Month: April 2009
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Building Progress ~ March 2009
(Oh no I’ve done it again; my March progress report is late just like February’s was – sorry) The two main developments this month are the completion of the flue that I’ve already mentioned and the water mains connection being brought into the barn – previously it only came as far and an external tap.…
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Stairs
Pleased to say that the stairs are now in, which changes the whole feel of the building – makes it start to feel like somewhere that may one day be habitable. Although I miss clambering up and down a ladder. they started off as a pile of bits of wood (this is just some of…
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Selling Excess Renewable Electricity
On the grounds of affordability and cost effectiveness, I’ve discounted any foray into the world of microgeneration of electricity from renewables to date. I don’t think I’m about to change that stance, but I think an interesting angle on this comes from the offer from ecotricity to buy surplus electricity from microgenerators. Now I guess…
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Stove – Flue – Chimney
Hey, in the words of the song, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad … I can do stove & flue, but chimney is outside … From MyBarnConversion 2009 I really like this photograph as is shows both floors in one picture and the progression of the flue, from the stove, up through the first floor…