The Field...back in Early November 2007
Gráinne, the engineer
What's with the Hammer?
Through the trees
Hold on!
Checking Levels
Cleaning the Drain...20th November 2007
From the Site looking south
On site
Digging..
Bollards
Traffic Jam as Pipes Are loaded
Seamus Engineers Pipes
Pipes laid in place
Topsoil removed from House Site
Drain Filled back in, Tree saved
Driveway
Another Load of Stone
Working Late
Stone
Tip 'er Up
Levelling the Stone Fill
Driveway, with House area waiting on Engineer visit
The house
Neighbours
One Tree Hill
Diesel for Digger
Seamus, the foreman
The mountain
Work Continues
Safety
Getting my hands dirty
Markings of a house
Clean Stone under the house
Darragh, the foreman
Darkness
Rolling, rolling, rolling
More of the same
Corners
More Lines
View from the field
Above the water
Stones
View from road
View along the road
Working
Radon Pipes and pump in stone
Foundation Shell is set in December 2007. Foundation by James Kearney, Scandinavian Homes Ltd., www.scanhome.ie
Shell is made of concrete shell covering a polystyrene block
Shell cemented to the site
Foundation lads arrive. All foundation provided by Scandinavian Homes Ltd., www.scanhome.ie
Foundation Materials including more polystyrene, pipes, steel
polystyrene sheets
Notice, No work being done
Pipes, steel...
Pipes being set in foundation stone
Waste pipes. All set in foundation, as per house drawing. Scandinavian Homes Ltd., www.scanhome.ie
Runs of Waste Pipes
Me, working hard
Me, ordering the Polystyrene Boys
Polystyrene insulation is laid in place. Scandinavian Homes Ltd., www.scanhome.ie
Only the pipes emerge
Radon Barrier sheet laid on polystyrene
Steel mesh laid on Radon Barrier
View of the whole foundation
Underfloor heating being tied to mesh. Again all provided by Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
supports in place on shell
More Finishings
Extra Steel on edge to take weight of Wall
The Big Pour
Seamus oversees the Conrete
Conrete being spread
Its spreading
Brushing the concrete
More Trucks
Close-up
A Foot
Sean inspects
Another view
Spreading
Drying time
Wet Conrete
View of whole foundation
Drying nicely
Still Holding
A Job Well done, foundation finished...December 2007 Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
Tuesday Morning, 15th January 2008, House Arrives on 1 Truck Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
He He
John Grabs the Crane Hoist John Goaley, Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
First Unload
Yippee
More House Bits
Onto the Site
Piled up inside House
First Glimpse of a Wall
The Show goes on
Trusses Being Assembled
The Bedroom Walls take Flight
In the Air today
Landing
Drop Slowly
Stop
Onlookers of Odharnaith, James and Peggy
Temporarily Securing the wall
Get your Back into it
One Wall Standing
Kitchen Wall Takes off
The Sealing insulation under walls
James in his Meath Jacket
Closer inspection
Front Door
Its Here
Smiling in the Rain
Another safe landing
The third wall in place
Now its the turn of the Living Room Wall
Over the house
Safely Down
The Gable ends
Into the field with the Gables
Down tools for lunch
Sneaky peak
Front Wall completed Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
Through the Side windows. All windows are triple glazed and filled with Argon gas, Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
The final piece of downstairs jigsaw
Yippee No 2
First Visitors
Sock changes after Tea
Preparing for Warm Galway Weather
View from the West
A House appears over yonder bushes
Men at Work
Gables being assembled
Trusses Appear just after lunch on Day 1
Upstairs takes shape
More Trusses Landing
Working as a team
Getting there
The Gluelam Beams
This is going to be fun
Slipping Into Place
Good Work Mr.Crane Man
Beams nearly in place
Pushing with sticks from ground
BAck to Trusses
Odharnaith oversees work
Darragh Checks it out after school
Three Generations of O'Connells
Three Generations of O'Connells and the daughter-in-law to be!
Applying glue to Gables
And we're off
Flying low
Come Fly with me
Low Pass
Around the corner
Guided to rest
In Place
Gráinne and Darragh
From the East
Crane
Workers
Peter On the phone
Nailing
Hmmm
Cranes...
From the field
Through the windows
Around the front
Ollie and Gráinne
Final Lego Piece takes off
Getting late, lights on crane
The bedroom wall
Nearly there
Last few nails
Completed...End of Day 1. Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
The house from the west
Nice day to go a roofing...Day 2
Close Up of Back
From Back
A roof appears
Its all Taking Shape
Western View
Up through the Roof
Grainne Takes an insider Look
Out the Side
Through the House
Skylight!
Materials. That's the outside plaster in yellow buckets
Front Door Has Arrived...House is locked
Roof and Shell Finished and Watertight..Friday January 18th 2008 Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
Seamus Stands Tall when floor is in...March 2008
Jose
Downstairs Takes shape..March 2008
Void
Extra Insulation on External Walls, referred to as a "passive upgrade" by Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
New Blue Membrane
Busy in Eco Land. Diggers, Roofers
From the Inside
Wall Plates Laid Out
Velux Windows Appear
Acrows Holding the House
Solar Panel Plumbing
Roof Slate Vents
Jimmy Rolls in Again
North Roof Finished
Outside Nearly Finished
Solar Panels and Velux
Porch
Peter Works hard on the Wall Framing
Ventilation and Heat Recovery Ducts etc
The Makings of Walls
View from Living Room
This is for Odharnaith
Some Tidy Plumbing. Plumber: Patrick O'Connell, Claregalway
Sink Water
Upstairs Takes Shape
Glass Blocks appear....with some Copper and pipes
Wood Beams Holding the House together
Looking Down the Void
From the Front Again...April 1st 2008
Grass Grows. Barges attached to Porch
Along the West Side
The Porch and some decking
Hard Hats Must Be Worn
The Bike takes its rightful place
Back with Roof Vents
Still alot of materials to find home
Looking Up the Void
Pipes
Ducts making their way around the house from the Utility room which holds the Ventilation and Heat recovery Unit - large white unit. Temorvex Unit provided by Scandinavian Homes Ltd. www.scanhome.ie Lars Pettersson
Wires and Pipes and Ducts. All ducting installed by Kevin McGourty
Peter and Johnny are all Busy
Gráinne Hard at Work
Hall Walls and Ceiling Insulation appear. Courtesy of carpenters Peter and Johnny
Ensuite Takes Shape
Study Area
Carpenters Workshop
Main Bedroom aka Workshop
Bedroom 1 with all ply walls screwed..Electrical boxes already in place
Ceiling Packed
By the Door
More insulation...waiting to be put in place
Living Area waiting on the stairs to grow
Piping
Windows Protected for outside Plasterer by Paul O'Farrell
Planting some chestnuts in the corner of the site
Hard at Work. Oiling the wood, second coat with Brown pigment mixed in
Grainne Oils the Wood
Wiring for 7.1 surround sound....
Eco Coloured Walls in the bathroom
Work Progresses
Kitchen. All internal walls are insulated with 50mm rockwool. Ceiling has 200mm Rockwool
Ducts and Pipes
Room Upstairs
In May Sunshine. The house has its outside STO plaster applied
Plasterboards
Hurray
Through the Walls
On the brand new Stairs
At the Door
The Green Room
Tape and Jointing
Stairs
The Kitchen as you never saw it before
Utility Room
Living Room
Stair Wall
Brown Pigment
Front View
Oiling Wood From a High
Treating the Wood
Coming Down the Stairs
One Door Opens....
Another Door closes !
Utility and Larder nearing completion
Darragh
Grainne
Floor and Worktop Arrive
Kitchen Gets a Lick of Paint
Sean Takes to the Job
There was a Crooked Wall
Upstairs Ceiling
Glass Wall
House in Late May
Up Close and Personal
Front Window
Glass Walls and Tiles
Through the Wall
Grainne, on the Phone
Messy Living Room
The State of the Kitchen
Tiles
Bathroom is tiled
Mosaic In a Heap
Tile Store aka Mary's Bedroom
Grainne, still on the phone
Upstairs Ceiling and Windows
Timber Floor appears
Tiler Tiles
Cork Underlay
Upstaris Cleaned up a bit
Painting
Study Wooden Ceiling
Bathroom takes many shapes
walk in wardrobe
Easterly view
From the utility
Work in Progress
Kitchen takes a turn for the worse
Looking from the West
Cooker unboxed
Grainne still on the phone but at least she is beside the cooker
kitchen units in the living room
kitchen worktop in the bedroom
worktop
Et Voila
The Sink
Carpenters Workshop Moves closer to the Door
Window Lining
In the Corner
Boxing Off
Taking Shape
Skirting Boards and Large Windows Lined
Hallway
Wood
Last of the Summer Stairs
All Smiles
Joe Carries Wood
Labourers Paid in Wood
Where's the Void
Avoiding Mike
Down the Stairs
A Void in my Life
A Beam Appears
Joe, Always The Worker
Glass Wall nearly finished
Down With that sort of thing
Isn't this taking the Green, Eco House a bit too far. Eh?
There's always one....
Tightrope Walker
Standing on the Stairs, nearly finished...
The New Carpenter Arrives
Joe Hiding Stuff
Worktop makes it way to Kitchen
A Biker comes to Visit
