Crawfordsburn Diary Entry No.18 - Achieving Airtightness
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Crawfordsburn Diary Entry No.18 - Achieving Airtightness

The airtightness, as already mentioned in previous diary entries, is crucial for the overall success of the passive house. We have discussed the high risk air leakage components such as wall openings, floor-to-wall junctions and wall-to-roof junctions.

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Crawfordsburn Diary Entry No.14 - The Wall Openings
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Crawfordsburn Diary Entry No.14 - The Wall Openings

After a slight delay, this week saw the installation of the windows and doors in the Crawfordsburn passive house. We have decided to use this diary entry to address how we’ve dealt with the window and door openings. In the next entry we will discuss the specific window and door units. 

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Crawfordsburn Diary Entry No.11 - The Waiting Game
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Crawfordsburn Diary Entry No.11 - The Waiting Game

We spoke too soon when we boasted about everything running on time! This week marked the start of the waiting game ... SIPFIT our timber frame manufacturer is running slightly behind schedule so were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the SIP Panels which should be any day now, fingers crossed.  

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