Another interesting item: your EPS polystyrene insulation. In the UK it scores an impressive A+ in the BRE Greenguide to materials anaylsis. I understand this is due to responsible manufacture in the UK (no CFCs or HCFSs, energy heat & water strictl…
Hi Phillip
I was interested to see you identified aluminium rather than steel roofing material. I would have thought that steel would have the advantage that its also recyclable and has a less intensive manufacture processing (embodied energy) than…
Eric and Keith, your comments are interesting.. Not being a mechanical engineer, and cost aside, I would think that ground source cooling would work well here. I was working in London on a project and was interested in vertical ground source heating…
We're a small alternative building company if you're interested. We've done cob, adobe, rammed cob, earth-tyre, etc. Would love to share info/ services if needs be. I'm a quantity surveyor by training and so can also assist with costing, etc.
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Send me a mail with all your questions and I'll see how I can help. It all depends on the look you after.
cindy@base-one.co.za
Our company is divided into interior design, building and construction and ceilings/partitions. If you like, we cou…
I am with a small interior design company (I am the only other designer aside from my Boss who since my inception, has slowly but surely handed the reigns over to me - love it!!).
We were relatively busy up until the start of the year and we hit an…