One girls DIY restoration of a cottage.

As far as possible we, me and MeWally, want an old age with low, or no, utility bills. We also happen to be stingey with money and will make as much eco stuff as we can and build it all into our tiny house.

So we'll have a comfortable home that's cheap to make and to run. RESULT!!

Saturday 15 October 2011

DIY


This house is about to have CAVITY WALL INSULATION.


I had to fill the gap around a boilers' flue pipe - inside and out, or risk having the insulation fill the kitchen and the entire close in which the house sits!.


You might think, "fascinating."  But, look at the ladder. It's a wreck and this side isn't touching the wall; well stupidy-dangerous

I'll tell you this for nothing,

they're not paying me enough!

Tuesday 11 October 2011

All Hooked Up


Yesterday the PV panels went onto our roof. Today it was the turn of the electrics, which, although the inverter was put in place yesterday, 

Inverter for PV Cells
wont be fully wired up until the end of today.



Mike spent all day wrangling cable



and grovelling about under the stairs.


Tomorrow we will be making and selling our own electricity.


WOOPEE!!!

Monday 10 October 2011

PV Panels Go On


It takes a couple of days to fit PHOTO VOLTAIC PANELS and get them wired to the National Grid. 

This is day one.


The electrician prepared the mount board for the inverter.


The roofing team positioned 
    

and fitted a load of brackets.


Supporting rails were attached to the brackets.


And finally the PV panels were fitted.

All that has to happen now, is they have to be hooked up to the national grid. But that's for tomorrow.

They look lovely, very neat and the team were a great bunch.

Thank you GREENMAN!