricky bit.
This film sounds truly inspirational. This is what Westacre is all about.
I found this powerful article and would like to share it with you. It is about the same Magic of Connection that is my intention for Westacre and its spiritual centre. Please take time to read it.
Here is the second video in the series. Do let us know if you enjoy watching these.
Lessons learned so far:
1) If a tool is on offer from B&Q, and the box is unsealed, check the contents before you take it home.
2) Get everything you need on site before you start a job.
3) Be smart about clearing out rubble from demolitions straight away.
We want to maximise the production of firewood on our little patch of land, so coppicing seems very attractive. We will plant some ash in the front garden, which is not otherwise very productive, and there are already a number of young informally coppiced hazel stools around the back. Hazel is attractive because it grows even faster than ash, and we can harvest nuts from it while it’s growing.
Some of our best resources are in the hedgerows. We have a number of fairly mature ash trees, and lots of already-coppiced hazels which look like they are ready for cropping.
Please watch this awesome TED talk.
http://www.ted.com/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes.html