Roofing materials ready
Roofing materials ready thanks to support from Iko (manufacturer), Roofing Superstore, and Community Payback who unloaded them.
Roofing materials ready thanks to support from Iko (manufacturer), Roofing Superstore, and Community Payback who unloaded them.
The Straw Bale Project Team had its second meeting last night and there was a real sense of making progress. The Diocesan Advisory Committee (the group that will give us the go-ahead on the project) have confirmed their visit on 28 January, so we were keen to get everything ready for them. Over the next…
At the end of January we laid out barrier fencing to show on site where the Hub will go. We were thrilled that our drawings on paper actually fitted where we thought they would on the ground! Over the following weeks the storms blew everything down, which was amazing. I thought the holes in barrier…
It was always our plan to build with load-bearing straw walls. Our design team at Straw Works still believe it would be possible, but our Engineer at Renaissance has said “No.” Apparently, the 10m span across the hall would be too wide to support the upper floor and roof. Instead, Helen, our engineer has designed…
On 14th June at we’ll be making a 2 metre long model of the main part of our Straw Bale annex at Holy Trinity School Fair. Those helping build the model will be able to see how a straw bale building is constructed and learn something about the advantages. The “bales” will be made from…
When Farah, a member of our church community, knew that we were raising money for such a great project, she spoke to the person in charge of her work’s charitable giving scheme. As a result, she secured £500 from her employer, Land Securities, towards our community hub. Thank you Farah! Many firms have schemes to…