Hi Fons and all at cvo just a little thank you from the A1 housing boys we have got home safely. It was a great experience for us and hopefully we can bring some of the ideas we were shown in to the way we work for our company so once again thank you, Justin
30-09-2012, 19:03
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28-09-2012
passive house final day
Last day of our two week visit to Belguim. This morning we where presented with our certificates by our tutor the fons thank you.After this we visited micheals timber frame production site. We where shown the details in to how the company works how they use the materials etc we was then taken on a tour of the factory this was fascinating to see how they can do the fabrication of a single house in just one day. After this we where shown around four different properties that had been constructed on site for show houses, the fourth one is the one i would like to bring back to the UK with me this over all was a good procedure to see. Over the last few weeks we have bee shown a wide variety of passive and low energy projects it has been good to see how it all works and just how far the UK is behind.
28-09-2012, 13:21
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passive housing
yesterday we was shown how to install and correctly insulate a roof, this included all the pipes leaving the roof and a new material used to replace lead which looked alot easier and less time consuming.
today we visitied a private firm called micheals, this firm specialised in pre-fabricating all the materials used for passive housing. this included pre made hinged roofs, walls with pre installed windows, electrics and insulation, it gave a good idea of how quick a renovation or passive house can be made and put up. We then looked at some model houses which were all funished and finshed, it gave us a chance to see all the ventilation and the overall finished product which was really good. overall this has been a great experience and has gave me a really good view point of passive housing.
M.Hall
28-09-2012, 13:17
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Finql Day
Visit to Machiels Building Solutions; we were shown presentations which outlined the products the company produces and the reasoning/rationale behind why they produce prefabricated timber framed structures. A tour of the factory then followed with all the automation an manual assembly areas. We were also shown around some completed units.
Overall the training experience at CVO has been very beneficial and informative; I look forward to taking my new found knowlege back to the UK for use throughout my career.
Thank you Belgium.
Word.
28-09-2012, 13:16
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Final day Passivehouse
We visited Machiels Building Solutions on Friday morning. We were shown a presentation on the services the company offer and were then given a tour of the factory to see how the products are put together. This was extremely useful as it gave a guide to the manufacturing process involved in the production of a timber framed building.
Overall, the training has been a massive success as we can take the information studied back to the UK and hopefully implement some of this moving forward in our company. It has also been a wakeup call as the UK is so far behind in this area.
Lastly I would like to thank Fons for all the time and effort he put into the course, it would have not been possible without his efforts.
28-09-2012, 13:14
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Today is our finall day in belgiem nand today we have been to vist michels building solutions which is an organisation in the construction industry which creates solutions to correct old buildings and bring them up to passive house standards and also create new buildings created entialy out of wooden frames with the smallest amount of steel as possible. It was very intresting to see how the building industry has come on over the years and how far british construct is behind. Thank u very much for this experiance it has been very benifical and would recomend it to anyone else who has this opertunity. And a massive thanks to our teachers Fons and all hiis work colleges at cvo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
28-09-2012, 13:14
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27-09-2012
Passivehouse day 9
This morning we had a seminar from Francis from a company dealing in airtightness products such as breathable membranes. This was beneficial as it gave us a better understanding of the products available and how these should be installed correctly. There were a few products whiuch had been specially designed so not to damage the vapour barrier such as pipe fixings.
In the afternoon we had our examination reviewing the things we had learnt over the last 2 weeks. This was useful as we got to go over things previously learnt and ask any questions if we were unsure of the answers. Thankfully we passed the test.
27-09-2012, 13:57
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passivehouse day9 partB
This afternoon we filled in our evaluation forms and had our oral test the test was difficult to understand due to being in dutch but i think we passed it :-8 and ) . So a big thank-you to fons and the other tutors we had to get us through this .
27-09-2012, 13:56
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Today we have our examination test on the regulations and guidlines to create a passive house constrtuction and i am pleased to say we have all passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
27-09-2012, 13:53
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passivehouse day9
Today we where explained about the importance of using the correct vapour barriers and that if incorrectly fitted it causes condensation which will cause problems in later life of the building. It was also interesting to here our tutor Francis today talk about his own build and that he has built a low energy house rather than a passive house due to the extra cost on the grounds that he would see a return on his money but after 10 years his low energy will be earning him money thank you a very good insight in to this process.
27-09-2012, 13:01
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