The current issue (Autumn 2016) of Self Build & Improve your Home Magazine has the updated piece we wrote on underground construction & features our own underground house and intensive & extensive roofs. Available now in all good newsagents or Read More …
Following on from THIS POST on the care I’m putting into my sedum grass roof; this is a quick update on the power of fertiliser! Here’s the roof in June when the fertiliser went down – as you can see Read More …
We’ve added THIS TEAR SHEET on the proposed Passivhaus (Passive House) that has just been granted Planning Permission in County Mayo, Ireland. Mark Stephens Architects are appointed as Project Architects providing a full architectural service from inception to completion was Read More …
The faithful readers amongs you will know that we have two Sedum grass roofs on our house; An intensive roof on the house (that is with serious structure, soil and ‘real’ grass and plants) and an extensive roof (that is Read More …
I wrote about the concern we had with our grass roof looking very red HERE; it was in fact flowering! The photographs below were taken this morning (hence darkness prior to sunrise) and the roof is now slowly turning back Read More …
Following yesterdays post on the sedum roof on the shed, below are a couple of photographs showing how the intensive grass roof over the underground section of our own house is faring. All I can say is that I wish Read More …
It’s been a long while since I blogged due to incredibly busy; but I thought I’d give an update on our grass rooves. As you may remember we built a garage with a sedum roof (below): And when we laid Read More …
After many years deliberating on the design, construction methods and how to build it. The shed is finished! Below is a slideshow showing it completed and ready to fill (groundworks still to happen): Specification: • Sedum by GrassRoofsIreland • Waterproofing Read More …
Although not finished, and we started it very late in the year. A long overdue project was getting a turf shed started. This is where the shed is currently ‘at’; walls & grass roof on. For more details on the Read More …
The faithful reader (follower) will have noticed the photos I’ve been uploading on our new shed which has an Extensive grass roof. The house we designed and constructed in 2004/6 also has a grass roof but instead is the Intensive Read More …
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