Earth Floor (2 of 2)
humblebee hive - retrofit #11 The best laid floor plans... A slight health warning here: this post is a bit long and "knotty" compared...
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Sep 9
Earth Floor (1 of 2)
The first instalment of my Earth Floor write up... how it unfolded!
Sep 7, 2023
The Shutter Saga – Handmade in Manchester
humblebee hive – retrofit #9 It’s been a while , but here it is… The post about external shutters! (Incidentally, while the retrofit team...
Dec 14, 2022
Modelling and Monitoring
humblebee hive – retrofit #8 Haha, despite the picture above, not that kind of modelling… Give me some numbers! Having given you lots of...
Sep 12, 2022
Wilmslow Festival of Nature – Green Open Homes
This Saturday, 17th September 2022! Transition Wilmslow and local collaborating groups have put on a second Festival of Nature, with...
May 29, 2022
humblebee hive – nearly there
Ta da! The scaffold is down! #EnergyEfficiency #retrofit
May 8, 2022
Seal tight, Ventilate right
humblebee hive - retrofit #7 It's the retrofit mantra. And we did notice how quickly it got stuffy once the windows were in and the EWI...
Apr 15, 2022
Slate and Timber
humblebee hive - retrofit #6 Uplifting tales about small challenges leading to better outcomes One of the best courses I went on during...
Apr 10, 2022
Planning and Building Control
humblebee hive – retrofit #5 What’s the point of the Planning system? It’s to decide nationally and locally what we want to see and...
Mar 24, 2022
Groundworks, drama and trauma
humblebee hive - retrofit #4 Last week was less fun as it started with a trip to A&E for one of the site workers. Our bricklayer Tim had...
Mar 13, 2022
Windooooows!
humblebee hive - retrofit #3 So exciting: finally met the team on d-day: Richard - retrofit coordinator - Chris & Erol (Team "Windows")...
Mar 2, 2022
Cavity Wall Insulation (CWI)
humblebee hive – retrofit #2 Delays with the Planning Application process – and more on this in a later post – meant we couldn’t start...
Feb 20, 2022
Our Retrofit Journey Begins: Loft Insulation
humblebee hive – retrofit #1 It’s fair to say phase 1 of humblebee HQ’s retrofit has stretched over quite some time… We started planning...
Sep 19, 2021
humblebee news
People Powered Retrofit Just an update to let you know I am a Retrofit Assessor for Urbed and the Carbon Coop‘s People Powered Retrofit...
Dec 4, 2020
Home of 2030….now
Today the winners of the Home of 2030 competition have been announced, but win or lose, we know how important it is to get future housing...
Aug 4, 2020
The Positive+ Collective
“When you buy from a small business an actual person does a little dance.” Wow, wow, wow! I am so excited because a few months ago, an...
Nov 3, 2019
The War on Plastic – hey, what’s the problem?
Plastic, a journey across the seven seas… So… what’s the problem with plastic? Why has our wonder material been making so many waves at...
May 20, 2019
Healthier Homes – What can you do?
No more draughty, gas guzzling dwellings – my top tips for improving comfort, indoor health and energy efficiency. The switch in most...
Jan 27, 2019
I have a new gadget… a thermal imaging camera!
Or the use of one I should say… I hate being cold. I’m pretty “nesh” as they might describe me in these parts, or “frileuse” in my...
Jan 24, 2019
What’s in a name?
That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet…” So here it is – my brand name launch… welcome to humblebee! Why, I...
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