Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Grey water system
Finally SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) has come back and approved of our greywater treatment system. All I have to do now is convince the nice building control officers that I can construct and install a home made straw and woodchip filter to "British standards".
In the meantime I have started planting trees in the greywater discharge area and made a small "soakaway". Of course nothing will soak away as the ground water level is just 10-20cm below the surface this time of year. So the trees will have to grow quickly and soak up all the water coming out of our house. The soakaway is just there to prevent land movement over time.
In the meantime I have started planting trees in the greywater discharge area and made a small "soakaway". Of course nothing will soak away as the ground water level is just 10-20cm below the surface this time of year. So the trees will have to grow quickly and soak up all the water coming out of our house. The soakaway is just there to prevent land movement over time.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
Making a pig feeder
After looking at commercial pig feeders and their prices I decided to make my own a while back.
In good old low impact fashion I used pallet wood. What else? I also had a plastic tray that I bought for plants a long time ago when we had a small garden, which wasn't used any more.
The piglets loved it so much they stood in it and shoved each other out the way.
So I added a board in the middle, which worked much better.
Eventually the pigs grew bigger and bigger until the were too big to stand in their feeder....
In good old low impact fashion I used pallet wood. What else? I also had a plastic tray that I bought for plants a long time ago when we had a small garden, which wasn't used any more.
The piglets loved it so much they stood in it and shoved each other out the way.
So I added a board in the middle, which worked much better.
Eventually the pigs grew bigger and bigger until the were too big to stand in their feeder....
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Plans are ready
Final changes have been made to the plans and submitted to the planning department. Hopefully all will go through quickly and we can start building in 3 weeks.
We have changed the battery bank extension to be cooperated into the house. It will now be my office / dog room. A patio door leads straight into the garden and a small log burner will heat up the room quickly after the dogs have been in and out on a cold winter day....
Have a look at our plans and feel free to comment.
Location Plan
Site Plan
Foundation
Downstairs
Upstairs
Elevation Plan
We have changed the battery bank extension to be cooperated into the house. It will now be my office / dog room. A patio door leads straight into the garden and a small log burner will heat up the room quickly after the dogs have been in and out on a cold winter day....
Have a look at our plans and feel free to comment.
Location Plan
Site Plan
Foundation
Downstairs
Upstairs
Elevation Plan
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