Eco-Refurbishment Project
47 Addington Rd & 12 Palmer Park Avenue
Properties Before Works Started
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
Eco-Refurbishment Project
47 Addington Rd & 12 Palmer Park Avenue
Week 1
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Existing furniture removed and
given to registered charity.
•Existing furniture removed and
given to registered charity.
• Existing internal fixtures and
fittings removed.
• Existing internal fixtures and
fittings removed.
•Existing carpets and floor
coverings removed.
•Existing carpets and floor
coverings removed.
•Demolition of extension
•Wall paper and surface
coverings stripped.
•Wall paper and surface
coverings stripped.
•Internal doors and
architraves removed.
•Internal doors and architraves
removed.
•Citex screen installed to
windows and doors.
•Citex screens installed to
windows and doors.
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Week 2
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Services and cabling stripped
out and removed from site.
•Services and cabling stripped
out and removed from site.
•Temporary supply installed.
•Temporary supply installed.
•Site welfare installed.
•Damaged lathe and plaster
ceilings/walls stripped.
•Site welfare installed.
•Trial pit to expose foundations
to extension party wall.
•Trial hole excavated to
confirm floor slab build up.
•Site welfare installed.
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Week 3
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•100mm Celotex GA4000
wall insulation cut and laid
in position onto external
walls.
•100mm Celotex GA4000 wall
insulation cut and laid in
position onto external walls.
•Trial fixing undertaken to see if
fixings hold.
•Scaffolding erected
•Redundant fire place s
infilled with stud work,
external ventilation to be
installed at later date.
•Scaffolding erected
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Week 4
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•First fix electrics undertaken,
all previous wiring completely
removed. New cabling pulled
through.
•External wall insulation fixed
into place with 50x50mm
timber battens, battening
allows to fix insulation in place
and provide a void for services.
•Drainage Survey completed to
both properties.
• All joints between insulation
board are taped to provide a
vapour barrier and improved air
tightness.
•First fix electrics undertaken,
all previous wiring completely
removed. New cabling pulled
through.
• Windows and Doors
measured by Window supplier
Mumford and Wood. Windows
to be timber frame double
glazed units to match the
existing window fenestration.
•External wall insulation fixed
into place with 50x50mm
timber battens.
•All joints between insulation
board are taped to provide a
vapour barrier and improved
air tightness.
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Week 5
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•First fix mechanical, stripping
out of all existing pipe work and
installing 1st fix heating.
•Construction of internal
studwork partitions between
living room and bedroom two
and three.
•Lifting up of floor boards to
allow pipework runs to be
installed.
•Installation of straps to
strengthen internal walls to first
floor.
•Plasterboard dry lining internal
walls, and plasterboard fixed to
ceilings.
•Construction of fire resistant
partition in loft space between
47 and 49 Addington Road.
•Construction of internal
studwork partitions,
alteration of bathroom
door opening.
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Week 6
47 Addington Road – Performance House
•First fix mechanical,
installation of underfloor
heating manifold.
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Stripping off roof coverings
and temporary storm
protection installed.
•Installation of 325mm loft
insulation.
•Rear redundant chimney to be
taken below roof height and
capped off. Front chimney
taken down and rebuilt to
match existing.
•Lifting up of floor boards
and clearing between joists
ready for insulation to be
installed.
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Week 7
47 Addington Road – Performance House
•Structural engineer inspect ed
the roof structure following
stripping of roof coverings.
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•100mm hemp Insulation
to the intermediate timber
floors.
•Replacement and
reinstatement of timber
floor boards.
• Floor boards lifted to ground
floor and rubble removed to allow
325mm ground floor hemp
insulation to be installed.
•Front chimney to the
main building is taken
down and rebuilt to match
existing.
•Rear chimney to the main
building is taken down
below roof level and
capped off.
•Stripping of roof coverings
for inspection by structural
engineer
•Opening formed for access to
loft for services access.
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Week 8
47 Addington Road – Performance House
•Reinforcement to roof purlins,
carried out due to the
additional roof load as a result
of installing photo voltaics. 2no
struts installed to the existing
purlins.
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•Existing insulation to the
main roof is removed.
• The top section of the roof
is insulated with 325mm.
•Strengthening to floor joists
beneath staircase landing.
•325mm hemp insulation
installed between the
floor joists . The
insulation is positioned in
place on netting.
•80mm Celotex GA4000
insulation installed between
the rafters to the sloped ceiling
within the attic room.
•12mm TB4000 insulation
installed internally to prevent
cold bridging of through the
rafters.
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Week 9
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Additional purlin to
provide roof
strengthening ahead of
installation of PV
panels to the rear
elevation of the main
roof.
•The footings for the extension
are excavated ready for
inspection by building control
and foundations to be poured.
•Steel strengthening is installed
to the floor joists that have
been notched for under floor
heating manifold.
•The rear addition roof
structure was condemned by
the structural engineer, the
joists were undersized and
coming away from the wall
plate.
•The rear addition roof
structure was completely
stripped and replaced.
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Week 10
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Window installation started to
the bay windows. Installed with
5mm Spacetherm Aerogel
blanket to the perimeter to of
the window and lapped on to
the internal wall insulation. This
is to prevent cold bridging and
stop there being a break in the
insulation and forming cold
spots.
•Training given to roofing
contractor by Solar Century to
install solar tiles to front
elevation of 47 Addington
Road.
•Return walls to both
properties insulated with
12mm Celotex TB4000 .
•Foundations poured for the
extension, poured in sections
to allow bridging of existing
sewer pipe running across the
back of property.
•Adaptations made to main
incoming water supply . A loop
was installed external to the
building to future proof the
building should the supply
change.
•The chimney breast to rear
bedroom and kitchen is
insulated with 50mm insulated
plasterboard due to space
restrictions.
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Week 11
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•50mm insulated plasterboard
installed to external wall on the
stairs due to limited space on
the stairs.
•Opening made for the
installation of Velux window
above first floor landing
•Plasterboard installed
internally to external walls.
•Floor slab excavated for the
extension, and low level
external wall started.
•Thermocouples for the BMS
system installed to the
external walls between
insulation and internally to
monitor temperature and
monitor performance of
insulation.
• Thermocouples for the BMS
system installed to the external
walls between the insulation
and internally to monitor
temperature difference and
monitor performance of
insulation.
•The windows installed to
the rear addition are fitted
to timber external frames to
allow the external insulation
to overlap forming a new
window reveal and stop
cold bridging.
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Week 12
47 Addington Road – Performance House
12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Self levelling screed applied to
solid ground floor prior to
installing Sempafloor
insulation.
•Velux window installed and
light well formed to bring
light into the first floor
landing area. Plasterboard
light well lined with 100mm
Celotex insulation to prevent
the area becoming a cold
spot.
•Plastering to rear first floor
bedrooms.
•Solar tiles installed to the
front elevation and roof tiling
in progress.
•External insulation installed
to the rear addition.
•Timber frame being
constructed to the extension.
•Roof tiles installed to rear
addition roof pitch.
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Week 13
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•Solar tiles installed and roof
coverings completed.
•Windows installed with revised
construction detail closing off
the cavities.
•External walls and timber
frame structure to extension
progressed.
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•External insulation rendered
and reveals to openings
formed.
•Skirting board and door linings
installed.
•5mm Sempafloor insulation
laid onto the concrete slab
floor. The insulation is lapped
up onto the external wall
insulation to prevent cold spot
between the floor and wall
insulation.
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Week 14
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12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Walls skimmed and plastered,
including window reveals.
•Loft access door installed,
fitted with insulation and
draught stripping .
•2nd fix plumbing under way,
hot water cylinder installed to
cylinder cupboard. Pipework to
the extension run into position.
•Sunspot to first floor landing
installed.
•Fireplace insulated with rock
wool slab insulation
•Walls skimmed and plastered,
including window reveals.
•Insulated air tight loft hatch
installed to loft access.
•Cement pointing undertaken
to window surrounds
externally.
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Week 15
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12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Solar thermal panels installed
to the rear addition roof. These
are left with covers on until the
system is complete and
commissioned.
•Wood stove and slate hearth
installed. The fire placed is
lined with glass reinforced
plasterboard.
•The roof tiling to the main roof
is now completed with brackets
installed for the photovoltaic
panels to be fixed to.
•Cement pointing undertaken
to window surrounds
externally.
•The roof deck to the extension
is complete and the first
waterproofing membrane layer
is laid.
•Plaster board installed to the
extension internally.
•The second fix for the
mechanical is in progress with
radiators and TRVs installed.
•Skirting boards and door
frames are being fixed into
position.
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Week 16
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•Insulated board is installed
above the ply deck and felt
covering . Insulation board
installed provides the fall to the
roof. Drainage chute formed to
the end parapet wall.
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•Internal decoration to the first
floor underway, undercoat coat
applied.
•Installation of Solar thermal
boiler controller and expansion
vessel to loft space.
•Under floor heating installed
the kitchen and extension. The
under floor heating to the solid
floored extension is laid on
5mm pre grooved insulation
directly on to the floor slab.
•PV panels installed by solar
century to rear main roof pitch.
•Decorative ridge tiles installed
and finials to the front of the
building.
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Week 17
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12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Internal decoration to the first
floor in progress.
•Internal decoration
progressed, first coat applied
throughout including
decoration to timber work.
•Internal window cills installed
•Internal doors delivered to site
and hung.
•Plastering internally to
extension underway.
•Kitchen units installed and
vinyl flooring laid.
•Internal doors delivered to site
and installed.
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Week 18
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12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Minor repairs made to stair
treads, banister extended to 2nd
floor stair case.
•Sedum roof covering and
drainage perimeter installed to
the extension flat roof deck.
•2no replacement windows to
rear installed. Original windows
manufactured to the wrong size
following a mistake by the
manufacturer.
•Felt flashing and air vent
installed to the cavity between
the extension and adjacent
property to ensure that cavity is
can ventilate.
•Internal decorations
progressed throughout using
Duluxe Eco Sure Paint.
Internal doors decorated and
ironmongery installed.
•External decorations and
repairs to bay windows.
•Tiling to kitchen and bathroom
completed.
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Week 19
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12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Soakaway excavated for the
overflow to the rain water
harvesting tank and rain water
run off from the green roof.
•In situ concrete pad poured for
the rain water harvesting tanks
to sit on.
•Landscaping started with
existing concrete paths broken
out and removed.
•Reveals formed around
existing subfloor ventilation
and part filled with pea shingle.
•Marmoleum flooring installed
to kitchen and bathrooms.
•Garden area cleared out,
existing shed removed. Existing
pathways broken out.
•Excavation to the perimeter of
the external insulation atl ow
level to allow installation of
40mm insulation below DPC.
•Concrete poured into
excavation to ensure integrity
of the shallow foundations .
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Week 20
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12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Garden wall rebuilt to side and
front of the front garden. Metal
railings removed to be
overhauled.
•Drainage connections for rain
water over flow complete and
kitchen waste complete.
•Mastic weather bead installed
to windows.
•Mastic weather bead installed
to the perimeter of the
windows.
•Type 1 aggregate sub base laid
and compacted prior to the
installation of the Sudscape
porous hard landscaping.
•New ThermL insulated timber
doors with U value of
1.5W/m2K installed to front
and rear entrance.
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Week 21
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12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Shed to rear garden removed
to expose unstable rear garden
wall. Wall had to be dismantled
as it was unstable.
•Chamois Eco Kitchen
manufactured from recycled
materials installed.
•Pump installed to the rain
water harvesting tanks , system
fully connected and system
commissioned.
•Metal railings to front of
properties repaired and
decorated.
•Sudscape installed to the rear
and front garden.
•Lagging to mechanical pipe
work complete. Trunking to
cabling in the cylinder cupboard
and metering cupboard.
•Penetrations for pipework,
flues, and cabling ect through
external envelope sealed for air
tightness.
Sudscape installed to the rear
and front garden.
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Week 22
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•Front and rear garden
rotovated and levelled.
•Front door to installed and
porch decorated internally.
•Trimming and cutting back
hedges gardens.
•Front and rear garden
rotovated and levelled ready for
turf to be laid.
•White render to the rear
addition cleaned and touched
up.
•Trimming and cutting back
hedges gardens.
•Shed installed to the rear of
the garden and trellis installed
around rain water harvesting
tank.
•Solar Thermal metering points
and in line metering points to
the gas supply installed to the
BMS system.
•6ft ship lap garden fence
installed in place of dilapidated
rear garden wall.
•Solar Thermal metering points
and in line metering points to
the gas supply installed to the
BMS system.
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Week 23
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12 Palmer Park Avenue - Cost House
•Final snagging internally and
externally of building works.
•Final snagging internally and
externally of building works.
•Solar thermal system and
heating fully commissioned and
running.
•White goods delivered and
installed to both properties.
•Turf installed to rear and front
gardens.
•Turf installed to rear and front
gardens .
•Carpets installed
•Carpets installed.
•BMS system commissioned
and tested.
•BMS system commissioned
and tested.
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Week 24 – Practical Completion
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