Leafcutter Design
Natural stone flooring including slate, limestone, marble & limestone tiles. Extensive range and grades of travertine tiles and mosaics. Ceramic floor tile range featuring multi format porcelain floor tiles. Sample service. Order Online.
Now for the first floor
Posted August 21st, 2008 by johnThanks to a small crane which we hired for the morning, the RSJ is in place and the french windows can be measured up to the nearest millimetre by the window manufacturers. Next step -- the first floor. We've opted for a block-and-beam system. Made of concrete, it's a really simple and quick way of constructing a floor.
MPS Windows and Conservatories
When it comes to doors, windows and conservatories both RETAIL & COMMERCIAL, Team MPS sets the Standard.
We’re committed to offering you the very finest products and service In BOTH PVCu & ALUMINIUM – and we guarantee none of the hassles you get from less reputable operators.
Competitive pricing, no hard sell and the highest quality service.
Heavy rain but the building continues
Posted August 14th, 2008 by johnIn between heavy rain, the polystyrene walls continue to rise. We're now nearly at first floor level and expecting the arrival of a large RSJ which will form the lintel over the kitchen/breakfast room french window. It's a big window -- 6 metres in all - and will be formed by three two-metre sheets of glass, two of which slide into the third, framed in painted aluminium. We had a quote from a firm in Northumberland for around £10k but have found a local manufacturer, MPS Windows based in Exmouth, who'll do it for nearer £4k.
Beco WALLFORM - Insulated Structural Walls
Beco WALLFORM is a quick and practical method for building insulated structural walls for any type of building.
With a proven track record over 30 years worldwide this insulated formwork system has the flexibility to suit almost any design requirement.
* System description - a monolithic, insulated concrete system of building.
* Applications - Housing, Extensions, Nursing Homes and Sheltered Housing, Basement and Earth Sheltered Construction, Commercial, Industrial and Community Buildings.
Week one of our extension project
Posted August 4th, 2008 by johnIt's week one of the build and the footings have been poured. It's been raining ever since and I've spent most evenings bailing out. Finally the weather clears and the builder returns. We're not building in blockwork, but polystyrene from a company called Beco Wallform. Sorting your levels out when your first layer of bricks is floating in two inches of water in the footings isn't easy. But somehow the builder manages and we're off. The bricks -- which slot together like Meccano to leave a cavity which is to be filled with concrete -- go up quickly.
Pergo - Laminate Flooring
Pergo of Sweden make top end laminate flooring and have been doing so since 1977.
Their website carries beautiful imagery, and a nice to use flooring product selector allowing search by wood design, quality, design and collection.
If you don't know just how good laminate flooring can get, you will be amazed at just how attractive and robust laminate can be. Designer Homes highly recommend a look at the Pergo range if you are considering either wood or laminate flooring.
DAN-WOOD - Timber Frame Houses
As part of a major European building consortium, DAN-WOOD specialise in the design, factory prefabrication and on-site assembly of high quality energy-efficient timber frame houses.
The company has the experience of building more than 1,500 houses across Europe, including over 50 in the UK.
The photogallery on the DAN-WOOD website gives an idea of the huge variety of homes the company can provide.
Huf Haus
HUF HAUS is without doubt a leading name in designer homes.
The distinctive feature of a HUF Home is its post and beam architecture. This timber frame concept frees the designer of the constraints of load-bearing (and thus dividing) walls. It gives HUF designs their unrivalled breadth, openings and vast spaces. Wall to ceiling glazing opens the view on the surrounding nature, making it part of the living experience.
Form and Space
Form and space design and build bespoke contemporary buildings. The buildings are manufactured in Germany under strict quality control, are quickly and efficiently erected and completed on site by the companies German workforce.
As a turnkey Design & Build company Form and Space provide a service that extends right through from conception to completion.
