Blog 6: Client Visit 25/11/11, by Ruairi Kay
Today we were joined by client representatives from Crawley Homes and Crawley Council for a tour of our 4 retrofit projects. Things are progressing well at St Joan Close. The external wall insulation is all up and has had a base coat of silicon render plus mesh. We have had to leave the insulation off the windows reveals, as well as the finish coat, until the new windows arrive. Ideally the windows should go in before the application of the EWI with an intermediate air test undertaken at this stage. Unfortunately we do not have this luxury as the window order was placed late and there have been some delays with delivery. The lesson here is to ensure you order your windows well before you start on site.
Client, contractor and design team with New PV in the background
On the roof BG Solar Technologies have installed the 8 Sharp 175Wp photovoltaic panels (a combined output of 1.4 kWp) which have an expected annual generation of 1180 kWh. They should make a valuable contribution to the properties electric supply and are expected to generate £ 487 income from the Feed-in Tariff scheme.
New PV panels
Inside, new kitchen and bathrooms have been installed to comply with the Decent Homes Standard. Recessed LED downlighters have been fitted to the ground floor ceiling. At first floor we are relying on the existing ceiling to form part of our airtight layer so we are using pendant fittings with CFLs which will be easier to seal and make airtight.
EWI to the neighbouring property
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