Archive for the ‘Refurbishment’ Category
Renovation work at Hampstead floors
One of the problems we have had with renovating this property in Hampstead was how to sound proof the floor add underfloor heating and leave adequate ventilation for the lighting of the roof below.
The detail of the video shows how we overcome this problems and you can see how we are progressing with the renovation work.
Refurbishment hampstead underfloor heating
Underfloor heating going in
The underfloor heating has started to go in and today we have the manifolds fitted and the system is full of water under test it will not be long and we will be able to get the heating on.
The floors has sound insulation built into them and together with the underfloor heating this douse not leave much room for lighting.
The design of the floor and underfloor heating
Property refurbishment Hampstead Roof
Skylights
Work Continues on the roof and the new insulation has been installed, its very important to the customer that this house is insulated to the highest standards to keep energy usage down to a minimon.
I will be taking thermal images and posting just how the property performs. Back to the roof.
Re- building of chimney stacks
The new skylights are completely electronic opening and closing on timers and closing automatically when it rains.
Property refurbishment Hampstead Roof
The new roof going on
When you start a refurbishment and I men start not just start the paperwork because that starts around 6 month beforehand with the planing permission the archItect and the engineers, The project management on this job is down to me so I set out
the time line for the works.
Bricks being removed before rebuilding
We started on building project by striping the property out and removing the roof this was to deter squatters and thieves.
The next thing was to start rebuilding works on the roof.
We already knew that the brickwork was in a very bad state and the brickwork needed complete renovation bricks cut out and re pointing.
Work Progresses to the underfloor heating at our building project in Hampstead
The refurbishment project we have going in Hampstead at the moment is moving fast.
The rear extention is now up and the underfloor heating is going down
This video shows how we designed the underfloor heating so the customer gets the best from the underfloor heating and also has good sound proofing from the other floors
