CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Matlock Building Services
www.matlockbuildingservice
s.co.uk
ELECTRICS
Swift Electrical
www.swiftuk.co.uk PLUMBING
JWT Plumbing & Heating 07817 277731
BUILDING MATERIALS
Buildbase; Ashbrook Roofing
www.buildbase.co.uk www.ashbrookroofing.co.uk
WINDOWS
Reynaers
www.reynaers.co.uk
SANITARYWARE VictoriaPlum
victoriaplum.com
GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP
NIBE (supplied by IMS Heat Pumps)
www.nibe.eu www.imsheatpumps.co.uk
MVHR
BPC Ventilation (supply only)
www.bpcventilation.com
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Peak Engineers
peakengineers.co.uk TILING
Phil Bond
www.philbondtiling.co.uk
FLOOR TILES
Country Tiles; Solus Ceramics
www.countrytiles.co.uk solusceramics.com
INTERNAL DOORS
Howdens
www.howdens.com
KITCHEN (CARCASSES & WORKTOP)
As the house isn’t connected to mains gas, Rob installed a ground source heat pump, which he says “it seemed the obvious solution when you have a field.” What he hadn’t realised is that under the soil it’s solid rock, and it took a lot more work – and money – than he had anticipated. Nonetheless, he says it’s “great” now it’s installed and working, and he loves the thought that the underfloor heating and hot water ”come out of the field.” Rob’s also installed an MVHR system, confessing he’s “a bit of a fresh air freak!” While he wasn’t overly focused on installing sustainable features – “I’m not an eco warrior,”
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– he says he was “happy to invest in anything that will become economic in the long run.” The house is therefore insulated to a much greater extent than Building Regs require, and he reused materials from the original barn wherever possible. He has “a good few years” supply of logs for the log burner from the trees that had to be cut down for the build, and any spoil from excavations was spread over the field and recovered with soil. Although Rob had intended to work on both the house and barn at the same time, the barn naturally dropped down the priorities list. “I needed to concentrate on finishing the
Howdens
www.howdens.com
KITCHEN APPLIANCES Bosch (supplied by Howdens)
www.bosch.co.uk www.howdens.com
february/march 2020
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