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United Kingdom
Join us on one of two tours around this renovated farmhouse (tour also at 7pm).
Whilst the house was structurally sound, it was in a state of disrepair internally when purchased by the current owners. The house was extremely damp, with ceilings collapsing and rotten windows. There was cement and plasterboard on the internal walls and plastic bags on the floor to hold out the wet.
There was one fireplace in use and four others that had been sealed up. Water heating was by an old immersion heater. Everything needed stripping back to bare walls internally, removing all ceilings. On the outside, the old external cement render was chipped off, to take it back to the original sandstone and cobble walls.
The current owners, who are passionate about eco-technologies, renewables and energy saving, have installed hemp/lime/purlite insulation on the internal walls, a woodburner central-heating stove, Laddomat pump, thermal store, solar thermal, solar PV, an Eddi power diverter, Aquaflow regulators and Ecocamel shower heads to make this a very cheap house to run. Their electricity bill is £12 to £15 per month in summer, and £35 to £50 in winter, and they cook on electric, too! They have also designed the system so that in the event of a power outage, they can run the systems on a small generator.
The owners are happy to share their list of equipment and materials used. (Notes available - please email [email protected] to request these.)
Thank you to these organisations, who are supporting this year's Cumbria Green Build Festival in various ways!
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