The first layer of insulation is being fixed on top of the breather membrane.

A stray laser line on a pile of bricks.

The atrium beams.

Martha and Liam fitting the paired oak atrium beams.

These will support the rooflight, which is being fitted on Friday.

The breather membrane being fixed.

This keeps any condensation away from the structure.

The rainwater downpipes in Springbank's services duct.

The pipe on the right takes water from the green roof and will be stored for garden watering.

The pipe on the left takes water from pebble covered roofs and will be stored for flushing lavatories.

The basement tanking membrane.

This is the floor membrane, which is 20mm thick.  The wall membrane is 8mm thick.

The basement tanking membrane is being fitted.

Shims for packing out the joinery.

Different colours indicate different thicknesses.

The oak atrium beams are being pre-wired with fabric covered pendant flex.

The flex will exit from a hole in the bottom of each bracket.

The roof membrane being tested.

There is washing-up liquid in the watering can.  This breaks down the surface tension of the water.

An electronic probe then tests for any leaks.

The stainless steel atrium beam brackets are being pre-wired with the pendant lighting flex.

The wall insulation has arrived.

There will be a double layer of the boards, totalling 160 mm thickness, with a further 25 mm as a base for the render.

This brick gauge will help set out the vertical coursing of the brickwork (80.7mm per course).
F.F.L. stands for Finished Floor Level.

The steel reinforcement for the retaining walls being cut.

The laser level just kissing the bottom edge of the window head.

We are fitting the stainless steel lintols.

Lettsom Gardens getting ready for spring.

Springbank at night.

The atrium beams are of European oak.

The oak atrium beams being finished.

Another day, another glorious sunset.

A disc cut out of the CLT for the Solatube.

The Solatube will take light from the roof to the ground floor WC.

A laser level gives a true vertical for fixing the window subframes.

Sunset over the gardens behind the Springhill site.

One of the paired oak atrium beams, held together with stainless steel clamps.

The beams are to be finished with a mixture of natural waxes and oils.

Martha and Roy.

Roy and Martha machining the oak atrium beams to take the stainless steel clamps.

The precast concrete gravel boards for the new fences.

The corner window subframes being fitted.

The stainless steel brackets for the oak atrium beams.

Sarah making a site visit.

The Medium bricks.

An evening silhouette to the west of the Springhill site.

The Shard catching the evening light.

Paddock House's master bedroom.

Tom and Damian fixing the first floor window subframes.

Some of the bricks stacked up inside Paddock House.

We are laying a mixture of 25% Light, 50% Medium and 25% Dark tones.  

These stacks are of Medium and Dark - the Light is a clean red colour.

The first load of bricks has arrived from Lamb's Bricks in west Sussex.

A panorama of the roofs.

The weather is looking good for finishing off the roof membrane.

The green and pebble roof coverings and the flat glass rooflights are being fitted soon.

Water on the roof membrane.

Pineapple Cottage - another of our developments, completed in 2011.