Last week the Grizedale team visited Grand Designs Live to seek out interesting products and materials for Lawson Park (more on this soon) While we were there we visited the eco house in the grand village they've been building in Royal Victoria Square as part of the show. Although they were trying to complete the house in a week they still had time to take advantage of the onsite masseuse! Not sure if I should post this picture in case we start getting requests for similar ‘facilities’ at Lawson Park.
Topics: 'building' 'eco' 'grand designs' 'materials'
cause of the stress the eco build nears completion
its a hard job but someones got to do it
The giant bright orange sewage treatment plant that has been sitting on the turning circle at Lawson Park has now been installed. Seems to fit quite snugly into the giant hole that had to be made for it.
Topics: 'building' 'sewage treatment'
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come on the right hand men
Barry and his right hand men check its in position
For those who like a nice bit of heavy plant
View of the North elevation taken last week with Leck in the foreground measuring the levels for the new drainage system.
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It looks like there is a lot more of the building still there than it does from the webcam view.
yeah the majority of the building is intact the webcam gives quite a distorted view of the demolitions as you can see a large section of the south elevation which has been taken down and all of the internal demolitions, all of this will start to be rebuilt relatively soon.
The back of the building which we call the front
Dry stone wall built on top of concrete floor that has to be removed!
New access routes through the building
Despite being surrounded by heaps of builders materials, the Honesty Stall makes a bold return for 2008 Bank Holiday weekend, sporting a fine selection of forced rhubarb, wallflowers and sprouted kale.
Topics: 'honesty shop' 'honesty stall' 'vegetables for sale'
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The freshest fruit and veg in Coniston - but then that's not saying much
After this weeks site meeting I thought there really was going to be nothing to see, quite literally, as more issues arise with the structure of the building requiring further demolitions. As we already knew additional barns and extensions have been added to the original cottage at a number of stages throughout the buildings history, but when the roof came of this section of the building it has revealed that most of these haven't been tied into the existing structure, making it difficult and potentially dangerous to carry out the alterations required. After much discussion, including calling the planners (which I usually try to avoid at all costs) , speculation and worry, it was agreed to follow my current mantra “save every square inch you can.”
It may appear quite extreme some of the work being carried out on the building but the majority of the demolitions, additional openings and changes of level are being undertaken to make the building accessible, which is not only desirable for us but also a requirement of building control and our funders. In the long run the hope is that this renovation will secure a productive future for Lawson Park, for many years to come.
Topics: 'demolitions' 'Lawson Park building'
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What lies beneath?
We use some excellent small-scale UK seed producers for our plants here:
Plant World Seeds in Devon
Local heroes Chiltern Seeds of Ulverston
Secret Seeds in Somerset- which I was thrilled to drive past earlier this week on a Exmoor reccie
Nicky's Seeds - good for unusual Asian vegetables
Topics: 'seeds'
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It might look like we’re digging a well but this is the hole for our new biodisc sewage treatment plant which will replace the old septic tank at Lawson Park.
Discussions continue on how we will supply water to the new building, the ground source heat drilling is beginning to show signs of discovering water but how you establish if this will consistently provide the quantity we require I'm not quite sure?? I guess that's why we have so many experts involved in the project. The alternative to the proposed water borehole is to revert to extracting and storing water from a nearby stream, which is how the existing building was supplied. The stream used to date is prone to running dry throughout the summer so we would need to relocate the supply and storage system to an alternative, more consistent stream on the site, which may need additional planning consent. This approach will needs us to confirm an average occupancy for the building throughout the year and agree how many weeks supply we would like to store, maybe we should be digging a well.
Topics: 'drilling' 'Lawson Park building' 'sewage treatment' 'water'
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Excavation for the sewage treatment plant
Old septic tank,ready for disposal
After a few weeks of technical and mechanical problems the drilling for the ground source heat pumps seems to be getting into its groove. They are just moving onto the 5th borehole and the last two have reached the desired depth of 75m, this seems to have been achieved by the addition of biodegradable industrial strength washing up liquid, which is added to the water used during the drilling process. Only four more to go..
Topics: 'ground source heat' 'Lawson Park'
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drilling continues
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