Renovating a 200 year old stone building often involves managing moisture – and that was true of Joanne and Milo Butler’s renovation project. But their eco renovation project presented an additional challenge. Finding a replacement stone roof covering…
In this article, Joanne and Milo explain how they undertook their eco renovation project, including:
- Getting rid of roof leaks and draughts
- Full details of the insulation upgrade using hemp and fibreboard
- Larch cladding details
- Lime plaster process
- The need for planning permission for the 6sqm extension
- Repurposed kitchen and internal finishes
- Stone slates – how to find salvaged ones to reuse
- Solution to house with no foundations
- Steel reinforcements for the ceiling
- Installing the wood burning stoves, one with back boiler
- How the composting wastewater treatment system works and how it was installed
- DIY rainwater harvesting system
Overview
House size before: 1,200 sqft
House size after: 1,300 sqft
Bedrooms: 4
Plot size: 4 acres
Build method: extension in timber frame
Extension walls: proprietary timber frame system with tongue and groove panels, 60mm hemp between the timbers, then fireboard, then felt, then battens, then larch cladding.
Roof: same build up as for the walls with insulated tongue and groove panels.
Heating: two wood burning stoves, one with back boiler for heating and hot water
Ventilation: natural
