We're very pleased to find amongst the hot and sticky weather we've had over the past few days, inside our little minor dwelling has been comfortably cool. The inside temperature only changes very slowly, despite what's happening outside.
I can put our little bubba to bed at night knowing she's not going to wake up cold in the middle of the night, because it will be the same temperature in the morning as it was the night before (or maybe 1 degree less sometimes).
That is gold I tell you! Absolute gold! From someone who, up until a week ago had not had a full night's sleep since before the baby was born (July), she's only now starting to sleep through the night. If I now had to deal with hot days and huge temperature drops at night, I'd still be getting up to deal with that.
So we're still sleeping in the unfinished minor dwelling. Our quarters are just clay bricks, concrete floors and roof (and we do have insulation in the ceiling).
There are gaps between some of the blocks leading directly to outside, because the walls are still unsealed. But even so we are at a very comfortable temperature despite the stinking heat and humidity outside.
We stayed a night elsewhere this week because our floors had to be re-ground in the main house, so there was no access to our kitchen and bathroom. We had problems with the concrete finish. The heat was almost unbearable at this other house. It was a stark comparison going from our house to the other that day, and a great reminder that what we've (almost) built is working how we planned it even before it's finished.
Hopefully, we'll be able to stay in it and see how winter goes.... We're still in a similar situation with funding, even though we've got a good broker looking at it for us. More about that in the next post.
If you happen to be building yourself, and want to consider using these porotherm clay bricks, we can set you up with an exclusive, hard to get sample to take home and keep! Even if you're not building, this is a rare object that could have many different uses :) All you need to do is swap us for something a little higher in value than the block (which is worth around $20-30 but not really because we wouldn't sell it) - see more information here.
Get in touch asap if you have something to swap for it, there's been some interest and I have a feeling it's going to be taken soon!
Amy - 0276 354 901
facebook - https://www.facebook.com/110kswap/
Thanks :)
I can put our little bubba to bed at night knowing she's not going to wake up cold in the middle of the night, because it will be the same temperature in the morning as it was the night before (or maybe 1 degree less sometimes).
That is gold I tell you! Absolute gold! From someone who, up until a week ago had not had a full night's sleep since before the baby was born (July), she's only now starting to sleep through the night. If I now had to deal with hot days and huge temperature drops at night, I'd still be getting up to deal with that.
So we're still sleeping in the unfinished minor dwelling. Our quarters are just clay bricks, concrete floors and roof (and we do have insulation in the ceiling).
There are gaps between some of the blocks leading directly to outside, because the walls are still unsealed. But even so we are at a very comfortable temperature despite the stinking heat and humidity outside.
We stayed a night elsewhere this week because our floors had to be re-ground in the main house, so there was no access to our kitchen and bathroom. We had problems with the concrete finish. The heat was almost unbearable at this other house. It was a stark comparison going from our house to the other that day, and a great reminder that what we've (almost) built is working how we planned it even before it's finished.
Hopefully, we'll be able to stay in it and see how winter goes.... We're still in a similar situation with funding, even though we've got a good broker looking at it for us. More about that in the next post.
If you happen to be building yourself, and want to consider using these porotherm clay bricks, we can set you up with an exclusive, hard to get sample to take home and keep! Even if you're not building, this is a rare object that could have many different uses :) All you need to do is swap us for something a little higher in value than the block (which is worth around $20-30 but not really because we wouldn't sell it) - see more information here.
Get in touch asap if you have something to swap for it, there's been some interest and I have a feeling it's going to be taken soon!
Amy - 0276 354 901
facebook - https://www.facebook.com/110kswap/
Thanks :)
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