Breaking new ground!

Platform has been defined and the top soil removed in preparation for the

 ground works of the new passive house!

Original axonometric sketch

Jennie Castle

Out of Sandstone

Stone Masons at work on the wall enclosures of the Farmstead

Internal workings of the Farmstead

Timber Trusses

Mezzanine

How fine are we looking without our scaffolding?

Autumn Berries at the Bottom of the Garden - Summer Equinox Weekend

While the farmstead is being wired up by Electrician Kieran McMahon, of Goodwins Electrical, Kells, Co Kilkenny, the Autumn berries are ripening at the bottom of the garden.

Summer Equinox Weekend 2013

Blackthorn or Sloe Berries

Hawthorn Berries

Elderberries

Blackberries

The Farmstead in the morning light...

Evolution of the Farmstead

Windows and doors are in - a weather tight building...

The Farmstead

View into the Courtyyard

Farmstead Slated and weather tight

View from the site where the proposed, new passive house will be built.

The Old Farmstead is ready for Roofing

The stonework is finished to the wall plate level and the internal skin of block work

 to the gable ends  is built. All ready for roofing this week.

The service channel has been dug for the service runs to and from the proposed

passive new build.

 These will include : water, electricity, under floor heating form the geo-thermal source,

 sewerage, stormwater

Late Summer/Early Autumn Thistles at the Bottom of the Garden....

Now the roof for the Old Farmstead ....

The First Stone Outbuilding gets its Slate Topping.......

Roofing done by Brian Healy Carpentry Ltd, Co Kilkenny

Counter battens and battens

First line of slates

Large 500x500mm slate laid on ridge end, every alternate course

Cupa 98 Premier - Spanish Slate (no Irish slate available)

Cupa 98 Premier Slate