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Solar Research
We have been very keen throughout this project to consider how our build will affect the environment. Whilst we are not planning to build the kind of house that requires us to drink our own wee, we do want to have a construction that doesn’t make the earth groan. Solar is a great option for…
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Water
We found ourselves in need of a water connection and promptly sought assistance from Anglian Water. Initially, it seemed we would require a pipe running 300 metres around the field to reach the main connection (as you can see in the diagram). However, upon chatting with the farmer, we learned that there was already a…
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Electricity Connection
Connecting the barn to the power grid has turned out to be quite the undertaking. UK Power Networks (UKPN) informed us that we needed to upgrade the 200-metre power line running down the farm, as well as the transformer up at the farmhouse. We had to decide whether a single-phase or three-phase connection would be…