Weekly photos from the same spot...Week 6

Time Capsule Ideas

Our time capsule burial ceremony is happening on Sunday 13th December. Time is running out for submission of your ideas for inclusion in the capsule. The deadline is 27th November, and ideas should be emailed to Graham Long at renegadespirit@btopenworld.com. All ideas welcome.

Grant for Ground Source Heat Pump

We've just had confirmation of another grant towards our Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP). The Department of Energy and Climate Change have promised funds of just under £49,000. This brings our total external grants received for the GSHP to almost £80,000. Contractors have now started drilling 100m deep (yes 100m!) boreholes into the ground. This is stage 1 of the GSHP process.

Weekly photos from the same spot...Week 5

Weekly photos from the same spot...Week 4

Construction gets underway

The builders have set up their sheds and fenced off our site for safety. The construction works started by clearing some contaminated earth and the foundations of the old caretaker's house. During half-term they dug a trench to install a drain which joins at the Akiva School.

They removed more earth and prepared the site for piling (a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure).

Drilling the ground followed to create the piled foundations.

Weekly photos from the same spot...Week 3