We did some masonry reinforcement to strengthen the existing concrete lintel over the bay window. I think Toby has some fun crack monitors on that!

We looked at a few different options for the bay window - particularly the roof support - but ended up removing it for simplicity.

There’s some details in the structure to support the EWI framing around the old bay, but probs only things I find interesting! 🙃

Enjoy! It’s a good one.

😱 the horror!

Oh no! Sorry to hear that. It’s always the ones where you wish you’d trusted your first impression!

Stopping work if you’ve still got outstanding work for them, asking for payment before sending out work, and a good debt collector as a last resort have been my strategies in the past.

We did our retrofit in stages (as we had the money) but it was difficult to find contractors willing to do the small parcels of work. Even though I was in the privileged position of knowing quite a few experienced contractors, they were generally not that interested in the small fiddly packages!

There was a significant reduction in stress in my life the day I realised that (most of) what I thought were glass chopping boards were actually glass worktop protectors (for hot pans), not to be used for chopping!

And in bigger news, I’m excited to announce I’ve started a new position of Assiciate at Momentum Engineers in the Bath office.

I’ll still being doing all things PassivHaus & low-carbon, just with the added capacity for larger projects!

If you’d like my new contact details, drop me a message.