Dorset Greener Homes 2022

23 Sep - 1 Oct 2022

Yeldon

Energy-saving improvements

  • 'Big' insulation works
    'Big' insulation works
  • Glazing
    Glazing
  • High spec heating
    High spec heating
  • Renewables: heat
    Renewables: heat
  • Sustainable building materials
    Sustainable building materials
  • Recommended
    Recommended

Location

Yeldon, Higher Eype, Higher Eype
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6AT

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This house, built in 1908, was completely renovated by the present owners in 2009. The floor, walls and roof of the original house were insulated, and heritage double glazed windows fitted. A new extension was built using a timber frame insulated with hemcrete, with a sedum roof and a double glazed folding glass wall.
The house is heated by geothermal energy delivered primarily through underfloor heating, with fan assisted radiators in the part of the original house where the floor could not be lifted. Four boreholes of up to 50 m were drilled down, and cold fluid is pumped down one tube, while a return tube carries warmed fluid to the house. A heat pump extracts energy from the circulating fluid and uses it to warm the water used to heat the house and domestic hot water.

Location

Yeldon, Higher Eype, Higher Eype
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6AT

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Opening times

CANCELLED

This event has now finished.

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