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Not cutting corners
After the concrete ground floor slab has been cast, the concrete gradually shrinks as it hardens. To control this process, the slab is...
Another lovely day... at the beach
Sand spreading out in all directions, blue sky and sun. Not the Costa Blanca, but Barden House getting ready for the concrete slab pour...
Never mind the Blocks...
One of the innovative features at Barden House is the use of an advanced chambered clay block in the walls, branded as Porotherm. The...
The construction press on Barden House
Barden House has been featured in the Construction Forum Magazine, a review of projects in the UK, Ireland and abroad. It has a...
...And polishing it off
After the concrete has been pumped into place it can be levelled off with a vibrating concrete beam. This helps get rid of small bubbles...
Pumping it up...
At dawn this morning concrete started to be placed in the carefully prepared ground floor slab area. The concrete was actually pumped...
Keeping out the cold and damp
Barden House is being built to the highest insulated standards, and this can be seen in the construction of the ground floor. Some of the...
Building on a firm foundation
In the past few weeks a lot of progress had been made underground, buried pipes and ducts essential to the building but not visible. This...
Made in Scotland out of Girders
Today Barden House has risen above ground level as the steelwork has started to be fixed in position. Visitors passing the site can now...
Up and down the drain
The manholes featured in a previous post are being connected by underground pipework. Here we look at the building sequence of the foul...
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