Using some old joists from other parts of the house that were knocked down we managed to retrofit the floor so that we could create a dumping space for lovely thick hemp insulation in the old part of the house. It has been somewhat breezy around our place with the wind whistling through the place.
We have made sure that any pipe that has hot water going through it is also well insulated.
All of this has taken months longer than anticipated, there were a number of stumps that had to be replaced, working within a tight space caused damage to Grant, in fact he broke his finger and has been working on the house one handed for months! A week later Sam damaged his thumb, thankfully he recovered from that injury, the hospital started getting suspicious.
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| under joists |
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| preparing pipes with sleeves to insulate |
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| using old lathes to sit across the under joists, then followed by the breathable fabric, finally the hemp is dropped in to that space |
